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. 2021 Jul 6;326(1):82-84.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.8414.

Changes in Patterns of Hospital Visits for Acute Myocardial Infarction or Ischemic Stroke During COVID-19 Surges

Matthew D Solomon  1 , Mai Nguyen-Huynh  2 , Thomas K Leong  3 , Janet Alexander  3 , Jamal S Rana  1 , Jeffrey Klingman  2 , Alan S Go  3
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Changes in Patterns of Hospital Visits for Acute Myocardial Infarction or Ischemic Stroke During COVID-19 Surges

Matthew D Solomon et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This study evaluates changes in rates of patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or suspected stroke during COVID-19 surges in the US as a measure of willingness to seek care during the pandemic.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Solomon reported receiving grants from The Permanente Medical Group and the Kaiser Permanente Garfield Memorial Fund during the conduct of the study. Dr Nguyen-Huynh reported receiving grants from The Permanente Medical Group and the Kaiser Permanente Garfield Memorial Fund during the conduct of the study. Dr Go reported receiving grants from The Permanente Medical Group and the Garfield Memorial Fund during the conduct of the study. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospitalizations and Stroke Alert Incidence During COVID-19 Surges Compared With the Pre–COVID-19 Period and Weekly COVID-19 Hospitalization Incidence
Data are from the Kaiser Permanente Northern California health system. The data are the estimated weekly incidence rates (events per 100 000 person-weeks) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) hospitalizations (A) and stroke alerts (B) during the COVID-19 period (January 21, 2020, to January 18, 2021) compared with data from the pre–COVID-19 period (January 22, 2019, to January 20, 2020). C, Weekly incidence of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 per 100 000 person-weeks (based on the inpatient census at the start of each weekly period). The vertical dotted line marks the date of the first publicly reported COVID-19 death in Northern California (March 4, 2020). The shaded areas denote the spring (March 10 to May 4, 2020), summer (June 23 to August 17, 2020), and winter (November 3, 2020, to January 18, 2021) COVID-19 surges in Northern California.
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