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Editorial
. 2021 Aug 1;98(2):223-224.
doi: 10.1002/ccd.29843.

Practice patterns for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic-Valuable lessons learned

Xiaoming Jia  1 , Hani Jneid  1
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Editorial

Practice patterns for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic-Valuable lessons learned

Xiaoming Jia et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. .

Abstract

  1. During the early phase of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United States, there was a significant reduction in cardiac catheterization lab activations and numbers of PPCIs for STEMI as well as an increase in door‐to‐balloon time.

  2. The decrease in STEMI volume is likely multifaceted involving factors at the patient and health system levels.

  3. Longitudinal data on STEMI care beyond the early phase of the pandemic is needed to better understand how different health systems have been adapting to the ongoing pandemic.

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  • Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on STEMI care: An expanded analysis from the United States.
    Garcia S, Stanberry L, Schmidt C, Sharkey S, Megaly M, Albaghdadi MS, Meraj PM, Garberich R, Jaffer FA, Stefanescu Schmidt AC, Dixon SR, Rade JJ, Smith T, Tannenbaum M, Chambers J, Aguirre F, Huang PP, Kumbhani DJ, Koshy T, Feldman DN, Giri J, Kaul P, Thompson C, Khalili H, Maini B, Nayak KR, Cohen MG, Bangalore S, Shah B, Henry TD. Garcia S, et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Aug 1;98(2):217-222. doi: 10.1002/ccd.29154. Epub 2020 Aug 7. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021. PMID: 32767652 Free PMC article.

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