Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitalizations for acute coronary syndromes: a multinational study.

D Araiza-GaraygordobilC MontaltoP Martinez-AmezcuaA Cabello-LopezR Gopar-NietoR AlabreseA AlmaghrabyS Catoya-VillaM Chacon-DiazC C KaufmannM Corbi-PascualP DeharoM El-TahlawiA Elgohari-AbdelwahabF GuerraM JarakovicE Martinez-GomezLuca ModeratoS MonteroP Morejon-BarraganA M OmarP Jorge-PérezP PrzybyłoE SelimU Y SinanM StratinakiO TicaM TrêpaA UribarriJ UzokovK WilkK Czerwińska-JelonkiewiczA SionisM GierlotkaS LeonardiK A KrychtiukG Tavazzi

Published in: QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians (2021)

Our results confirm that COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a significant decrease in ACS hospitalizations rate, an increase in total ischemic time and a higher rate of mechanical complications on a international scale.

Keyphrases

acute coronary syndrome
percutaneous coronary intervention

antiplatelet therapy

atrial fibrillation

oxidative stress