COVID-19-mediated patient delay caused increased total ischaemic time in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
Nicole SturkenboomV A E van HattemW NieuwlandF M A ParisM MagroR L AnthonioA AlginE LipsicE BruwiereB J L Van den BrandenJ PoladP ToninoR A TioPublished in: Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation (2022)
During the outbreak of COVID-19 patient delay caused an increase in total ischaemic time for STEMI, with a more pronounced delay in high-endemic regions, stressing the importance of good patient education during comparable crisis situations.