COVID-19 pandemic: Impact on the cardiac implantable electronic devices' implantation rates in Croatia.

Ivan ZeljkovicJerko FerriPavao Mioc Sandro BrusichRichard MatasicZrinka JurisicJanko Szavits NossanLana MaricicKatica Cvitkusic LukendaVjekoslav RadeljicNikola PavlovicSime Manola

Published in: PloS one (2023)

To the authors best knowledge this is a first study including complete national data on CIED implantation rates and COVID-19 pandemic impact. A significant reduction in number of both pacemaker and ICD implants during specific months of the COVID-19 pandemic was determined. However, afterwards compensation in implants resulted in similar total number when the complete year was evaluated.

Keyphrases

healthcare
soft tissue
big data
quality improvement
heart failure
electronic health record
data analysis
machine learning
atrial fibrillation