Treatment delays and in-hospital outcomes in acute myocardial infarction during the COVID-19 pandemic : A nationwide study

OBJECTIVE: Delayed admission of myocardial infarction (MI) patients is an important prognostic factor. In the present nationwide registry (TURKMI-2), we evaluated the treatment delays and outcomes of patients with acute MI during the Covid-19 pandemic and compaired with a recentpre-pandemic registry (TURKMI-1).

METHODS: The pandemic and pre-pandemic studies were conducted prospectively as 15-day snapshot registries in the same 48 centers. The inclusion criteria for both registries were aged ≥18 years and a final diagnosis of acute MI (AMI) with positive troponin levels. The only difference between the 2 registries was that the pre-pandemic (TURKMI-1) registry (n=1872) included only patients presenting within the first 48 hours after symptom-onset. TURKMI-2 enrolled all consecutive patients (n=1113) presenting with AMI during the pandemic period.

RESULTS: A comparison of the patients with acute MI presenting within the 48-hour of symptom-onset in the pre-pandemic and pandemic registries revealed an overall 47.1% decrease in acute MI admissions during the pandemic. Median time from symptom-onset to hospital-arrival increased from 150 min to 185 min in patients with ST elevation MI (STEMI) and 295 min to 419 min in patients presenting with non-STEMI (NSTEMI) (p-values <0.001). Door-to-balloon time was similar in the two periods (37 vs. 40 min, p=0.448). In the pandemic period, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) decreased, especially in the NSTEMI group (60.3% vs. 47.4% in NSTEMI, p<0.001; 94.8% vs. 91.1% in STEMI, p=0.013) but the decrease was not significant in STEMI patients admitted within 12 hours of symptom-onset (94.9% vs. 92.1%; p=0.075). In-hospital major adverse cardiac events (MACE) were significantly increased during the pandemic period [4.8% vs. 8.9%; p<0.001; age- and sex-adjusted Odds ratio (95% CI) 1.96 (1.20-3.22) for NSTEMI, p=0.007; and 2.08 (1.38-3.13) for STEMI, p<0.001].

CONCLUSION: The present comparison of 2 nationwide registries showed a significant delay in treatment of patients presenting with acute MI during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although PCI was performed in a timely fashion, an increase in treatment delay might be responsible for the increased risk of MACE. Public education and establishing COVID-free hospitals are necessary to overcome patients' fear of using healthcare services and mitigate the potential complications of AMI during the pandemic. (Anatol J Cardiol 2020; 24: 334-42).

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

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Anatolian journal of cardiology - 24(2020), 5 vom: 31. Nov., Seite 334-342

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Erol, Mustafa Kemal [VerfasserIn]
Kayıkçıoğlu, Meral [VerfasserIn]
Kılıçkap, Mustafa [VerfasserIn]
Güler, Arda [VerfasserIn]
Yıldırım, Abdullah [VerfasserIn]
Kahraman, Fatih [VerfasserIn]
Can, Veysi [VerfasserIn]
Inci, Sinan [VerfasserIn]
Baysal, Sadettin Selçuk [VerfasserIn]
Er, Okan [VerfasserIn]
Zeybey, Utku [VerfasserIn]
Kafkas, Çağrı [VerfasserIn]
Yayla, Çağrı [VerfasserIn]
Arin, Can Baba [VerfasserIn]
Aktaş, Ibrahim [VerfasserIn]
Yalçın, Ahmet Arif [VerfasserIn]
Genç, Ömer [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 11.11.2020

Date Revised 28.05.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2020.98607

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NLM316910236