Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mechanical Reperfusion for Patients With STEMI

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BACKGROUND: The fear of contagion during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have potentially refrained patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) from accessing the emergency system, with subsequent impact on mortality.

OBJECTIVES: The ISACS-STEMI COVID-19 registry aims to estimate the true impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the treatment and outcome of patients with STEMI treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI), with identification of "at-risk" patient cohorts for failure to present or delays to treatment.

METHODS: This retrospective registry was performed in European high-volume PPCI centers and assessed patients with STEMI treated with PPPCI in March/April 2019 and 2020. Main outcomes are the incidences of PPCI, delayed treatment, and in-hospital mortality.

RESULTS: A total of 6,609 patients underwent PPCI in 77 centers, located in 18 countries. In 2020, during the pandemic, there was a significant reduction in PPCI as compared with 2019 (incidence rate ratio: 0.811; 95% confidence interval: 0.78 to 0.84; p < 0.0001). The heterogeneity among centers was not related to the incidence of death due to COVID-19. A significant interaction was observed for patients with arterial hypertension, who were less frequently admitted in 2020 than in 2019. Furthermore, the pandemic was associated with a significant increase in door-to-balloon and total ischemia times, which may have contributed to the higher mortality during the pandemic.

CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 pandemic had significant impact on the treatment of patients with STEMI, with a 19% reduction in PPCI procedures, especially among patients suffering from hypertension, and a longer delay to treatment, which may have contributed to the increased mortality during the pandemic. (Primary Angioplasty for STEMI During COVID-19 Pandemic [ISACS-STEMI COVID-19] Registry; NCT04412655).

Errataetall:

CommentIn: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Nov 17;76(20):2331-2333. - PMID 33183507

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:76

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 76(2020), 20 vom: 17. Nov., Seite 2321-2330

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

De Luca, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Verdoia, Monica [VerfasserIn]
Cercek, Miha [VerfasserIn]
Jensen, Lisette Okkels [VerfasserIn]
Vavlukis, Marija [VerfasserIn]
Calmac, Lucian [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Tom [VerfasserIn]
Ferrer, Gerard Rourai [VerfasserIn]
Ganyukov, Vladimir [VerfasserIn]
Wojakowski, Wojtek [VerfasserIn]
Kinnaird, Tim [VerfasserIn]
van Birgelen, Clemens [VerfasserIn]
Cottin, Yves [VerfasserIn]
IJsselmuiden, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Tuccillo, Bernardo [VerfasserIn]
Versaci, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Royaards, Kees-Jan [VerfasserIn]
Berg, Jurrien Ten [VerfasserIn]
Laine, Mika [VerfasserIn]
Dirksen, Maurits [VerfasserIn]
Siviglia, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Casella, Gianni [VerfasserIn]
Kala, Petr [VerfasserIn]
Díez Gil, José Luis [VerfasserIn]
Banning, Adrian [VerfasserIn]
Becerra, Victor [VerfasserIn]
De Simone, Ciro [VerfasserIn]
Santucci, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Carrillo, Xavier [VerfasserIn]
Scoccia, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Amoroso, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Lux, Arpad [VerfasserIn]
Kovarnik, Tomas [VerfasserIn]
Davlouros, Periklis [VerfasserIn]
Mehilli, Julinda [VerfasserIn]
Gabrielli, Gabriele [VerfasserIn]
Rios, Xacobe Flores [VerfasserIn]
Bakraceski, Nikola [VerfasserIn]
Levesque, Sébastien [VerfasserIn]
Cirrincione, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Guiducci, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Kidawa, Michał [VerfasserIn]
Spedicato, Leonardo [VerfasserIn]
Marinucci, Lucia [VerfasserIn]
Ludman, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Zilio, Filippo [VerfasserIn]
Galasso, Gennaro [VerfasserIn]
Fabris, Enrico [VerfasserIn]
Menichelli, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Touchard, Arturo [VerfasserIn]
Manzo, Stephane [VerfasserIn]
Caiazzo, Gianluca [VerfasserIn]
Moreu, Jose [VerfasserIn]
Forés, Juan Sanchis [VerfasserIn]
Donazzan, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Vignali, Luigi [VerfasserIn]
Teles, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Benit, Edouard [VerfasserIn]
Agostoni, Pierfrancesco [VerfasserIn]
Bosa Ojeda, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
Lehtola, Heidi [VerfasserIn]
Camacho-Freiere, Santiago [VerfasserIn]
Kraaijeveld, Adriaan [VerfasserIn]
Antti, Ylitalo [VerfasserIn]
Boccalatte, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Deharo, Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-Luengas, Iñigo Lozano [VerfasserIn]
Scheller, Bruno [VerfasserIn]
Alexopoulos, Dimitrios [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, Raul [VerfasserIn]
Kedhi, Elvin [VerfasserIn]
Uccello, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Faurie, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Gutierrez Barrios, Alejandro [VerfasserIn]
Di Uccio, Fortunato Scotto [VerfasserIn]
Wilbert, Bor [VerfasserIn]
Smits, Pieter [VerfasserIn]
Cortese, Giuliana [VerfasserIn]
Parodi, Guido [VerfasserIn]
Dudek, Dariusz [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Primary angioplasty
STEMI

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Date Completed 19.11.2020

Date Revised 29.01.2021

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04412655

CommentIn: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Nov 17;76(20):2331-2333. - PMID 33183507

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jacc.2020.09.546

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31751010X