Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Insights from a British cardiac center - 16/08/20
Doi : 10.1016/j.ahj.2020.04.022
Hesham K. Abdelaziz, MD, PhD a, b, @, Amr Abdelrahman, MRCP a, Amjad Nabi, MRCP a, Maciej Debski, MD a, @, Amgad Mentias, MD, MS c, @, Tawfiq Choudhury, MRCP a, Billal Patel, PhD a, @, Marwan Saad, MD, PhD b, d, ⁎, @ 
a Lancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK
b Division of Cardiology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
c Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
d Cardiovascular Institute, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Providence, RI, USA
⁎Reprint requests: Marwan Saad, M.D., Ph.D., Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, APC814, Providence, RI 02903.Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown UniversityRhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, APC814ProvidenceRI02903
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The current study aimed to examine the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on patient-related delay with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) at a tertiary center in the United Kingdom. The study demonstrated a significant delay in symptom-to-first medical contact and a higher cardiac troponin-I level on admission in patients with STEMI during the COVID-19 pandemic versus the pre-COVID era.
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