Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on percutaneous coronary interventions in Portugal.
Rev Port Cardiol
; 42(1): 1-6, 2023 01.
Article
en En, Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36043164
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed an unprecedented burden on healthcare systems worldwide, changing the profile of interventional cardiology activity.OBJECTIVES:
To quantify and compare the number of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) performed for acute and chronic coronary syndromes during the first COVID-19 outbreak with the corresponding period in previous years.METHODS:
Data on PCI from the prospective multicenter Portuguese Registry on Interventional Cardiology (RNCI) were used to analyze changes in PCI for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) and chronic coronary syndromes (CCS). The number of PCIs performed during the initial period of the COVID-19 outbreak in Portugal, from March 1 to May 2, 2020, was compared with the mean frequency of PCIs performed during the corresponding period in the previous three years (2017-2019).RESULTS:
The total number of PCIs procedures was significantly decreased during the initial COVID-19 outbreak in Portugal (-36%, p<0.001). The reduction in PCI procedures for STEMI, NSTE-ACS and CCS was, respectively, -25% (p<0.019), -20% (p<0.068) and -59% (p<0.001).CONCLUSIONS:
Compared with the corresponding period in the previous three years, the number of PCI procedures performed for STEMI and CCS decreased markedly during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal.Palabras clave
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Síndrome Coronario Agudo
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Intervención Coronaria Percutánea
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Infarto del Miocardio con Elevación del ST
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Screening_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
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Pt
Revista:
Rev Port Cardiol
Asunto de la revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article