Characteristics of patients with ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) at the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Infect Dis (Lond)
; 53(11): 865-875, 2021 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1327306
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a new challenge to the medical system in various countries. The patients with ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) were also affected.METHODS:
We used a random-effects mode to analyze the differences of the baseline characteristics and therapeutic features between STEMI patients admitted before and after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.RESULTS:
Thirty eight studies involving 79,753 patients were included in this analysis. The number of hospitalized STEMI patients decreased by 26% after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. There were no differences in age, sex, prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia or percutaneous coronary intervention rate between the STEMI patients before and after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the STEMI patients admitted after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic had a significantly increased time from symptom onset to first medical contact (standard mean difference 0.51, 95% confidence interval 0.24-0.78, p < .001) and an increased in-hospital mortality (odds ratio 1.70, 95% confidence interval1.14-2.56, p < .001); The in-hospital mortality of the STEMI patients with COVID-19 was 24% (95% confidence interval 0.15-0.33); The in-hospital mortality of the STEMI patients with COVID-19 was significantly higher than that of the STEMI patients without COVID-19 at the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic (odds ratio 7.28, 95% confidence interval 2.75-19.28, p < .001).CONCLUSION:
The number of admitted STEMI patients was reduced while the in-hospital mortality and the time from symptom onset to first medical contact were increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
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ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Infect Dis (Lond)
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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