[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on percutaneous coronary interventions in Portugal]. / Impacto da pandemia por COVID-19 nas intervenções coronárias percutâneas em Portugal.
Rev Port Cardiol
; 2022 Aug 26.
Article
in Portuguese
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2230190
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.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
Portuguese
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.repc.2021.03.021
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