scholarly journals Impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on the management of nonculprit lesions in patients presenting with ST‐elevation myocardial infarction: Outcomes from the pan‐London heart attack centers

Author(s):  
Ozan M. Demir ◽  
Callum D. Little ◽  
Richard Jabbour ◽  
Haseeb Rahman ◽  
Max Sayers ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine Reeves ◽  
Samuel Watson ◽  
Tanya Pankhurst ◽  
Kamlesh Khunti ◽  
Suzy Gallier ◽  
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Articles in the UK press have claimed that hospital admissions for heart attack and stroke have declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, data from the West Midlands Ambulance Service have not shown any reduction in call-outs for patients with stroke or ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. This study examined data from University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, comparing admissions from week 1 of 2016 to week 17 of 2019, with the same period in 2020, pre- and post-lockdown. The results showed that there was no evidence of a reduction in the overall mean number of admissions of patients with these conditions in the post-lockdown period.


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