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Prevalence of acute coronary syndrome during the pandemic of COVID-19 in the Tokai Region of Japan

Authors :
Kudo, Nobutaka
Tanaka, Akihito
Ishii, Hideki
Uemura, Yusuke
Takagi, Kensuke
Iwama, Makoto
Yoshida, Ruka
Ohashi, Taiki
Kawai, Hideki
Negishi, Yosuke
Umemoto, Norio
Tanaka, Miho
Watarai, Masato
Yoshioka, Naoki
Morishima, Itsuro
Noda, Toshiyuki
Yoshida, Yukihiko
Tatami, Yosuke
Muramatsu, Takashi
Tanaka, Toshikazu
Tashiro, Hiroshi
Takada, Yasunobu
Izawa, Hideo
Watanabe, Eiichi
Murohara, Toyoaki
Source :
Nagoya Journal of Medical Science. 83(4):697-703
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, School of Medicine, 2021.

Abstract

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has had a great impact on medical care. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of hospital admissions has been lower and the rate of in-hospital mortality has been higher in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in Western countries. However, in Japan, it is unknown whether the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the incidence of ACS. In the study, eleven hospitals in the Tokai region participated. Among enrolled hospital, we compared the incidence of ACS during the COVID-19 pandemic (April and May, 2020) with that in equivalent months in the preceding year as the control. During the study period; April and May 2020, 248 patients with ACS were admitted. Compared to April and May 2019, a decline of 8.1% [95% confidence interval (CI) 5.2–12.1; P = 0.33] in admissions for ACS was observed between April and May 2020. There was no significant difference in the strategy for revascularization and in-hospital deaths between 2019 and 2020. In conclusion, the rate of admission for ACS slightly decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to the same months in the preceding year. Moreover, degeneration of therapeutic procedures for ACS did not occur.<br />This is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Subjects

Subjects :
COVID-19
acute coronary syndrome

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00277622
Volume :
83
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nagoya Journal of Medical Science
Accession number :
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