Impact of COVID-19 on primary percutaneous coronary intervention centres in the UK: a survey

Adlan, Ahmed, Lim, Ven, Sastry, Sanjay, Dhillon, Gurpreet, Kurdi, Hibba, Doolub, Gemina, Elamin, Nadir, Aziz, Amir, Sastry, Sanjay et al (2020) Impact of COVID-19 on primary percutaneous coronary intervention centres in the UK: a survey. The British Journal of Cardiology, 27 . pp. 49-52. ISSN 0969-6113

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5837/bjc.2020.017

Abstract

During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the British Cardiovascular Society/British Cardiovascular Intervention Society and the British Heart Rhythm Society recommended to postpone non-urgent elective work and that primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) should remain the treatment of choice for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We sought to determine the impact of COVID-19 on the primary PCI service within the United Kingdom (UK).

A survey of 43 UK primary PCI centres was performed and a significant reduction in the number of cath labs open was found (pre-COVID 3.6±1.8 vs. post-COVID 2.1±0.8; p<0.001) with only 64% of cath labs remained open during the COVID-19 pandemic. Primary PCI remained first-line treatment for STEMI in all centres surveyed.


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