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- The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted healthcare delivery, especially in hospital admissions for cardiovascular issues.
- Data from Hamad Medical Corporation hospitals in Qatar showed a notable decrease in cardiovascular admissions, with acute myocardial infarction dropping by 31% and unstable angina by 79%.
- Despite the reduced admissions, the overall death rate remained unchanged, suggesting that fear of COVID-19 and lockdown measures may have deterred patients from seeking necessary cardiac care.
Article Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruption in the health care deliveries and activities worldwide including hospital admission.
Method: We used hospitals discharged coded data from January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 to examine the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the pattern of cardiovascular admission among Hamad Medical Corporation hospitals in the State of Qatar.
Results: In this retrospective observational study, we documented significant changes in the pattern of cardiovascular admissions in our hospitals. There was a significant reduction in hospitalizations of various subsets of cardiac disease. Admissions for acute myocardial infarction dropped by 31%, acute decompensated dropped by 48%, unstable angina dropped by 79% and arrythmia by 80%. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention procedures declined briefly. However, the total deaths remained the same despite the increase in mortality rate due to reduced admissions number.
Conclusion: We postulate the fear of contracting the disease and the lock-down mentality during COVID-19 outbreak contribute to reduction of cardiovascular admission to our hospital.
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