Key result
The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal was associated with a 36% reduction in total percutaneous coronary interventions compared to the same period in previous years (p<0.001).
Why the study?
The COVID-19 pandemic placed an unprecedented burden on healthcare systems and altered interventional cardiology activity, prompting the need to quantify changes in PCIs for acute and chronic coronary syndromes.
Did the initial COVID-19 outbreak reduce the number of percutaneous coronary interventions performed in Portugal compared to previous years?
Observational
Yes
Did the initial COVID-19 outbreak reduce the number of percutaneous coronary interventions performed in Portugal compared to previous years?
Effect estimate: -36%
p-value: p=<0.001
The initial COVID-19 outbreak in Portugal was associated with a marked reduction in percutaneous coronary interventions for both acute and chronic coronary syndromes.
PCI volumes fell sharply in early COVID-19; leaves open optimal strategies to sustain access during future healthcare disruptions.
The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed an unprecedented burden on healthcare systems worldwide, changing the profile of interventional cardiology activity. 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. 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). 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). 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. A pandemia por Covid-19 causou uma sobrecarga sem precedentes sobre os sistemas de saúde a nível mundial, alterando o perfil de atividade da cardiologia de intervenção. Quantificar e comparar o número de intervenções coronárias percutâneas (ICP) realizadas no contexto de síndromes coronárias agudas e crónicas durante a primeira vaga de Covid-19, com o período homólogo dos anos anteriores. Utilizou-se um registo prospetivo multicêntrico nacional, o Registo Nacional de Cardiologia de Intervenção de Intervenção Coronária Percutânea (RNCI ICP), para analisar a evolução do número de ICP realizadas por enfarte agudo do miocárdio com elevação do segmento ST (EAMcEST), síndromes coronárias agudas sem elevação do segmento ST (SCA sem elevação de ST) e síndromes coronárias crónicas (SCC). Comparou-se o número de ICP efetuadas em Portugal durante a primeira vaga de Covid-19, desde o dia 1 de março até ao dia 2 de maio, com a frequência média de ICP realizadas durante o período homólogo dos três anos anteriores (2017-2019). O número total de ICP diminuiu significativamente durante a primeira vaga de Covid-19 em Portugal (36%, p<0,001). A redução no número de ICP no contexto de EAMcEST, SCA sem elevação do segmento ST e SCC foi, respetivamente, de −25% (p=0,019), −20% (p=0,068) e −59% (p<0,001). Comparando com o período homólogo dos três anos anteriores, o número de ICP realizadas no contexto de EAMcEST e SCC foi significativamente reduzido durante a primeira vaga da pandemia por Covid-19 em Portugal.
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Braga et al. (2022) conducted an observational in Acute and chronic coronary syndromes. COVID-19 pandemic vs. Corresponding period in 2017-2019 was evaluated on Total number of PCI procedures (-36%, p=<0.001). The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal was associated with a 36% reduction in total percutaneous coronary interventions compared to the same period in previous years (p<0.001).
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