@article{Frain_K-2021_94575,
title = {The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the delivery of primary percutaneous coronary intervention in STEMI},
author = {Frain, K. and Rathod, K. and Tumi, E. and Chen, Y. and Hamshere, S. and Choudry, F. and Akhtar, M. and Curtis, M. and Amersey, R. and Guttman, O. and O'Mahony, C. and Jain, A. and Wragg, A. and Baumbach, A. and Mathur, A. and Jones, D. and Rees, P.},
month = {oct},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Objectives: The clinical environment has been forced to adapt to meet the unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Intensive care facilities were expanded in anticipation of the pandemic where the consequences include severe delays in elective procedures. Emergent procedures such as Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in which delays in timely delivery have well established adverse prognostic effects must also be explored in the context of changes in procedure and public behaviour associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim for this single centre retrospective cohort study is to determine if door-to-balloon (D2B) times in PCI for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) during the United Kingdom’s first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic differed from pre-COVID-19 populations.},
pages = {647-658},
volume = {11},
issue = {5},
journal = {American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease},
publisher = {e-Century Publishing},
url = {https://publichealthscotland.scot/id/94575},
}
