Changes in Emergency Department Arrival Times for Acute Myocardial Infarction During the COVID-19 Pandemic Suggest Delays in Care Seeking

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2022 Feb;15(2):e008402. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.121.008402. Epub 2022 Feb 2.

Authors

Alexander T Janke¹, Cameron J Gettel¹, Adrian Haimovich¹, Keith E Kocher², Harlan M Krumholz^{3

4}, Arjun K Venkatesh^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine (A.T.J., C.J.G., A.H., A.K.V.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
² Departments of Emergency Medicine (K.E.K.) and Learning Health Sciences (K.E.K.), University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
³ Section of Cardiovascular Medicine (H.M.K.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
⁴ Centers for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (H.M.K., A.K.V.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; hospitals; myocardial infarction; pandemics.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Myocardial Infarction* / diagnosis
Myocardial Infarction* / epidemiology
Myocardial Infarction* / therapy
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction* / diagnosis
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction* / epidemiology
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction* / therapy

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