Cardiology Research, ISSN 1923-2829 print, 1923-2837 online, Open Access
Article copyright, the authors; Journal compilation copyright, Cardiol Res and Elmer Press Inc
Journal website https://www.cardiologyres.org

Original Article

Volume 12, Number 1, February 2021, pages 47-50

Trajectory of Cardiac Catheterization for Acute Coronary Syndrome and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Figure

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Mean number of cases per week for each clinical scenario during the time periods pre-isolation (January 1, 2020 to March 17, 2020), strict-isolation (March 18, 2020 to May 5, 2020), and relaxed-isolation (May 6, 2020 to June 2, 2020). Standard error bars are shown. *Statistically significant difference with a P value < 0.05. ACS: acute coronary syndrome; NSTEMI: non-ST elevation myocardial infarction/unstable angina; UA: unstable angina; OHCA: out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Table

Table 1. Demographics and Clinical Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Urgent or Emergent Cardiac Catheterization for Each Clinical Scenario in the Time Period Pre-Isolation (January 1, 2020 to March 17, 2020), Strict-Isolation (March 18, 2020 to May 5, 2020), and Relaxed-Isolation (May 6, 2020 to June 2, 2020)
 
AllPre-isolation (n = 211)Strict-isolation (n = 99)Relaxed-isolation (n = 67)P value
Male74%72%74%77%0.75
Age (years)65.465.0 ± 13.765.0 ± 12.067.4 ± 11.70.41
Prior coronary artery disease41%40%39%44%0.77
Hyperlipidemia59%53%63%67%0.07
Hypertension71%67%71%79%0.21
Diabetes mellitus38%40%34%37%0.55
Chronic kidney disease22%19%27%20%0.29