The vast majority of hospital physicians and nurses reported drop in the number of heart attack patients reaching the hospital in the coronavirus time against pre-Covid-19 crisis. On an average, there was 50 per cent decrease.
The vast majority of hospital physicians and nurses reported drop in the number of heart attack patients reaching the hospital in the coronavirus time against pre-Covid-19 crisis. On an average, there was 50 per cent decrease.
In addition, most respondents said of the patients who did reach the hospital, 48 per cent arrived later than usual and beyond the optimal window for urgent treatment.
A separate survey of interventional cardiologists (doctors who insert stent to open blocked arteries), found 28 per cent rise in life-threatening complications in heart attack patients during the pandemic.
Nearly half of respondents said the restoration of blood flow was delayed due to Covid-19 fears, a situation likely to lead to premature death and disability.
The survey also revealed the number of other procedures had been drastically reduced during the pandemic. “The delays, we are seeing in heart attack patients coming to hospital, have significant harmful consequences,” said EAPCI”s Dariusz Dudek.
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