Less air pollution did not explain the decline in admissions for AMI during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Sardinia, Italy

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) decreased worldwide. We compared the admissions for AMI in the four regional 24/7 cath lab during the national lockdown, the 8 weeks before the lockdown, the 8 weeks after the e lockdown, and the corresponding time...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of public health research 2022-10, Vol.11 (4), p.22799036221129414
Hauptverfasser: Meloni, Luigi, Ranieri, Gaetano, Marchetti, Maria Francesca, Aste, Francesca, Piga, Carlo, Casu, Gavino, Pes, Rosanna, Meloni, Ivan, Loi, Bruno, Montisci, Roberta
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Zusammenfassung:During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) decreased worldwide. We compared the admissions for AMI in the four regional 24/7 cath lab during the national lockdown, the 8 weeks before the lockdown, the 8 weeks after the e lockdown, and the corresponding time period in 2019 and we analyzed the average level of pollution in the studies areas. A marked decline in AMI admissions was observed during the lockdown period in comparison with the 8 weeks before the lockdown (p 
ISSN:2279-9036
2279-9028
2279-9036
DOI:10.1177/22799036221129414