Excess risk for acute myocardial infarction mortality during the COVID‐19 pandemic

• Published in: Journal of medical virology Vol. 95; no. 1; pp. e28187 - n/a
• Main Authors: Yeo, Yee Hui, Wang, Maggie, He, Xinyuan, Lv, Fan, Zhang, Yue, Zu, Jian, Li, Mei, Jiao, Yang, Ebinger, Joseph E., Patel, Jignesh K., Cheng, Susan, Ji, Fanpu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2023
• Subjects: acute myocardial infarction; Adult; Age; Aged; COVID-19; disparity; excess mortality; Fatalities; Female; Heart attacks; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology; pandemic; Pandemics; Retrospective Studies; Seasonal variations; Subgroups; Trends; Virology; Vital statistics; COVID-19; excess mortality; pandemic; disparity; acute myocardial infarction

The COVID‐19 pandemic has had a detrimental impact on the healthcare system. Our study armed to assess the extent and the disparity in excess acute myocardial infarction (AMI)‐associated mortality during the pandemic, through the recent Omicron outbreak. Using data from the CDC's National Vital...