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Suematsu Y, Kuwano T, Yamashita M, Tsutsui H, Sato N, Ikeda T, Nagao K, Yonemoto N, Tahara Y, Saku K, Miura SI. Adult influenza epidemic is associated with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: From the All-Japan Utstein Registry, a prospective, nationwide, population-based, observational registry. Medicine (Baltimore) 2022; 101:e29535. [PMID: 35713463 PMCID: PMC9276275 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000029535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
It has been reported that influenza infection is associated with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of cardiac origin (OHCA-CA). However, the association between OHCA-CA and influenza epidemics in adults has not been well investigated.We analyzed data from the All-Japan Utstein Registry, a prospective, nationwide, population-based, observational study, regarding OHCA-CA cases and the Infectious Diseases Weekly Report for influenza cases: 17,710 OHCA-CA cases and 764,808 influenza cases were recorded between 2005 and 2015 in Fukuoka, Japan. The weekly average number of OHCA-CA cases was positively associated with the number of patients with influenza infection (r = 0.70, P < .0001). To eliminate the effects of season and age, we investigated only adults in winter. The weekly number of OHCA-CA cases was positively associated with the number of patients with influenza infection in weeks when there was a high frequency of influenza infection in adults (r = 0.36, P = .006), but not in weeks with a medium (r = 0.26, P = .05) or low frequency of influenza infection (r = 0.003, P = 1.0). In weeks during which there was a high frequency of influenza infection, the weekly number of OHCA-CA cases was positively associated with the number of influenza infections in males (r = 0.37, P = .006), but not females (r = 0.18, P = .2).The number of OHCA-CA cases was positively associated with the number of influenza infections in adult males during weeks in which there was a high frequency of influenza infections. To help prevent OHCA-CA in males, it might be beneficial to announce influenza epidemics specifically in adults, in addition to all ages.
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- Yasunori Suematsu
- Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Cardiology, Kawaguchi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Hospital, Saitama
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Center, Nihon University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
- Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University Nishijin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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Lavie G, Battat E, Saliba W, Flugelman MY. Change in Hospitalizations and 30-Day Mortality of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction During the First COVID-19 Lockdown - A Pure Social Isolation Effect? CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE 2022; 38:38-42. [PMID: 34483076 PMCID: PMC8413659 DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2021.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has had diverse effects on population health and psychology in relation to non-COVID-19 diseases, as well as on COVID-19 infection. Fewer patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) sought medical attention during the first lockdown of the pandemic. METHODS AND RESULTS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of Clalit Health Services patients treated in multiple hospitals for AMI. We examined the numbers and characteristics of the patients and 30-day mortality during three 5-week phases of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel: pre-lockdown (N = 702), lockdown (N = 584), and lockdown-lift (N = 669). We compared data for the same period in 2018 and 2019. We stratified the data by ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-STEMI. AMI hospitalizations during the lockdown were 17% lower than in the pre-lockdown period (rate ratio-0.83, 95% CI 0.74-0.93), and 22% and 31% lower than in the corresponding periods in 2018 and 2019, respectively. The reduction was mainly attributed to non-STEMI hospitalizations (26% lower than the pre-lockdown period in 2020). Hospitalizations due to both STEMI and non-STEMI were moderately reduced during the post-lockdown period compared to the corresponding periods in 2018 and 2019. Thirty-day mortality rate was similar for all the periods assessed. CONCLUSIONS The number of hospitalized patients with AMI during the first COVID-19 lockdown and post-lockdown periods was significantly reduced, without significant changes in 30-day mortality rates.
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- Gil Lavie
- Division of Planning and Strategy, Clalit Heath Services, Tel Aviv, Israel,Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Division of Planning and Strategy, Clalit Heath Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Planning and Strategy, Clalit Heath Services, Tel Aviv, Israel,Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- The Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel,Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel,Corresponding author at: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, 7 Michal Street, Haifa 34632, Israel
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Rattka M, Baumhardt M, Dreyhaupt J, Rothenbacher D, Thiessen K, Markovic S, Rottbauer W, Imhof A. 31 days of COVID-19-cardiac events during restriction of public life-a comparative study. Clin Res Cardiol 2020; 109:1476-1482. [PMID: 32494921 PMCID: PMC7268583 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-020-01681-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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AIMS The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 outbreak led to the most recent pandemic of the twenty-first century. To contain spread of the virus, many nations introduced a public lockdown. How the pandemic itself and measures of social restriction affect hospital admissions due to acute cardiac events has rarely been evaluated yet. METHODS AND RESULTS German public authorities announced measures of social restriction between March 21st and April 20th, 2020. During this period, all patients suffering from an acute cardiac event admitted to our hospital (N = 94) were assessed and incidence rate ratios (IRR) of admissions for acute cardiac events estimated, and compared with those during the same period in the previous three years (2017-2019, N = 361). Admissions due to cardiac events were reduced by 22% as compared to the previous years (n = 94 vs. an average of n = 120 per year for 2017-2019). Whereas IRR for STEMI 1.20 (95% CI 0.67-2.14) and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest IRR 0.82 (95% CI 0.33-2.02) remained similar, overall admissions with an IRR of 0.78 (95% CI 0.62-0.98) and IRR for NSTEMI with 0.46 (95% CI 0.27-0.78) were significantly lower. In STEMI patients, plasma concentrations of high-sensitivity troponin T at admission were significantly higher (644 ng/l, IQR 372-2388) compared to 2017-2019 (195 ng/l, IQR 84-1134; p = 0.02). CONCLUSION The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and concomitant social restrictions are associated with reduced cardiac events admissions to our tertiary care center. From a public health perspective, strategies have to be developed to assure patients are seeking and getting medical care and treatment in time during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
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- Manuel Rattka
- Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Ulm-Medical Center, Albert Einstein Allee 23, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Ulm-Medical Center, Albert Einstein Allee 23, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Ulm-Medical Center, Albert Einstein Allee 23, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Ulm-Medical Center, Albert Einstein Allee 23, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Ulm-Medical Center, Albert Einstein Allee 23, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Ulm-Medical Center, Albert Einstein Allee 23, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
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