The COVID-19 Pandemic and Coronary Angiography for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Use of Mechanical Support, and Mechanical Complications in Canada: A Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology National Survey

Background: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic first wave, reductions in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) invasive care, ranging from 23% to 76%, have been reported from various countries. Whether this change had any impact on coronary angiography (CA) volume or on mechanical support dev...

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Main Authors: Stéphane Rinfret, MD, SM, Israth Jahan, BSc, Kevin McKenzie, Nandini Dendukuri, PhD, Kevin R. Bainey, MD, MSc, Samer Mansour, MD, Madhu Natarajan, MD, Luiz F. Ybarra, MD, PhD, MBA, Aun-Yeong Chong, BSc, MBBS, MD, MRCP, Simon Bérubé, MD, Robert Breton, MD, Michael J. Curtis, MD, Josep Rodés-Cabau, MD, Amlani Shy (Shoaib), MD, Alireza Bagherli, MD, Warren Ball, MD, Alan Barolet, MD, PhD, Hussein K. Beydoun, MD, Neil Brass, MD, Albert W. Chan, MD, MSc, Franco Colizza, MD, Christian Constance, MD, Neil P. Fam, MD, MSc, François Gobeil, MD, Tinouch Haghighat, MD, Steven Hodge, MD, Dominique Joyal, MD, Hahn Hoe Kim, MD, CM, Sohrab Lutchmedial, MD, Andrea MacDougall, MD, Paul Malik, MD, Steve Miner, MD, Kunal Minhas, BSc, MD, Jason Orvold, MD, Donald Palisaitis, MD, Brendan Parfrey, MD, Jean-Michel Potvin, MD, Geoffrey Puley, MD, Sam Radhakrishnan, MD, Marco Spaziano, MD, Jean-François Tanguay, MD, Ram Vijayaraghaban, MD, John G. Webb, MD, Rodney H. Zimmermann, MD, David A. Wood, James M. Brophy, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:CJC Open
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X2100127X