PMID- 32945201
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20201210
LR  - 20201214
IS  - 1651-2006 (Electronic)
IS  - 1401-7431 (Linking)
VI  - 54
IP  - 6
DP  - 2020 Dec
TI  - Lower ST-elevation myocardial infarction incidence during COVID-19 epidemic in 
      Northern Europe.
PG  - 358-360
LID - 10.1080/14017431.2020.1820563 [doi]
AB  - We compared the ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) incidence during 
      COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020) to January-February 2020 and to same time period 
      in earlier years 2017-2019 in five Nordic-Baltic tertiary centers. During 
      2017-2019, there were no marked differences in STEMI incidence between January, 
      February and March. During 2020, there was an average drop of 32% in STEMI 
      incidence in March. The isolation measures may decrease the risk for respiratory 
      virus infection and contribute to the lower STEMI incidence and that we might 
      benefit from firmer suggestions on hand hygiene and social distancing during flu 
      season at least among high-risk individuals.
FAU - Piuhola, Jarkko
AU  - Piuhola J
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Oulu University 
      Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
FAU - Kerkela, Risto
AU  - Kerkela R
AD  - Research Unit of Biomedicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 
      University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
FAU - Laine, Mika
AU  - Laine M
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Heart and Lung Centre, University of Helsinki and 
      Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
FAU - Andersen, Geir Oystein
AU  - Andersen GO
AD  - Center for Clinical Heart Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
FAU - Erglis, Andrejs
AU  - Erglis A
AD  - Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
FAU - Kumsars, Indulis
AU  - Kumsars I
AD  - Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
FAU - Thuesen, Leif
AU  - Thuesen L
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
FAU - Sinisalo, Juha
AU  - Sinisalo J
AD  - Department of Cardiology, Heart and Lung Centre, University of Helsinki and 
      Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
FAU - Niemela, Matti
AU  - Niemela M
AD  - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Oulu University 
      Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
FAU - Junttila, M Juhani
AU  - Junttila MJ
AD  - Research Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of 
      Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
DEP - 20200918
PL  - England
TA  - Scand Cardiovasc J
JT  - Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJ
JID - 9708377
SB  - IM
MH  - *COVID-19
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Latvia/epidemiology
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction/*epidemiology
MH  - Scandinavian and Nordic Countries/epidemiology
MH  - Tertiary Care Centers/statistics & numerical data
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - COVID-19
OT  - ST-elevation myocardial infarction
OT  - incidence
EDAT- 2020/09/19 06:00
MHDA- 2020/12/15 06:00
CRDT- 2020/09/18 08:42
PHST- 2020/09/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/12/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/09/18 08:42 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/14017431.2020.1820563 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Scand Cardiovasc J. 2020 Dec;54(6):358-360. doi: 10.1080/14017431.2020.1820563. 
      Epub 2020 Sep 18.