Table 1

Baseline demographics and management of patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome based on time period

Characteristics20182019P-COV 2020COVID-19 2020
Total MI numbers290308266164
Age (SD)69.8 (±12.9)69.4 (±13.6)68.8 (±13.3)68.0 (±12.9)
Males, % (no.)65.9 (191)65.6 (202)60.9 (162)69.5 (114)
Death at 28 days, % (no.)4.5 (13)7.1 (22)6.0 (16)3.0 (5)
NSTEMI, % (no.)65.5 (190)70.5 (217)75.2 (200)78.7 (129)
STEMI, % (no.)34.5 (100)29.5 (91)24.8 (66)21.3 (35)
P-PCI STEMI, % (no.)25.9 (75)23.0 (71)18.0 (48)10.4 (17)
Thrombolysed STEMI, % (no.)8.6 (25)6.5 (20)6.8 (18)11.0 (18)
Angiogram, % (no.)78.6 (228)78.6 (242)73.3 (195)74.4 (122)
Revascularisation, % (no.)57.9 (132)59.5 (144)62.6 (122)77.9 (95)
PCI, % (no.)46.1 (105)54.1 (131)54.9 (107)68.0 (83)
CABG, % (no.)11.8 (27)5.4 (13)7.8 (15)9.8 (12)
  • CABG, coronary artery bypass graft surgery; MI, myocardial infarction; NSTEMI, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; OOHCA, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; P-COV, pre-COVID-19 isolation; P-PCI, primary percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.