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Observational studyAmerican heart journal2020

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Insights from a British cardiac center.

Hesham K Abdelaziz, Amr Abdelrahman, Amjad Nabi, Maciej Debski, Amgad Mentias, Tawfiq Choudhury, Billal Patel, Marwan Saad

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In one paragraph

Observational study in American heart journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Cardiac Surgery During and After the Pandemic: A Retrospective Analysis of UK Trends and Outcomes.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2025
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  13. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with Fontan circulation: Focus on gaps in care.International journal of cardiology. Congenital heart disease · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Hesham K AbdelazizLancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK; Division of Cardiology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Amr AbdelrahmanLancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK.
Amjad NabiLancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK.
Maciej DebskiLancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK.
Amgad MentiasDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Tawfiq ChoudhuryLancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK.
Billal PatelLancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK.
Marwan SaadDivision of Cardiology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Cardiovascular Institute, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Providence, RI, USA. Electronic address: marwanssaad@gmail.com.
Blackpool Victoria Hospital · GBUniversity of Liverpool · GBAin Shams University · EGUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study aimed to examine the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on patient-related delay with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) at a tertiary center in the United Kingdom. The study demonstrated a significant delay in symptom-to-first medical contact and a higher cardiac troponin-I level on admission in patients with STEMI during the COVID-19 pandemic versus the pre-COVID era.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusCardiac Care FacilitiesCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Emergency Medical ServicesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial ReperfusionPandemicsPneumonia, ViralRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2ST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionTertiary Care Centers

Identifiers

PMID32497914
PMCPMC7211651
OpenAlexW3023261723

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