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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2024

Trends in the Incidence of Cardiovascular Diagnoses and Procedures over the Years 2012-2021 in Israel: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Orna Reges, Wiessam Abu Ahmad, Erez Battat, Walid Saliba, Yael Wolff Sagy, Asaf Danon, Gil Lavie

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Orna RegesDepartment of Health Systems Management, School of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 4077625, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-5384-005X
Wiessam Abu AhmadBranch of Planning and Strategy, Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv 6209804, Israel.
Erez BattatBranch of Planning and Strategy, Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv 6209804, Israel.
Walid SalibaDepartment of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa 3436212, Israel.
Yael Wolff SagyBranch of Planning and Strategy, Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv 6209804, Israel.
Asaf DanonRuth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-9250-596X
Gil LavieBranch of Planning and Strategy, Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv 6209804, Israel.
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILClalit Health Services · ILAriel University · ILHebrew University of Jerusalem · IL

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Abstract

Prior studies found reduced incidences of cardiovascular diagnoses and treatments in the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, these studies included a limited number of outcomes and did not consider pre-pandemic trends. This study aimed to describe trends in the incidence of cardiovascular diagnoses and treatments over the years 2012-2021 in Israel and to compare the two years of the COVID-19 period with the preceding 8 years. In this retrospective, population-based study, carried out within Clalit Health Services, the incidence rates of cardiovascular outcomes were calculated for individuals aged ≥ 25 (~2.7 million adults per year) during the first (Y1, 3/2020-2/2021) and second (Y2, 3/2021-2/2022) years of COVID-19 and the 8 years prior (3/2012-2/2020). Declines were observed in Y1 compared to 2019 in all diagnoses and treatments: STEMI (-16.3%; 95% CI: -16.6, -16.1), non-STEMI (-16.4%; -16.6, -16.2), AF (-14.1%; -14.2, -14.0), CHF (-7.8%; -7.9, -7.7), CVA (-5.0%; -5.0, -4.9), catheterization (-64.7%; -65.2, -64.2), CABG (-77.7%; -79.2, -76.2), ablation (-21.2%; -22.0, -20.4), pacemaker implantation (-39.3%; -40.7, -37.9), and defibrillator insertion (-12.5%; -13.1, -12.0). Compared with expected rates based on pre-pandemic trends, observed rates were within expected ranges (CHF, CVA, and ablation), less than expected (STEMI, non-STEMI, AF, catheterization, CABG, and pacemaker insertion), or more than expected (defibrillator insertion). In Y2, STEMI, catheterization, and CABG returned to expected rates; non-STEMI and AF were lower than expected; and CHF, CVA, ablation, and pacemaker and defibrillator implantations were higher than expected. Several cardiovascular diagnoses and treatment trends were interrupted by COVID-19. The long-term consequences of these changes should be considered by health policymakers.

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