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Table 3 Comparison of clinical treatment between NSTEMI patients during non-COVID-19 and COVID-19 pandemic periods

From: Reconsidering treatment guidelines for acute myocardial infarction during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

NSTEMI

p-value

Group 1 (n = 101)

Group 2 (n = 43)

Treatment place, n (%)

  

0.001*

 Accident and emergency department

9 (8.9)

13 (30.2)

 

 In-hospital

92 (91.1)

30 (69.8)

 

Reperfusion therapy, n (%)

71 (70.3)

16 (37.2)

 < 0.001*

 PCI within 24 h in-hospital

18 (17.8)

9 (20.9)

0.662

 PCI after 24 h in-hospital

44 (43.6)

7 (16.3)

0.002*

 CABG

9 (8.9)

0 (0.0)

0.100

Conservative therapy, n (%)

30 (29.7)

27 (62.8)

 < 0.001*

FMC time (min), median (IQR)

236.0 (106.0,675.0)

412.0 (181.0,839.0)

0.036*

  1. NSTEMI non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, FMC first medical contact, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, IQR interquartile range.
  2. *p < 0.05