Research Article

The Number of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Decreased and Door-to-Balloon Time Delayed in COVID-19

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of AMI inpatients.

2019 (n = 256)2020 (n = 207)

Mean age, y (SD)63.95 ± 13.9262.69 ± 13.370.327
Males (%)79730.134
Coronary heart disease (%)14.818.40.310
Ever-myocardial infarction (%)8.67.20.595
Hypertension (%)53.5430.024
Diabetes mellitus (%)24.618.80.136
Hyperlipidemia (%)5.17.70.242
Ischemic stroke (%)18.49.70.094
AMI patients per day, N (Q1–Q3)3 (2–4)2 (1–3)0.011
STEMI (%)62.559.40.499
STEMI per day, N (Q1–Q3)2 (1-2)1 (1-2)0.038
NSTEMI per day, N (Q1–Q3)1 (0-1)1 (0–1.75)0.318
AMI patients refused therapy in the hospital (%)5.01.50.028

AMI: acute myocardial infarction; STEMI: ST-elevation myocardial infarction; NSTEMI: non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction.