Daniele Ronco, Matteo Matteucci, Justine Mafalda Ravaux, Mariusz Kowalewski, Giulio Massimi, Federica Torchio, Cinzia Trumello, Shiho Naito, Nikolaos Bonaros, Michele De Bonis, Dario Fina, Adam Kowalówka, Marek Deja, Federica Jiritano, Giuseppe Filiberto Serraino, Jurij Matija Kalisnik, Carlo De Vincentiis, Marco Ranucci, Theodor Fischlein, Claudio Francesco Russo, Massimiliano Carrozzini, Udo Boeken, Nikolaos Kalampokas, Michele Golino, Roberto De Ponti, Matteo Pozzi, Jean-François Obadia, Matthias Thielmann, Roberto Scrofani, Stefania Blasi, Giovanni Troise, Carlo Antona, Andrea De Martino, Giosuè Falcetta, Guglielmo Actis Dato, Paolo Severgnini, Andrea Musazzi, Roberto Lorusso
OBJECTIVES: Post-acute myocardial infarction mechanical complications (post-AMI MCs) represent rare but life-threatening conditions, including free-wall rupture, ventricular septal rupture and papillary muscle rupture. During the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, an overwhelming pressure on healthcare systems led to delayed and potentially suboptimal treatments for time-dependent conditions. As AMI-related hospitalizations decreased, limited information is available whether higher rates of post-AMI MCs and related deaths occurred in this setting...
December 5, 2023: Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg