{"id":455455,"date":"2022-05-31T11:08:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T08:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/covid-19s-toll-on-global-cardiac-services\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T11:08:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T08:08:56","slug":"covid-19s-toll-on-global-cardiac-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covid-19s-toll-on-global-cardiac-services\/","title":{"rendered":"#COVID-19&#8217;s toll on global cardiac services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28b006a0559\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28b006a0559\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covid-19s-toll-on-global-cardiac-services\/#%E2%80%9CCOVID-19s_toll_on_global_cardiac_services%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;COVID-19&#8217;s toll on global cardiac services&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCOVID-19s_toll_on_global_cardiac_services%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;COVID-19&#8217;s toll on global cardiac services&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2021\/1-heart.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2021\/1-heart.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2021\/1-heart.jpg\" alt=\"heart\" title=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A major study has revealed the &#8220;global collateral damage&#8221; caused by the disruption to cardiac services from the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                The researchers warn that problems with heart health will &#8220;&#8230;continue to accrue unless mitigation strategies are speedily implemented&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the two years from December 2019, when health systems around the world were under extreme pressure and people were fearful of catching COVID-19, individuals experiencing an acute cardiac event such as a heart attack or heart failure either stayed away or could not get admitted to a hospital.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The study describes a &#8220;substantial global decline&#8221; in hospital admissions of people suffering from cardiovascular disease.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the number of people dying at home or in the community from heart conditions increased.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In cases where people did get medical help there was, on average, more than an hour&#8217;s delay in reaching hospital or having contact with paramedics. The chances of people surviving a major heart attack depends on timely and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although the problems identified by the researchers were seen across the world, they were exacerbated in low to middle income countries.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals and clinics in those locations struggled to give the gold standard treatment, in some cases using drugs instead of interventional procedures such as fitting a stent into a blocked artery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The result has been an increased death rate among cardiovascular patients in hospitals in low to middle income countries, as well as more people dying at home from cardiovascular disease in the UK.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Involving an international team of doctors and data scientists led by the University of Leeds, the study gives the first global assessment of the way cardiovascular services coped during the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The study, &#8220;The collateral damage of COVID-19 on cardiovascular services\u2014a meta-analysis&#8221;, is published today (Tuesday, May 31) in the <i>European Heart Journal<\/i>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mb-4\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n    <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"COVID-19's toll on global cardiac services - International Version\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/video\/2022\/covid-19s-toll-on-glob-2.mp3\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Dr Ramesh Nadarajah, the lead author, describes the research. Credit: University of Leeds\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-05-31T04:06:27-04:00\"\/><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/video\/2022\/covid-19s-toll-on-glob-2.mp3\"\/><br \/>\n            <audio class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\" id=\"jwVID69522\" controls=\"\"><source src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/video\/2022\/covid-19s-toll-on-glob-2.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/source><\/audio><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up mt-4\" itemprop=\"caption\">Dr Ramesh Nadarajah, the lead author, describes the research. Credit: University of Leeds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the review, the research team analysed data from 189 separate research papers looking at COVID-19&#8217;s impact on cardiovascular services from 48 countries on six continents and covering a two-year period from December 2019.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n                                            <!-- Google middle Adsense block --><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ramesh Nadarajah, a British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Leeds and lead author of the paper, said: &#8220;Heart disease is the number one killer in most countries\u2014and the analysis shows that during the pandemic people across the world, people did not receive the cardiac care they should have received.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That will have ramifications.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The longer people wait for treatment for a heart attack, the greater the damage to their heart muscle, causing complications that can be fatal or cause chronic ill health. Health systems need to reinforce systems to help support and treat people whose heart conditions will inevitably be worse because of the pandemic. The paper provides evidence of that.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Previous systemic reviews of the impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular services have presented an &#8220;incomplete overview&#8221;, say the researchers. To address that, they comprehensively investigated a range of heart services from hospitalisations, heart disease management, diagnostic procedures, outpatient consultations and mortality rates and across regions. They combined data from multiple studies to give a value for the number of cases hospitals and clinics were seeing compared to the expected caseload if there wasn&#8217;t a pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Data from low to middle income countries is sparse and the researchers believe their fundings underplay the true extent of the impact of COVID-19 disruption on heart services in low to middle income countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Samira Asma, Assistant Director-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> for Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact at the World Health Organization (WHO) and one of the paper&#8217;s authors, said: &#8220;This research shows how the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted cardiac services at all levels and across all continents, and it would be important to continue studying the impact of this disruption.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The analysis is revealing that the burden of COVID-19 has disproportionately fallen on low to middle income countries and we suspect it will widen the\u00a0inequality\u00a0gap in health outcomes\u00a0of\u00a0cardiac care between high-income countries and low to middle income countries, where 80% of the world&#8217;s population live.\u00a0This underscores the need for universal health coverage and access to quality care, even more so during the pandemic.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, WHO published estimates\u00a0of\u00a0the excess deaths\u00a0associated with\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0pandemic, which would include people who were unable to access prevention and treatment for cardiovascular diseases\u00a0due to overwhelmed\u00a0health systems.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During 2020 and 2021, WHO calculated there were 14.9 million excess deaths globally.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Problems with heart health &#8216;will accrue&#8217;\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Writing in the research paper, the authors warn that the disruption to cardiovascular services will leave a legacy that will require prompt action on the part of health administrators.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The researchers said: &#8220;Collateral cardiovascular damage from missed diagnoses and delayed treatments will continue to accrue unless mitigation strategies are speedily implemented. The deferral of interventional procedures, especially for structural heart disease, leaves many patients at high risk of adverse outcomes.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Professor Chris Gale, Consultant Cardiologist and senior author said: &#8220;The repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular care and outcomes will be with us for a long while yet.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is little doubt that there will continue to be deaths and illness that would not have otherwise occurred. Urgent action is needed to address the burden of cardiovascular disease left in the wake of the pandemic.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Professor Deepak L Bhatt, Executive Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs at Brigham and Women&#8217;s Hospital, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a senior author in the paper, said: &#8220;This analysis really brings to light the substantial impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had and will continue to have in harming cardiovascular health globally.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Headline findings\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Because of the different way the statistics in the survey had been collated, the researchers used percentages to compare services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hospitalisations\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#13;<br \/>\nHospitalisations\u2014across the world, hospitals saw a 22% decline in people experiencing a serious heart attack where one of the arteries serving the heart is completely blocked (STEMI heart attack). There was 34% decline in people attending hospital with a less severe form of heart attack, where an artery is partially blocked (NSTEMI heart attack). The drop in patients was not due to fewer heart attacks but fewer people attending hospital for treatment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The decline in people attending hospital was seen around the world but was greater in low to middle income countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Treatment delays\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Management of a heart attack\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#13;<br \/>\nThe gold standard treatment for many heart attack patients is to have a stent inserted into the blocked artery. In many low to middle income countries there was a sharp decline in those procedures being carried out: in just 73% of cases where the patient was having a major heart attack and 69% of cases where the patient was suffering a less severe heart attack. There was a shift to treat patients with clot busting drugs instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Heart operations\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Interventional procedures\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#13;<br \/>\nJust over half (51%) of the electronic implantable devices, such as pacemakers, used to control abnormal heart rhythms were fitted when compared to the non-COVID-19 period.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Deaths due to heart disease\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#13;<br \/>\nGlobally, among patients in hospital after having had a major heart attack or heart failure, the number of people dying from any cause was up by 17%. This was driven by an increase in the death rates among cardiovascular patients in low to middle income countries.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/li>\n<li>&#13;\n<p>Studies from the early phase of the pandemic in the UK revealed a &#8220;displacement of death&#8221; effect where more people were dying from acute coronary events at home\u2014running at 31% rather than the expected 24%. In care homes, the figures were 16% versus 14%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                                                                        Nationwide study finds significant decline in treatment for heart attacks during pandemic\n                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                The collateral damage of COVID-19 on cardiovascular services\u2014a meta-analysis, <i>European Heart Journal<\/i> (2022).  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehac227\">DOI: 10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehac227<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    University of Leeds<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leeds.ac.uk\/\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg>\n                                                            <use href=\"https:\/\/medx.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/>\n                                                        <\/svg><br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 COVID-19&#8217;s toll on global cardiac services (2022, May 31)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 31 May 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-05-covid-toll-global-cardiac.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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