• Santiago Garcia, Payam Dehghani, Cindy Grines, Laura Davidson, Keshav R Nayak, Jacqueline Saw, Ron Waksman, John Blair, Bagai Akshay, Ross Garberich, Christian Schmidt, Hung Q Ly, Scott Sharkey, Nestor Mercado, Carlos E Alfonso, Naoki Misumida, Deepak Acharya, Mina Madan, Abdul Moiz Hafiz, Nosheen Javed, Jay Shavadia, Jay Stone, M Chadi Alraies, Wah Htun, William Downey, Brian A Bergmark, Jospeh Ebinger, Tareq Alyousef, Houman Khalili, Chao-Wei Hwang, Joshua Purow, Alexander Llanos, Brent McGrath, Mark Tannenbaum, Jon Resar, Rodrigo Bagur, Pedro Cox-Alomar, Ada C Stefanescu Schmidt, Lindsey A Cilia, Farouc A Jaffer, Michael Gharacholou, Michael Salinger, Brian Case, Ameer Kabour, Xuming Dai, Osama Elkhateeb, Taisei Kobayashi, Hahn-Ho Kim, Mazen Roumia, Frank V Aguirre, Jeffrey Rade, Aun-Yeong Chong, Hurst M Hall, Shy Amlani, Alireza Bagherli, PatelRajan A GRAGOchsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA., David A Wood, Frederick G Welt, Jay Giri, Ehtisham Mahmud, Timothy D Henry, and Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, the Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology, and the American College of Cardiology Interventional Council.
• Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Electronic address: santiagogarcia@me.com.
• J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2021 Apr 27; 77 (16): 1994-2003.

BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted many aspects of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) care, including timely access to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI).ObjectivesThe goal of the NACMI (North American COVID-19 and STEMI) registry is to describe demographic characteristics, management strategies, and outcomes of COVID-19 patients with STEMI.MethodsA prospective, ongoing observational registry was created under the guidance of 3 cardiology societies. STEMI patients with confirmed COVID+ (group 1) or suspected (person under investigation [PUI]) (group 2) COVID-19 infection were included. A group of age- and sex-matched STEMI patients (matched to COVID+ patients in a 2:1 ratio) treated in the pre-COVID era (2015 to 2019) serves as the control group for comparison of treatment strategies and outcomes (group 3). The primary outcome was a composite of in-hospital death, stroke, recurrent myocardial infarction, or repeat unplanned revascularization.ResultsAs of December 6, 2020, 1,185 patients were included in the NACMI registry (230 COVID+ patients, 495 PUIs, and 460 control patients). COVID+ patients were more likely to have minority ethnicity (Hispanic 23%, Black 24%) and had a higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus (46%) (all p < 0.001 relative to PUIs). COVID+ patients were more likely to present with cardiogenic shock (18%) but were less likely to receive invasive angiography (78%) (all p < 0.001 relative to control patients). Among COVID+ patients who received angiography, 71% received PPCI and 20% received medical therapy (both p < 0.001 relative to control patients). The primary outcome occurred in 36% of COVID+ patients, 13% of PUIs, and 5% of control patients (p < 0.001 relative to control patients).ConclusionsCOVID+ patients with STEMI represent a high-risk group of patients with unique demographic and clinical characteristics. PPCI is feasible and remains the predominant reperfusion strategy, supporting current recommendations.Copyright © 2021 American College of Cardiology Foundation. All rights reserved.

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