A global analysis of implants and replacements of pacemakers and cardioverter-defibrillators before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

At the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency, non-urgent surgical procedures had to be deferred, but also emergencies were reduced. To assess the global trend of pacemaker (PM) and implantable cardiac-defibrillator (ICD) procedures performed in Italy before, during, and after the first COVID-19 emerge...

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Published in:Internal and emergency medicine 2024-01, Vol.19 (1), p.107-114
Main Authors: Zecchin, Massimo, Ciminello, Enrico, Mari, Veronica, Proclemer, Alessandro, D’Onofrio, Antonio, Zanotto, Gabriele, De Ponti, Roberto, Capovilla, Teresa Maria, Laricchiuta, Paola, Biondi, Alessia, Sampaolo, Letizia, Pascucci, Simona, Sinagra, Gianfranco, Boriani, Giuseppe, Carrani, Eugenio, Torre, Marina
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Language:English
Subjects:
COVID-19
COVID-19 : diagnosis
Defibrillators
Heart
Im - Original
Internal Medicine
management and prognosis
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Pacemakers
Pandemics
Statistical analysis
Ventricle
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Summary:At the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency, non-urgent surgical procedures had to be deferred, but also emergencies were reduced. To assess the global trend of pacemaker (PM) and implantable cardiac-defibrillator (ICD) procedures performed in Italy before, during, and after the first COVID-19 emergency, all the Italian hospital discharge records related to PM/ICD procedures performed between 2012 and 2021, sent to the National Institute of Health, were reviewed. Compared to 2019, in 2020, there was a reduction of first PM implants (52,216 to 43,962, −16%; p  
ISSN:1828-0447
1970-9366
1970-9366
DOI:10.1007/s11739-023-03450-1