Acute “ Corona ” syndrome : Glad to know plaques are also in lockdown mode !

The Country of mine with 140 crore population, is under complete lockdown mode. We are anxiously tense in one aspect,  but enjoying the free time due to the peculiar “Corona effect” on cardiac emergencies. Unable to understand you . . . please go away What happened to our 24/7 busy CCU ?  Does it happen only in my hospital? Can’t be.  Let me check it right now. I called my fellow, who has since become a leading cardiologist in the nearby town. I have since called many of my close contacts. In both Government and private hospitals. The pooled data were analyzed in a virtual cloud memory. I am fairly convinced, our observation was indeed true. The following can be considered as near facts. There have been at least 50% minimum dip of Overall ACS cases. It even went down to 80%reduction in a few places Even UA/NSTEMI showed a significant drop. There was general hesitancy to do primary PCI even if it’s technically Indicated. All most all STEMI were lysed. Heparin was liberally used. Many patients preferred telephonic consultations.ECGs were reported over mobile platforms None of the back pains &  gastric pains were admitted as atypical chest pain. Most cardiologists closed down their regular OPD For the first time, Govt institutions were considered worthy to refer. Why ACS Incidence nose dived?  Under recognition?  Under-reported ? Low Incidence? Low rate of referral?  STEMI that goes under-recognized and unreported?  The consensus was,...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: acute coronary syndrome Cardiology -guidelines Cardiology -Interventional -PCI cardiology -Therapeutics Ethics in Medicine Uncategorized Acute corona vs coronary syndrome ethics in cardiology evidence based cardiology Source Type: blogs