Author(s): Pereira, Ernesto ; Calé, Rita ; Pereira, Ângela Maria ; Pereira, Hélder ; Martins, Luís Dias
Date: 2023
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/48141
Origin: Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL
Subject(s): COVID-19; Epidemiology; Communicable disease control; Humans; Pandemics; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Portugal; ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction; Surgery; Therapy; Stents; Treatment outcome
Background: During Stent for Life Initiative in Portugal lifetime, positive changes in ST elevation myocardial infarction treatment were observed, by the increase of Primary Angioplasty numbers and improvements in patients' behaviour towards myocardial infarction, with an increase in those who called 112 and the lower proportion attending non primary percutaneous coronary intervention centres. Despite public awareness campaigns and system educational programmes, patient and system delay did not change significantly over this period. The aim of this study was to address the public awareness campaign effectiveness on peoples' behaviour facing STEMI, and how Covid-19 has affected STEMI treatment.
