Understanding myocardial infarction trends during the early COVID-19 pandemic: an infodemiology study

Omar Dzaye; Matthias Duebgen; Philipp Berning; Garth Graham; Seth S. Martin; Michael J. Blaha

doi:10.1111/imj.15399

Understanding myocardial infarction trends during the early COVID-19 pandemic: an infodemiology study

Omar Dzaye, Matthias Duebgen, Philipp Berning, Garth Graham, Seth S. Martin, Michael J. Blaha

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Abstract

During the first months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in early 2020, Google Trends data in the United States showed a strong increase in search query frequency for chest pain symptoms despite a concurrent decrease in search interest for myocardial infarction. This suggests a reduced attention to acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and chest pain as its main symptom during this time period. These observations could help explain why cardiovascular mortality rose dramatically despite a strong decrease in hospitalisation rates for ACS.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1328-1331
Number of pages	4
Journal	Internal Medicine Journal
Volume	51
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.15399
State	Published - Aug 2021

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COVID-19 pandemic
infodemiology study
myocardial infarction

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Internal Medicine

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