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cord-260272-645g3to1	Haddad, Kevin	COVID-19 implications on STEMI care	2020-09-19		.txt	text/plain	2058	113	56	In the context of a global lockdown, both new organizational barriers and patients' fear of acquiring COVID-19 have led to major concerns of undue delays in seeking appropriate emergent care, in particular for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. A total of 167 patients with STEMI were included in our analysis (72 from the Cité-de-la-Santé Killip class at time of hospital presentation was more advanced for patients with a STEMI during the lockdown period compared to the pre-COVID era, with significantly more cases categorized as a Killip class >1 (Group A 18.3% vs. J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f Journal Pre-proof MACE rates after the index procedure for patients admitted during the lockdown period were significantly higher than those observed in 2019 during the same period or the one recorded between January and mid-March 2020 (22.6% vs. Indeed, our study highlights that, during the lockdown period, delays in seeking care were associated with more advanced heart failure on presentation and significantly higher rates of inhospital MACE.	./cache/cord-260272-645g3to1.txt	./txt/cord-260272-645g3to1.txt