ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction hospitalisations remain unchanged during COVID-19

INTRODUCTION The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in hospitals being burdened with large volumes of admissions. However, hospitalisations for myocardial infarction were reported to have reduced throughout Europe and the United States of America (USA).[123] These authors have hypothesised multiple reasons, including fear of contagion within the hospital due to the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), avoidance of...