The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Hospitalization and Interventional Procedures for Cardiovascular Diseases during the First Wave in Italy

Vincenzo Russo, Luigi Cante (), Egidio Imbalzano, Pierpaolo Di Micco, Roberta Bottino, Andreina Carbone and Antonello D’Andrea
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Vincenzo Russo: Cardiology Unit, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Monaldi Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy
Luigi Cante: Cardiology Unit, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Monaldi Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy
Egidio Imbalzano: General Medicine, Thrombotic and Hemorrhagic Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy
Pierpaolo Di Micco: Emergency Department, Rizzoli Hospital, Health Authority NA2, Ischia, 80122 Napoli, Italy
Roberta Bottino: Cardiology Unit, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Monaldi Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy
Andreina Carbone: Cardiology Unit, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Monaldi Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy
Antonello D’Andrea: Cardiology and Intensive Coronary Care Unit, “Umberto I” Hospital, 84014 Nocera Inferiore, Italy

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 20, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been responsible for an epidemic of devastating proportion, and it has represented a challenge for worldwide healthcare systems with the need of resources reallocation in order to face epidemic spread. Italy was one of the hardest hit countries by COVID-19, and the Italian government adopted strict rules to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as national lockdown and home quarantine; moreover, the Italian healthcare system had to rapidly re-organize the diagnostic and therapeutic pathways, with a reallocation of health resources and hospital beds, in order to manage COVID-19 patients. The aim of the present review is to provide an overview of the effects of the first pandemic wave on cardiovascular assistance in Italy with the purpose of evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the Italian health system.

Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; cardiovascular disease; implanted devices; ablation; syncope; acute coronary syndrome; heart failure; drug adherence; telemedicine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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