Impact on hospital admission of ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in an Italian Hospital.

: The worldwide pandemic caused by the novel acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) has resulted in a new and lethal disease named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The prevalence of COVID-19 has posed a great threat to people's health worldwide and many people who need cardiovascular care were afraid of hospital admission, also in geographic areas with a few number of cases. This document shows how the pandemic is impacting hospital admission and the care of ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients. We analyzed the number of interventional cardiology procedures to treat ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in our catheterization laboratory, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a specific period.