Table 1.

Hospitalizations for myocardial infarction and heart failure, and number of procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic

	Numbers during 2019 reference period	Numbers during lockdown	Reduction in numbers during lockdown a	Per cent reduction in weekly rate (95% CI)
Cardiac conditions
Myocardial infarction	39 473	28 679	10 794	27 (27–27)
Heart failure	224 650	161 592	63 058	28 (28–28)
Total	264 123	190 271	73 852
Cardiac operations
CABG	3961	1454	2507	64 (63–64)
Aortic valve replacement	3240	1916	1324	41 (41–42)
Mitral valve replacement	438	172	266	58 (55–60)
Total	7639	3542	4097
Cardiac interventions
PCI	18 815	13 570	5245	28 (28–28)
TAVI	1373	1089	284	20 (19–22)
Pacemakers	14 662	8212	6450	44 (44–44)
CRT-pacing	1067	576	491	46 (45–47)
CRT-defibrillation	846	490	356	42 (41–43)
ICD	1110	609	501	45 (44–46)
AF ablation	2316	414	1902	83 (82–83)
Other ablation	2680	968	1712	64 (63–64)
Total	42 869	25 928	16 941

^aCompared to the reference period in 2019, all changes compared with the numbers in the reference period in 2019 were statistically significant (P < 0001).

AF, atrial fibrillation; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CRT, cardiac resynchronization therapy; ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation.