As long as the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic keeps raging, try to postpone your heart attack.<br />That's the message from a new analysis published Friday by JAMA Cardiology.<br />People who have a severe heart attack are more than twice as likely to die during the COVID-19 pandemic than before the disease hit the US.<br />Those who suffer a type of heart attack in which one of the heart's major arteries is blocked were 2.4 times more likely to die during the pandemic period.<br />UPI reports the researchers say that's because it's likely they put off seeking medical care.<br />These trends could be the result of hospital efforts to maintain bed availability.<br />Another contributing factor could be patients requesting early discharge, due to fears of contracting COVID-19 while in the hospital.
