Reduced rate of admissions for acute coronary syndromes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational analysis from a  tertiary hospital in Germany.

CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 health and social crisis has caused a worrying trend of reduced cardiological admissions for ACS, without evidence of a decrease in its incidence. Understanding and counteracting the causes appears to be crucial to avoiding major long-term consequences for healthcare systems worldwide.
PMID: 33026483 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Herz - October 8, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: Herz Source Type: research