Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Critical Care Transfers for ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, and Aortic Emergencies

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 Aug;13(8):e006938. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.006938. Epub 2020 Jun 11.
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Keywords: COVID-19; abdominal aortic aneurysm; aortic dissection; emergencies; pandemic.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Diseases / complications
  • Aortic Diseases / epidemiology
  • Aortic Diseases / therapy*
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Critical Care / methods*
  • Emergencies
  • Global Health
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Pandemics
  • Patient Transfer / methods*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology
  • ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
  • Stroke / complications
  • Stroke / epidemiology
  • Stroke / therapy*
  • Survival Rate / trends