Open AccessImpact of the COVID-19 pandemic on coronary invasive procedures at two Italian high-volume referral centers
Author(s) -
Luca Fileti,
Silvia Lo Vecchio,
Carolina Moretti,
Alessandra Reggi,
Matteo Aquilina,
Marco Balducelli,
Andrea Santarelli,
Daniele Grosseto,
Giancarlo Piovaccari,
Andrea Rubboli
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.458
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1558-2035
pISSN - 1558-2027
DOI - 10.2459/jcm.0000000000001101
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , percutaneous coronary intervention , covid-19 , acute coronary syndrome , cardiology , chest radiograph , referral , pandemic , cardiac catheterization , emergency medicine , disease , family medicine , lung , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The purpose of this study was to verify the impact on the number and characteristics of coronary invasive procedures for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) of two hub centers with cardiac catheterization facilities, during the first month of lockdown following the COVID-19 pandemic.