The global impact of COVID-19 on vascular surgical services

Affiliations

¹ SingVaSC, Singapore Vascular Surgical Collaborative, Singapore; Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, National University Heart Centre, Singapore.
² Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, National University Heart Centre, Singapore.
³ Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, National University Heart Centre, Singapore.
⁴ SingVaSC, Singapore Vascular Surgical Collaborative, Singapore; Cardiovascular Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, National University Heart Centre, Singapore.

Jun Jie Ng et al. J Vasc Surg. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;71(6):2182-2183.e1.

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.03.024. Epub 2020 Apr 1.

¹ SingVaSC, Singapore Vascular Surgical Collaborative, Singapore; Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, National University Heart Centre, Singapore.
² Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, National University Heart Centre, Singapore.
³ Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, National University Heart Centre, Singapore.
⁴ SingVaSC, Singapore Vascular Surgical Collaborative, Singapore; Cardiovascular Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, National University Heart Centre, Singapore.

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Cardiovascular examination should also include peripheral arterial evaluation for COVID-19 patients.
Reyes Valdivia A, Gómez Olmos C, Ocaña Guaita J, Gandarias Zúñiga C. Reyes Valdivia A, et al. J Vasc Surg. 2020 Aug;72(2):758-760. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.04.494. Epub 2020 Apr 30. J Vasc Surg. 2020. PMID: 32361070 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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