ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Care During COVID-19: Losing Sight of the Forest for the Trees

Oriol Rodriguez-Leor^{1

2}, Belen Cid-Alvarez³

Affiliations

¹ Institut del Cor, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
² Institut de Recerca Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
³ Department of Cardiology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Editorial

Oriol Rodriguez-Leor et al. JACC Case Rep. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;2(10):1625-1627.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.011. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

Oriol Rodriguez-Leor^{1

2}, Belen Cid-Alvarez³

¹ Institut del Cor, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
² Institut de Recerca Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
³ Department of Cardiology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; STEMI.

Figures

Collateral Damage: Medical Care Avoidance Behavior Among Patients With Myocardial Infarction During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Moroni F, Gramegna M, Ajello S, Beneduce A, Baldetti L, Vilca LM, Cappelletti A, Scandroglio AM, Azzalini L. Moroni F, et al. JACC Case Rep. 2020 Aug;2(10):1620-1624. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.010. Epub 2020 Apr 23. JACC Case Rep. 2020. PMID: 32835261 Free PMC article.

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