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. 2020 Jun;22(6):1045-1046.
doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1921. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

Decreases in acute heart failure hospitalizations during COVID-19

Zachary L Cox  1   2 , Pikki Lai  3 , JoAnn Lindenfeld  4
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Decreases in acute heart failure hospitalizations during COVID-19

Zachary L Cox et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2020 Jun.
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The number of hospital admissions for acute heart failure (AHF) in weekly intervals to Vanderbilt University Medical Center decreased both compared to the same time period in 2019 and in current year as confirmed cases of COVID‐19 began to rise. The ‘stay‐at‐home’ order for the state of Tennessee (TN) was signed on April 2, 2020.
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