Declining Admissions for Acute Cardiovascular Illness: The COVID-19 Paradox

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: Joseph.Ebinger@csmc.edu.
² Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

Editorial

Joseph E Ebinger et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 21;76(3):289-291.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.039. Epub 2020 May 26.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: Joseph.Ebinger@csmc.edu.
² Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

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Keywords: COVID-19; cardiovascular; coronavirus; hospitalizations.

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Fewer Hospitalizations for Acute Cardiovascular Conditions During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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