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. 2020;27(5):633-635.
doi: 10.5603/CJ.a2020.0091. Epub 2020 Jul 9.

Impact of a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown on acute coronary syndrome referrals

Erik W Holy  1 , Philipp Jakob  2 , Robert Manka  2 , Barbara E Stähli  2 , Patrick T Siegrist  2 , Frank Ruschitzka  2 , Christian Templin  2
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Impact of a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown on acute coronary syndrome referrals

Erik W Holy et al. Cardiol J. 2020.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest: None declared

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) referrals 4 weeks before and after March 16th 2020 (A) and 2019 (B). Weekly evolution of ACS referrals for the same period of time 2020 (C) and 2019 (D); *p = 0.02 and **p < 0.01 for +4 weeks versus −4 weeks. Report of death cases in Switzerland according to the Federal Office of Public Health (published 04/21/2020) for the study period 2020 (E) and 2019 (F); NSTEMI — non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI — ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; OHCA — out of hospital cardiac arrest; y — years.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Analysis of temperature (A), nictric oxides (B) and particulates (PM10; C) variations at the traffic air quality monitoring station Rosengartenstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland. Data provided by the Office of the Environment (www.ostluft.ch). Statistical analysis was performed using two-way ANOVA (GraphPad Prism 6.0). Bars display mean values and standard deviations.
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Comment in

  • Myocardial infarction in the shadow of COVID-19.
    Wańha W, Wybraniec M, Kapłon-Cieślicka A, Kupczyńska K, Dobrowolski P, Michalski B, Darocha S, Domienik-Karłowicz J, D'Ascenzo F, Kaźmierski M, Januszek R, Bartuś S, Witkowski A, Dudek D, Wojakowski W, Jaguszewski MJ. Wańha W, et al. Cardiol J. 2020;27(5):478-480. doi: 10.5603/CJ.2020.0152. Cardiol J. 2020. PMID: 33165896 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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