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Comment
. 2020 Aug;50(8):1020-1021.
doi: 10.1111/imj.14939.

Collateral damage of a global pandemic: implications of COVID-19 for Australians with cardiovascular disease

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Collateral damage of a global pandemic: implications of COVID-19 for Australians with cardiovascular disease

Alexandra C Murphy et al. Intern Med J. 2020 Aug.
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Symptom‐to‐door time in the COVID era. Median symptom‐to‐door time (h) for the COVID‐19 era compared with the same time period in previous years at a single Australian institution. P‐value for trend is <0.001. COVID‐19 era defined as 16 March to 15 April 2020. Reproduced from Toner et al.,5 with permission.

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