Impact of social containment measures on cardiovascular admissions and sudden cardiac death rates during Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Greece

Affiliations

¹ Third Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: vvassil@auth.gr.
² Third Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
³ Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁴ Laboratory of Forensic Service of Ministry of Justice of Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁵ Laboratory of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Medical School, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁶ First Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁷ Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
⁸ Second Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Vassilios P Vassilikos et al. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2021 Jul-Aug.

. 2021 Jul-Aug;62(4):318-319.

doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2020.09.009. Epub 2020 Sep 15.

¹ Third Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: vvassil@auth.gr.
² Third Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
³ Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁴ Laboratory of Forensic Service of Ministry of Justice of Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁵ Laboratory of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Medical School, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁶ First Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁷ Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
⁸ Second Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

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