Corona Virus Disease 19 (CoViD-19) impact on cardiovascular disease in a non-CoViD-19 emergency setting

Sebastiano Cicco^#^{1

2}, Rocco Guerra^#^{3

4}, Angela Leaci⁵, Anna Mundo⁶, Angelo Vacca⁷, Maria Teresa Montagna³, Vito Racanelli⁷

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro Medical School, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, BA, Italy. sebastiano.cicco@uniba.it.
² Emergency Department, "Don Tonino Bello" Hospital, ASL Bari, Str. Prov. Molfetta-Terlizzi, 70056, Molfetta, BA, Italy. sebastiano.cicco@uniba.it.
³ Unit of Public Health, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro Medical School, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy.
⁴ Health Management Department, "Umberto I" Hospital, ASL Bari, Via Ruvo, 108, 70033, Corato, BA, Italy.
⁵ Health Management Department, "San Paolo" Hospital, ASL Bari, Via Capo Scardicchio, 70123, Bari, Italy.
⁶ Health Management Department, "Don Tonino Bello" Hospital, ASL Bari, Str. Prov. Molfetta-Terlizzi, 70056, Molfetta, BA, Italy.
⁷ Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro Medical School, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, BA, Italy.

^# Contributed equally.

Sebastiano Cicco et al. Intern Emerg Med. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;16(5):1377-1379.

doi: 10.1007/s11739-020-02573-z. Epub 2021 Jan 5.

Sebastiano Cicco^#^{1

2}, Rocco Guerra^#^{3

4}, Angela Leaci⁵, Anna Mundo⁶, Angelo Vacca⁷, Maria Teresa Montagna³, Vito Racanelli⁷

¹ Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro Medical School, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, BA, Italy. sebastiano.cicco@uniba.it.
² Emergency Department, "Don Tonino Bello" Hospital, ASL Bari, Str. Prov. Molfetta-Terlizzi, 70056, Molfetta, BA, Italy. sebastiano.cicco@uniba.it.
³ Unit of Public Health, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro Medical School, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy.
⁴ Health Management Department, "Umberto I" Hospital, ASL Bari, Via Ruvo, 108, 70033, Corato, BA, Italy.
⁵ Health Management Department, "San Paolo" Hospital, ASL Bari, Via Capo Scardicchio, 70123, Bari, Italy.
⁶ Health Management Department, "Don Tonino Bello" Hospital, ASL Bari, Str. Prov. Molfetta-Terlizzi, 70056, Molfetta, BA, Italy.
⁷ Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro Medical School, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, BA, Italy.

^# Contributed equally.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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