Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Critical Care Transfers for ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, and Aortic Emergencies

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 Aug;13(8):e006938. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.006938. Epub 2020 Jun 11.

Authors

Umesh N Khot¹, Andrew P Reimer¹, Abigail Brown¹, Fredric M Hustey¹, M Shazam Hussain¹, Samir R Kapadia¹, Lars G Svensson¹

Affiliation

¹ Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute (U.N.K., S.R.K, L.G.S.), Medical Operations (A.P.R., A.B., F.M.H.), and Neurologic Institute (M.S.H.), Cleveland Clinic, OH.

PMID: 32524835
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.006938

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; abdominal aortic aneurysm; aortic dissection; emergencies; pandemic.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aortic Diseases / complications
Aortic Diseases / epidemiology
Aortic Diseases / therapy*
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Critical Care / methods*
Emergencies
Global Health
Humans
Incidence
Pandemics
Patient Transfer / methods*
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
Stroke / complications
Stroke / epidemiology
Stroke / therapy*
Survival Rate / trends