COVID-19 pandemic: Impact on the cardiac implantable electronic devices' implantation rates in Croatia.
Ivan ZeljkovicJerko FerriPavao MiocSandro BrusichRichard MatasicZrinka JurisicJanko Szavits NossanLana MaricicKatica Cvitkusic LukendaVjekoslav RadeljicNikola PavlovicSime ManolaPublished in: PloS one (2023)
To the authors best knowledge this is a first study including complete national data on CIED implantation rates and COVID-19 pandemic impact. A significant reduction in number of both pacemaker and ICD implants during specific months of the COVID-19 pandemic was determined. However, afterwards compensation in implants resulted in similar total number when the complete year was evaluated.