Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on heart failure hospitalizations in Japan: interrupted time series analysis.
Tetsuji MorishitaDaisuke TakadaJung-Ho ShinTakuya HiguchiSusumu KunisawaKiyohide FushimiYuichi ImanakaPublished in: ESC heart failure (2021)
We demonstrated a decline in HF hospitalizations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, with no clear evidence of a negative effect on the prescription of ACEIs and ARBs or in-hospital mortality.