The Impact of COVID-19 on Diagnosis of Heart Disease in Latin America an INCAPS COVID Sub-analysis.
Rodrigo Júlio CerciJoão Vicente VitolaDiana PaezAlejandro ZuluagaMárcio Sommer BittencourtLilia M Sierra-GalanPatricia CarrascosaRoxana CampisiClaudia Gutierrez-VillamilAmalia PeixDuane ChambersMayra Sánches VelezCarla M G AlvaradoAna C F VenturaAlejandro MaldonadoAlfredo P CastanosTeresa C DiazYariela HerreraManuel C VasquezAna A ArrietaFernando MutCole HirschfeldEli MalkovskiyBenjamin GoebelYosef CohenMichael RandazzoLeslee J ShawMichelle C WilliamsTodd C VillinesNathan BetterSharmila DorbalaPaolo RaggiThomas N B PascualYaroslav PyndaMaurizio DondiAndrew J EinsteinPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2022)
COVID-19 was associated with a significant reduction in cardiac diagnostic procedures in Latin America, which was more related to social distancing than to the COVID-19 incidence. Better balance and timing of social distancing measures and planning to maintain access to medical care is warranted during a pandemic surge, especially in regions with high cardiovascular mortality.