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Acute cardiovascular hospitalizations and illness severity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vishal Narasinga RaoMichelle D KelseyAnita M KelseyStuart D RussellRobert J MentzManesh R PatelMarat Fudim
Published in: Clinical cardiology (2021)
CVD hospitalizations, HF illness severity, and echocardiography measures did not change between admission periods in 2019. Evaluating short-term data, the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order was associated with reductions in acute CVD hospitalizations, particularly HF, with no significant increase in in-hospital mortality and only minor differences in HF illness severity.
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