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Patient voluntarily delays call to emergency medical system for ST-elevation myocardial infarction during COVID-19 pandemic.

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In this paper, the authors investigated the time from symptoms onset to first medical contact and to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) for STEMI patients in Swiss Ticino Canton.
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This article is published in IJC Heart & Vasculature.The article was published on 2021-06-11 and is currently open access. It has received 6 citations till now.

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Impact of COVID-19 on emergency department management of stroke and STEMI. A narrative review

TL;DR: In this article , a review of the available literature was performed using pre-defined search terms, inclusion criteria, and exclusion criteria to identify the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department care of stroke and STEMI patients.
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Cardiac arrest and coronavirus disease 2019

TL;DR: In this paper , the influence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the cardiovascular system has been highlighted since the very first weeks after the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) identification.
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Cases of acute coronary syndrome and presumed cardiac death prior to arrival at an urban tertiary care hospital in Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic

TL;DR: At a cardiac hospital in Pakistan, the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a reduction in ACS hospitalization and an increased DOA rate, and on VA, CVD was found to be the major cause of death during both time periods.
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The coronavirus disease-19 pandemic and acute coronary syndrome: a specific impact in the elderly

TL;DR: This research presents a novel and scalable approach to cardiology called “SmartCardiology,” which aims to provide real-time information about the activity of the autonomic nervous system and its role in coronary heart disease.
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Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak on ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Care in Hong Kong, China.

TL;DR: The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on STEMI care in Hong Kong is described through a handful of recent cases of patients with STEMI who underwent PPCI at a single center.