“Missing” acute coronary syndrome hospitalizations during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 era in Greece: Medical care avoidance combined with a true reduction in incidence?

Abstract

We observed a reduction in ACS hospitalizations during the COVID-19 outbreak in a country with strict social measures, low community transmission, and no excess in mortality. Medical care avoidance behavior is an important factor for these observations, while a true reduction of the ACS incidence due to self-isolation/quarantining may have also played a role.