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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on acute coronary syndromes

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2020

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Nils Perrin, Juan F. Iglesias, Florian Rey, Lamyae Benzakour, Murat Çimci, Stéphane Noble, Sophie Degrauwe, Elena Tessitore, François Mach, Marco Roffi

Swiss Medical Weekly

Abstract

We observed prolonged delays from symptom onset to first medical contact and a decline in overall ACS incidence during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a higher threshold to call for help among ACS patients.