Collateral Damage: Medical Care Avoidance Behavior Among Patients With Myocardial Infarction During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
COVID-19, coronavirus disease-2019
ECG, electrocardiography
EMS, emergency medical services
ICU, intensive care unit
LAD, left anterior descending artery
LV, left ventricular
MI, myocardial infarction
PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention
SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2
STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
acute coronary syndrome
complication
myocardial infarction
Journal
JACC. Case reports
ISSN: 2666-0849
Titre abrégé: JACC Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101757292
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2020
Aug 2020
Historique:
received:
07
04
2020
revised:
15
04
2020
accepted:
17
04
2020
entrez:
25
8
2020
pubmed:
25
8
2020
medline:
25
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused an enormous strain on healthcare systems and society on a global scale. We report a new phenomenon of medical care avoidance among patients with acute coronary syndrome, which is due to concerns about contracting severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection during hospital stay, ultimately leading to dire clinical outcomes. (
Identifiants
pubmed: 32835261
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.010
pii: S2666-0849(20)30369-7
pmc: PMC7252183
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
1620-1624Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors.
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