Journal of Transcatheter Interventions

ABSTRACT Background Social isolation and marketing campaign to avoid “unnecessary” use of healthcare system to fight against COVID-19 pandemic might impact on the decision to seek medical care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of social isolation during COVID-19 pandemic on trends in numbers of visits to emergency department, non-elective admissions, and percutaneous coronary intervention procedures for treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction, at a reference cardiology hospital. Methods Daily numbers of visits to emergency […]