Adapting Services to Respond to Coronary Artery and Cerebrovascular Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences from Italy | NLM

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Adapting Services to Respond to Coronary Artery and Cerebrovascular Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences from Italy

06/03/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. Published: 6/3/2020. This four-page report describes how one of the most striking changes in hospital admission patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy has been a decrease in the number of people presenting with coronary artery or cerebrovascular diseases. For the multidisciplinary teams working with people who developed coronary artery and cerebrovascular diseases, ensuring seamless care during the COVID-19 outbreak was unifying. (PDF)