A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
Miguel M. Fernandes-Silva
, Eduardo Leal Adam, Sabrina Bernardez-Pereira, Suzana Alves Silva, Luiz Guilherme Passaglia
, [...]
Miguel M. Fernandes-Silva
, Eduardo Leal Adam, Sabrina Bernardez-Pereira, Suzana Alves Silva, Luiz Guilherme Passaglia
, [...]
Introduction Brazil is one of the most hit countries by the pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus (Coronavirus Disease, COVID-19), with more than half million deaths in June, 2021, the world’s second-highest number of deaths. It has been reported that the COVID-19 outbreak has affected the delivery of care of patients without COVID-19 (non-COVID-19 patients), particularly patients with cardiovascular (CV) diseases, increasing the death toll from the pandemic. Studies have shown a reduction in hospitalizations in tandem with an increase […]
Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases/complications; COVID-19; Delivery of Health Care/methods; Heart failure; Mortality; Pandemic; Public Hospitals