Abstract
Excess deaths during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have been largely attributed to cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, patterns in CVD hospitalizations after the first surge of the pandemic have not well-documented. Our brief report, examining trends in health care avoidance documents that CVD hospitalizations decreased in Chicago before significant burden of COVID-19 cases or deaths and normalized during the first COVID-19 surge. These data may help to inform health care systems responses in the coming months while mobilizing vaccinations to the population at large.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1472-1475 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Cardiac Failure |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2021 |
Funding
Research reported in this publication was supported, in part, by the National Institutes of Health , grant numbers KL2TR001424 , P30AG059988 ; P30DK092939 (SSK). Research reported in this publication was also supported, in part, by the American Heart Association ( #19TPA34890060 ) to SSK.
Keywords
- COVID-19
- cardiovascular disease
- pandemic
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine