Collateral Damage

Francesco Moroni, MD; Mario Gramegna, MD; Silvia Ajello, MD; Alessandro Beneduce, MD; Luca Baldetti, MD; Luz Maria Vilca, MD, PhD, MPH; Alberto Cappelletti, MD; Anna Mara Scandroglio, MD; Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc

JACC: Case Reports (Aug 2020)

Collateral Damage

Francesco Moroni, MD,
Mario Gramegna, MD,
Silvia Ajello, MD,
Alessandro Beneduce, MD,
Luca Baldetti, MD,
Luz Maria Vilca, MD, PhD, MPH,
Alberto Cappelletti, MD,
Anna Mara Scandroglio, MD,
Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc

Affiliations

Francesco Moroni, MD: Università VIta-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Mario Gramegna, MD: Coronary Intensive Care Unit, Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Silvia Ajello, MD: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Alessandro Beneduce, MD: Università VIta-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Luca Baldetti, MD: Coronary Intensive Care Unit, Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Luz Maria Vilca, MD, PhD, MPH: Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Buzzi Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Alberto Cappelletti, MD: Coronary Intensive Care Unit, Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Anna Mara Scandroglio, MD: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc: The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; Address for correspondence: Dr. Lorenzo Azzalini, Klingenstein Clinical Center, 7th Floor North, The Mount Sinai Hospital, 1450 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10029.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 10
pp. 1620 – 1624

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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. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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