Impact of social containment measures on cardiovascular admissions and sudden cardiac death rates during Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Greece

• Vassilios P. Vassilikos,
• Efstathios D. Pagourelias,
• Konstantinos Katsos,
• Eleni Zaggelidou,
• Nikolaos Raikos,
• Stergios Tzikas,
• Chalil Tsavousoglou,
• Antonios Kouparanis,
• Aristides Anastasakis,
• Efstathios Papatheodorou,
• George Kassimis,
• Antonios Ziakas,
• Georgios Sianos,
• Haralampos Karvounis,
• Ioannis Kanonidis,
• Chara Spiliopoulou

Affiliations

Vassilios P. Vassilikos

Address for Correspondence: Prof. Vassilios P. Vassilikos, Third Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Konstantinoupoleos 49, 54649, Thessaloniki, Greece. Tel: +30/2313312076; Fax:+30/2313312598.; Third Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Efstathios D. Pagourelias

Third Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Konstantinos Katsos

Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Eleni Zaggelidou

Laboratory of Forensic Service of Ministry of Justice of Thessaloniki, Greece

Nikolaos Raikos

Laboratory of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Medical School, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece

Stergios Tzikas

Third Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Chalil Tsavousoglou

Third Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Antonios Kouparanis

First Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Aristides Anastasakis

Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

Efstathios Papatheodorou

Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece

George Kassimis

Second Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Antonios Ziakas

First Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Georgios Sianos

First Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Haralampos Karvounis

First Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Ioannis Kanonidis

Second Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Chara Spiliopoulou

Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece