Impact of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Disease Presentation, Emergency Department Triage and Inpatient Cardiology Services in a Low- to Middle-Income Country - Perspective from a Tertiary Care Hospital of Pakistan

• Main Authors: Ghufran Adnan (Author), Pirbhat Shams (Author), Maria A. Khan (Author), Jamshed Ali (Author), Nasir Rahman (Author), Fateh Ali Tipoo (Author), Zainab Samad (Author), Saulat Hasnain Fatimi (Author), Saira Bukhari (Author), Osman Faheem (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aims: To identify the changes in cardiovascular disease presentation, emergency room triage and inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic pathways. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. We collected data for patients presenting to the emergency d...