key: cord-0971002-2th1tne1
authors: Waldo, Stephen W.; Plomondon, Mary E.; O'Donnell, Colin I.; Heidenreich, Paul A.; Riatt, Merritt H.; Ballard‐Hernandez, Jennifer; Ortiz, José; Varosy, Paul D.; Vidovich, Mladen I.; O'Donnell, Christopher J.; Schofield, Richard
title: Trends in cardiovascular procedural volumes in the setting of COVID‐19: Insights from the VA clinical assessment, reporting, and tracking program
date: 2020-08-24
journal: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29204
sha: 0805dced98dfdb050d7719a174efd39f9b8cc64f
doc_id: 971002
cord_uid: 2th1tne1

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To the Editor, COVID-19 has resulted in significant changes in healthcare delivery throughout the world. To focus healthcare resources, organizations initially deferred non-urgent procedures under guidance from government organizations. 1 Cardiovascular professional societies endorsed these recommendations, with a consensus document reiterating the importance of avoiding elective coronary procedures for stable ischemic heart disease. 2 Patients with urgent or emergent cardiovascular conditions, such as acute coronary syndromes, were supposed to continue under standard practices. Preliminary reports have suggested that elective coronary procedures declined in line with these recommendations, with a similar unexpected decline in urgent procedures during the early phases of the pandemic. 3 The trends in cases after healthcare facilities began to reopen for elective procedures have not yet been evaluated. With this in mind, we sought to evaluate the tem- 

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Stephen W. Waldo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0678-4873Jennifer Ballard-Hernandez https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1657-

Mladen I. Vidovich https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4916-560X