Trends in High-Acuity Cardiovascular Events During the COVID-19 Pandemic

J Franklin Wharam; Robert F LeCates; Ann Thomas; Fang Zhang; Stephanie Argetsinger; Laura F Garabedian; Alison A Galbraith

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.4572

Trends in High-Acuity Cardiovascular Events During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Jan 5;5(1):e234572. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.4572.

Authors

J Franklin Wharam^{1

2

3}, Robert F LeCates³, Ann Thomas³, Fang Zhang³, Stephanie Argetsinger³, Laura F Garabedian³, Alison A Galbraith^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
² Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Durham, North Carolina.
³ Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center and Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Plain language summary

This cohort study describes changes in myocardial infarction and stroke hospitalizations as well as congestive heart failure, angina, and transient ischemic attack incidents months before and after March 2020 among insured people in New England.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases* / epidemiology
Humans
Pandemics