31 days of COVID-19—cardiac events during restriction of public life—a comparative study

Aims The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 outbreak led to the most recent pandemic of the twenty-first century. To contain spread of the virus, many nations introduced a public lockdown. How the pandemic itself and measures of social restriction affect hospital admissions due to acute cardiac events has rarely been evaluated yet. Methods and Results German public authorities announced measures of social restriction between March 21st and April 20th, 2020....