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

Affiliations

• ¹ Third Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ² Third Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• ³ Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
• ⁴ Laboratory of Forensic Service of Ministry of Justice of Thessaloniki, Greece.
• ⁵ Laboratory of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Medical School, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece.
• ⁶ First Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
• ⁷ Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
• ⁸ Second Cardiology Department, Hippokrateion University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.