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Healthcare delivery, economics and global health
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Excess of cardiovascular deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazilian capital cities

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  • Luisa Campos Caldeira Brant Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Departamento de Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bruno Ramos Nascimento Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Departamento de Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Renato Azeredo Teixeira Pós-graduação em Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Marcelo Antônio Cartaxo Queiroga Lopes Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Cardiologia Intervencionista, Hospital Alberto Urquiza Wanderley, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Deborah Carvalho Malta Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Glaucia Maria Moraes Oliveira Faculdade de Medicina e Instituto do Coração Edson Saad, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro Serviço de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardiovascular, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Departamento de Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Internal Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; tom1963br{at}yahoo.com.br
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Brant LCC, Nascimento BR, Teixeira RA, et al
Excess of cardiovascular deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazilian capital cities
Heart 2020;106:1898-1905.

Publication history

  • Received June 26, 2020
  • Revised September 14, 2020
  • Accepted September 18, 2020
  • First published October 15, 2020.
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January 18, 2021

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