Cardiology referral during the COVID-19 pandemic

OBJECTIVES: This study presents the cardiology referral model adopted at the University of Sao Paulo-Hospital das Clinicas complex during the initial period of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, main reasons for requesting a cardiologic evaluation, and clinical profile of and prognostic predictors in patients with COVID-19. METHODS: In this observational study, data of all cardiology referral requests between March 30, 2020 and July 6, 2020 were collected prospectively. A descriptive analysis of the reasons for cardiologic evaluation requests and the [...]