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. 2020 Nov 26;5:17–25. doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2020.11.008

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Time variation in presentation of acute aortic syndromes to hospital during the study period in the 19 participating centers in the United Kingdom. The vertical green arrow marks the start of the lockdown in the United Kingdom. The blue line displays the weekly number of patients with acute aortic syndromes admitted to the participating centers, noticing a clear reduction after the start of the lockdown with a progressive recovery of the activity in the following weeks. The red line displays the mortality of patients with acute aortic syndromes admitted to hospital. Below the x-axis, there is a numerical display of the overall number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the United Kingdom weekly. Note the exponential increase in COVID-19 deaths coincides with a reduction of presentation in aortic syndromes. COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019.