Since the appearance of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) in December 2019, in Wuhan, China; patients were admitted with symptoms of pneumonia, named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); the virus spread, affecting different provinces in China and, after a few months, it is now present in more than 150 countries around the world. World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. 1 In Peru the first case was diagnosed on March 6th and from March 16th the government established a mandatory social isolation to prevent the COVID from further spreading in the country. COVID-19 has impacted and determined substantial changes in health systems in all countries; emergency, intensive, or intermediate care units carry the greatest burden, but several hospital wards have also been converted to COVID units, to face the growing wave of the disease. Many units of the different services, including cardiology, have redistributed their spaces and personnel dedicating them to become COVID-19 units. The resource allocation and priority setting measures, such as redirecting the personal protective equipment and hospital beds for patients with COVID-19 and the delay of elective cardiac
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