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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1405-9940</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Archivos de cardiología de México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Arch. Cardiol. Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-9940</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1405-99402021000600034</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/acm.21000164</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Impact of the coronavirus disease-19 pandemic on electrophysiological procedures at a national referral center]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19 en procedimientos electrofisiológicos en un centro de referencia nacional]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cueva-Parra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Angel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Muñoz-Benavides]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guillermo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernández-Domenech]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gómez-Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Levinstein]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Moisés]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José L.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Márquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manlio F.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Iturralde-Torres]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nava]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Santiago]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez Department of Electrophysiology ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mexico City ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>91</volume>
<fpage>34</fpage>
<lpage>39</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-99402021000600034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-99402021000600034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-99402021000600034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has generated serious repercussions on the health system, reducing the number of all cardiology procedures worldwide.  Objectives: Describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the procedures performed by the electrophysiology department in a national referral center.  Methods: We made a retrospective review of our data base and we compared procedures made in the past 3 years since 2017-2019 with the procedures made in the 2020. We divided the procedures into two large groups: Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIED) related procedures and electrophysiological procedures (EP) which included conventional and complex ablations.  Results: There was a significant reduction in all the procedures, the average of procedures performed in the last 3 previous years was 467, while in 2020, we performed only 319 (p = 0.01); this represents a reduction of 33.4% in the total number of procedures. There was no statistical difference regarding the CIED related procedures, the average of procedures in the past 3 previous years was 174, and in 2020 we performed 190 procedures (p = 0.46). Regarding the EP, the average of the past 3 previous years was 293, while in 2020, we performed only 129 procedures (p &lt; 0.01). The reduction in the EP was 55.97%. The most affected months were April, May, and June.  Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic considerably affected the number of the procedures in our center, reducing it by 33.4%. The reduction of procedures fundamentally affected the ablations, with a reduction of 55.97%. The number of CIED related procedures was not affected.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción: La pandemia de COVID-19 ha generado graves repercusiones en el sistema de salud, reduciendo el número de todos los procedimientos cardiológicos a nivel mundial.  Objetivos: Describir el impacto de la pandemia COVID-19 en los procedimientos realizados por el departamento de electrofisiología en un centro de referencia nacional.  Métodos: Realizamos una revisión retrospectiva de nuestra base de datos y comparamos los procedimientos realizados en los últimos 3 años desde 2017 a 2019 con los procedimientos realizados en el 2020. Dividimos los procedimientos en dos grandes grupos: Procedimientos relacionados a dispositivos electrónicos implantables cardíacos y procedimientos electrofisiológicos que englobó ablaciones convencionales y complejas.  Resultados: Hubo una reducción significativa en todos los procedimientos, el promedio de procedimientos realizados en los 3 últimos años previos fue de 467, mientras que en 2020 realizamos solo 319 (p = 0.01); esto representa una reducción del 33.4% en el número total de procedimientos. No hubo diferencia estadísticamente significativa con respecto a los procedimientos relacionados con dispositivos cardiacos electrónicos, el promedio de procedimientos de los 3 últimos años previos fue de 174, y en 2020 realizamos 190 procedimientos (p = 0.46). En cuanto a los estudios electrofisiológicos, la media de los 3 últimos previos fue de 293, mientras que en 2020 realizamos solo 129 procedimientos (p &lt;0.01). La reducción de estudios electrofisiológicos fue del 55.97%. Los meses más afectados fueron abril, mayo y junio.  Conclusiones: La pandemia de COVID-19 afectó considerablemente el número de procedimientos en nuestro centro, reduciéndolo en un 33.4%. La reducción de procedimientos afectó fundamentalmente a las ablaciones, con una reducción del 55.97%. El número de procedimientos relacionados con dispositivos cardiacos electrónicos no se vio afectado.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Coronavirus disease-19 pandemic]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Electrophysiological procedures]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cardiac implantable electronic devices related procedures]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pandemia de COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Procedimientos electrofisiológicos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Procedimientos relacionados con dispositivos electrónicos implantables cardíacos]]></kwd>
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