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A new Heart & Stroke-led analysis published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology provides a valuable starting point for post-COVID-19 health systems planning and recovery. The paper reveals hospitalization trends for 10 years prior to the pandemic for heart conditions, stroke and vascular cognitive impairment (VCI). Together these conditions are the leading cause of death in Canada and they put people more at risk of becoming very ill and dying if they contract COVID-19.
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