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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Impact of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Testing in the United States Versus the Rest of the World
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 14, No. 9, Year 2021
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Description
Objectives: This study sought to quantify and compare the decline in volumes of cardiovascular procedures between the United States and non-U.S. institutions during the early phase of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the care of many non-COVID-19 illnesses. Reductions in diagnostic cardiovascular testing around the world have led to concerns over the implications of reduced testing for cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. Methods: Data were submitted to the INCAPS-COVID (International Atomic Energy Agency Non-Invasive Cardiology Protocols Study of COVID-19), a multinational registry comprising 909 institutions in 108 countries (including 155 facilities in 40 U.S. states), assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on volumes of diagnostic cardiovascular procedures. Data were obtained for April 2020 and compared with volumes of baseline procedures from March 2019. We compared laboratory characteristics, practices, and procedure volumes between U.S. and non-U.S. facilities and between U.S. geographic regions and identified factors associated with volume reduction in the United States. Results: Reductions in the volumes of procedures in the United States were similar to those in non-U.S. facilities (68% vs. 63%, respectively; p = 0.237), although U.S. facilities reported greater reductions in invasive coronary angiography (69% vs. 53%, respectively; p < 0.001). Significantly more U.S. facilities reported increased use of telehealth and patient screening measures than non-U.S. facilities, such as temperature checks, symptom screenings, and COVID-19 testing. Reductions in volumes of procedures differed between U.S. regions, with larger declines observed in the Northeast (76%) and Midwest (74%) than in the South (62%) and West (44%). Prevalence of COVID-19, staff redeployments, outpatient centers, and urban centers were associated with greater reductions in volume in U.S. facilities in a multivariable analysis. Conclusions: We observed marked reductions in U.S. cardiovascular testing in the early phase of the pandemic and significant variability between U.S. regions. The association between reductions of volumes and COVID-19 prevalence in the United States highlighted the need for proactive efforts to maintain access to cardiovascular testing in areas most affected by outbreaks of COVID-19 infection. © 2021 American College of Cardiology Foundation
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Authors & Co-Authors
Hirschfeld, Cole B.
United States, New York
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Shaw Phd, Leslee J.
United States, New York
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Williams, Michelle Claire
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Lahey, Ryan
United States, New York
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Villines, Todd С.
United States, Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Dorbala, Sharmila
United States, Boston
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Choi, Andrew D.
United States, Washington, D.c.
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Shah, Nishant R.
United States, Providence
The Warren Alpert Medical School
Bluemke, David A.
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin-madison
Berman, Daniel S.
United States, Los Angeles
Cedars-sinai Medical Center
Blankstein, Ron
United States, Boston
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Narula, Jagat N.
United States, New York
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Malkovskiy, Eli
United States, New York
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Goebel, Benjamin P.
United States, New York
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Randazzo, Michael J.
United States, New York
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Lopez-Mattei, Juan Carlos
United States, Houston
The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center
Parwani, Purvi J.
United States, Loma Linda
Loma Linda University Health
Vítola, João Vicente
Unknown Affiliation
Cerci, Rodrigo Júlio
Unknown Affiliation
Better, Nathan
Australia, Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Raggi, Paolo M.
Canada, Edmonton
University of Alberta
Lu, Bin
China, Beijing
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
Sergienko, Vladimir B.
Russian Federation, Moscow
National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation
Sinitsyn, V. E.
Russian Federation, Moscow
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Kudo, Takashi
Japan, Nagasaki
Nagasaki University
Nörgaard, Bjarne Linde
Denmark, Aarhus
Aarhus Universitetshospital
Maurovich-Horvat, Pál
Hungary, Budapest
Semmelweis Egyetem
Cohen, Yosef A.
Israel, Haifa
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Pascual, Thomas N.B.
Unknown Affiliation
Pynda, Yaroslav
Austria, Vienna
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Dondi, Maurizio
Austria, Vienna
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Páez, Diana
Austria, Vienna
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Einstein, Andrew Jeffrey
United States, New York
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Cerci, Rodrigo
Unknown Affiliation
Hinterleitner, Gerd
Unknown Affiliation
Lu, Yao
Unknown Affiliation
Morozova, Olga
Unknown Affiliation
Xu, Zhuoran
Unknown Affiliation
Cohen, Yosef A.
Unknown Affiliation
Choi, Andrew
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Nasery, Mohammad Nawaz
Unknown Affiliation
Goda, Artan
Unknown Affiliation
Shirka, Ervina
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Benlabgaa, Rabie
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Bouyoucef, Salaheddine
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Medjahedi, Abdelkader
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Nailli, Qais
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Agolti, Mariela
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Agüero, Roberto Nicolas
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Alak, María Del Carmen
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Alberguina, Lucia Graciela
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Arroñada, Guillermo
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Astesiano, Andrea
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Astesiano, Alfredo
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Norton, Carolina Bas
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Benteo, Pablo
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Blanco, Juan
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Bonelli, Juan Manuel
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Bustos, Jose Javier
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Cabrejas, Raul
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Campisi, Roxana
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Statistics
Citations: 29
Authors: 254
Affiliations: 23
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.03.007
ISSN:
1936878X
Research Areas
Covid
Health System And Policy
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study