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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Worldwide Disparities in Recovery of Cardiac Testing 1 Year Into COVID-19
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 79, No. 20, Year 2022
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Background: The extent to which health care systems have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide necessary cardiac diagnostic services is unknown. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the pandemic on cardiac testing practices, volumes and types of diagnostic services, and perceived psychological stress to health care providers worldwide. Methods: The International Atomic Energy Agency conducted a worldwide survey assessing alterations from baseline in cardiovascular diagnostic care at the pandemic's onset and 1 year later. Multivariable regression was used to determine factors associated with procedure volume recovery. Results: Surveys were submitted from 669 centers in 107 countries. Worldwide reduction in cardiac procedure volumes of 64% from March 2019 to April 2020 recovered by April 2021 in high- and upper middle-income countries (recovery rates of 108% and 99%) but remained depressed in lower middle- and low-income countries (46% and 30% recovery). Although stress testing was used 12% less frequently in 2021 than in 2019, coronary computed tomographic angiography was used 14% more, a trend also seen for other advanced cardiac imaging modalities (positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance; 22%-25% increases). Pandemic-related psychological stress was estimated to have affected nearly 40% of staff, impacting patient care at 78% of sites. In multivariable regression, only lower-income status and physicians’ psychological stress were significant in predicting recovery of cardiac testing. Conclusions: Cardiac diagnostic testing has yet to recover to prepandemic levels in lower-income countries. Worldwide, the decrease in standard stress testing is offset by greater use of advanced cardiac imaging modalities. Pandemic-related psychological stress among providers is widespread and associated with poor recovery of cardiac testing. © 2022 The Authors
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Authors & Co-Authors
Einstein, Andrew Jeffrey
United States, New York
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Hirschfeld, Cole B.
United States, New York
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Williams, Michelle Claire
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Vitola, João V.
Unknown Affiliation
Better, Nathan
Australia, Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Villines, Todd C.
United States, Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Cerci, Rodrigo Júlio
Unknown Affiliation
Shaw Phd, Leslee J.
United States, New York
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Choi, Andrew D.
United States, Washington, D.c.
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Dorbala, Sharmila
United States, Boston
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Karthikeyan, Ganesan
India, New Delhi
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, new Delhi
Lu, Bin
China, Beijing
National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases
Sinitsyn, V. E.
Russian Federation, Moscow
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Ansheles, A. A.
Russian Federation, Moscow
National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation
Kudo, Takashi
Japan, Nagasaki
Nagasaki University
Bucciarelli-Ducci, Chiara
United Kingdom, London
Guy's and st Thomas' Nhs Foundation Trust
Nörgaard, Bjarne Linde
Denmark, Aarhus
Aarhus Universitetshospital
Maurovich-Horvat, Pál
Hungary, Budapest
Semmelweis Egyetem
Campisi, Roxana
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Diagnóstico Maipú
Milan, Elisa
Italy, Treviso
Ospedale Regionale S. Maria Dei Battuti
Louw, Lizette
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Allam, Adel Hassan A.
Egypt, Cairo
Al-azhar University
Bhatia, Mona L.
India, New Delhi
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre
Sewanan, Lorenzo R.
United States, New York
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Malkovskiy, Eli
United States, New York
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Cohen, Yosef A.
Israel, Haifa
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Randazzo, Michael J.
United States, New York
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Narula, Jagat P.
United States, New York
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Morozova, Olga
Austria, Vienna
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Pascual, Thomas N.B.
Philippines, Quezon City
Philippine Nuclear Research Institute
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
Hinterleitner, Gerd
Unknown Affiliation
Lu, Yao
Unknown Affiliation
Xu, Zhuoran
Unknown Affiliation
Hirschfeld, Cole B.
Unknown Affiliation
Erinne, Ikenna
Unknown Affiliation
Shetty, Mrinali
Unknown Affiliation
Choi, Andrew
Unknown Affiliation
Lopez-Mattei, Juan Carlos
Unknown Affiliation
Parwani, Purvi J.
Unknown Affiliation
Goda, Artan
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Shirka, Ervina
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Bouyoucef, Salaheddine
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Chelghoum, Lydia
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Mansouri, Farouk
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Medjahedi, Abdelkader
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Naïli, Qaïs
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Ridouh, Mokhtar
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Alasia, Diego Cristian
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Alberghina, Lucia
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Aramayo, Natalia
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Buchara, Diego
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Busso, Franco Gabriel
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Bustos Rivadero, Jose Javier
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Camilletti, Jorge A.
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Campanelli, Hugo
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Castro, Ricardo Belisario
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Daicz, Mariana
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del Riego, Horacio
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Dragonetti, Laura C.
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Echazarreta, Diego Federico
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Erriest, Juan
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Statistics
Citations: 20
Authors: 246
Affiliations: 23
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jacc.2022.03.348
ISSN:
07351097
Research Areas
Covid
Environmental
Health System And Policy
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative