International Impact of COVID-19 on the Diagnosis of Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has adversely affected diagnosis and treatment of noncommunicable diseases. Its effects on delivery of diagnostic care for cardiovascular disease, which remains the leading cause of death worldwide, have not been quantified.

Objectives

The study sought to assess COVID-19's impact on global cardiovascular diagnostic procedural volumes and safety practices.

Methods

The International Atomic Energy Agency conducted a worldwide survey assessing alterations in cardiovascular procedure volumes and safety practices resulting from COVID-19. Noninvasive and invasive cardiac testing volumes were obtained from participating sites for March and April 2020 and compared with those from March 2019. Availability of personal p

SUBMITTER: Einstein AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7836433 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature