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ArticleJournal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2021

Stress testing and myocardial perfusion imaging for patients after recovery from severe COVID-19 infection requiring hospitalization: A single-center experience.

Usman A Hasnie, Riem Hawi, Efstathia Andrikopoulou, Ami E Iskandrian, Fadi G Hage

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Article in Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Usman A HasnieDepartment of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. uhasnie@uabmc.edu.
Riem HawiDivision of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, LHRB 326, 701 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA.
Efstathia AndrikopoulouDivision of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, LHRB 326, 701 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA.
Ami E IskandrianDivision of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, LHRB 326, 701 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA.
Fadi G HageDivision of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, LHRB 326, 701 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USBirmingham VA Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAs the coronavirus pandemic progresses, patients that have recovered from COVID-19-related hospitalization require resumption of care for other medical issues. Thus far, the literature has not detailed the experience of stress testing in this patient population.

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed patients that recovered from COVID-19-related hospitalizations and underwent SPECT MPI studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center.

results15 patients (median age 60 years, 67% male) were identified with COVID-19-related hospitalization and then underwent SPECT MPI imaging after recovery. During COVID-19-related hospitalization (median length of stay 8 days), patients received various COVID-19 therapies; 3 required mechanical ventilation. Stress tests (4 Exercise, 11 Pharmacologic) were performed 65 days (interquartile range 31-94 days) after the diagnosis of COVID-19. None of the patients experienced serious adverse events during or after stress testing. One patient required regadenoson reversal using aminophylline due to chest pain.

conclusionOver time, more patients that recover from COVID-19 infection will require MPI testing for myocardial ischemia evaluation. Our study provides some information regarding performing stress testing in patients who have recently recovered from COVID-19 infections requiring hospitalization. Further studies are recommended to establish formal protocols for testing in this cohort.

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Exercise TestMyocardial Perfusion ImagingTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonCOVID-19FemaleHospitalizationHumansMaleMiddle AgedRespiration, ArtificialRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsCADexercise testingSPECTvasodilators

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PMCPMC8075365
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