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ArticleJACC. Asia2021

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Cardiovascular Testing in Asia: The IAEA INCAPS-COVID Study.

Takashi Kudo, Ryan Lahey, Cole B Hirschfeld, Michelle C Williams, Bin Lu, Mirvat Alasnag, Mona Bhatia, Hee-Seung Henry Bom, Tairkhan Dautov, Reza Fazel and 21 more

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Article in JACC. Asia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

31 authors.

Takashi KudoDepartment of Radioisotope Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
Ryan LaheySeymour, Paul and Gloria Milstein Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
Cole B HirschfeldDepartment of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
Michelle C WilliamsBHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Bin LuNational Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, China.
Mirvat AlasnagCatheterization Laboratory, Cardiac Center, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mona BhatiaDepartment of Radiology and Imaging, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, India.
Hee-Seung Henry BomDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Jeonnam, South Korea.
Tairkhan DautovDepartment of Radiology, National Research Cardiac Surgery Center, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Reza FazelDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Ganesan KarthikeyanAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Felix Y J KengDepartment of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore.
Ronen RubinshteinDepartment of Cardiology, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Nathan BetterDepartments of Nuclear Medicine and Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne, Australia.
Rodrigo Julio CerciQuanta Diagnóstico e Terapia, Curitiba, Brazil.
Sharmila DorbalaDivision of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Paolo RaggiDivision of Cardiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Leslee J ShawDepartment of Radiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Todd C VillinesUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
João V VitolaQuanta Diagnóstico e Terapia, Curitiba, Brazil.
Andrew D ChoiDivision of Cardiology and Department of Radiology, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
Eli MalkovskiySeymour, Paul and Gloria Milstein Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
Benjamin GoebelDepartment of Radiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Yosef A CohenTechnion American Medical School, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Michael RandazzoDepartment of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
Thomas N B PascualPhilippine Nuclear Research Institute, Quezon City, Philippines.
Yaroslav PyndaDivision of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.
Maurizio DondiDivision of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.
Diana PaezDivision of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.
Andrew J EinsteinSeymour, Paul and Gloria Milstein Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
INCAPS COVID Investigators Group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic significantly affected management of cardiovascular disease around the world. The effect of the pandemic on volume of cardiovascular diagnostic procedures is not known. Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the effects of the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular diagnostic procedures and safety practices in Asia. Methods: The International Atomic Energy Agency conducted a worldwide survey to assess changes in cardiovascular procedure volume and safety practices caused by COVID-19. Testing volumes were reported for March 2020 and April 2020 and were compared to those from March 2019. Data from 180 centers across 33 Asian countries were grouped into 4 subregions for comparison. Results: Procedure volumes decreased by 47% from March 2019 to March 2020, showing recovery from March 2020 to April 2020 in Eastern Asia, particularly in China. The majority of centers cancelled outpatient activities and increased time per study. Practice changes included implementing physical distancing and restricting visitors. Although COVID testing was not commonly performed, it was conducted in one-third of facilities in Eastern Asia. The most severe reductions in procedure volumes were observed in lower-income countries, where volumes decreased 81% from March 2019 to April 2020. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic in Asia caused significant reductions in cardiovascular diagnostic procedures, particularly in low-income countries. Further studies on effects of COVID-19 on cardiovascular outcomes and changes in care delivery are warranted.

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cardiac testingcardiovascular diseaseCMR, cardiac magnetic resonancecoronavirusCOVID-19COVID-19, coronavirus disease-19CTA, computed tomographic angiographyglobal healthICA, invasive coronary angiographyPET, positron emission tomographySARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2TTE, transthoracic echocardiography

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PMCPMC9627847

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