Worldwide Disparities in Recovery of Cardiac Testing 1 Year Into COVID-19

Ischemia-guided vs routine non-culprit vessel angioplasty for patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and multi-vessel disease: the IAEA SPECT STEMI trial

“…Nevertheless, the sample size was sufficient to demonstrate non-inferiority on the primary outcome with sufficient precision and confidence. Finally, the reduction in cardiac imaging and procedure volumes seen during the Covid-19 pandemic, 15 affected the timeliness of follow-up, performance of imaging, and PCI in this study. However, the majority of patients completed the study procedures and were available for follow-up as restrictions eased.…”

Current status of nuclear cardiology practice in Latin America and the Caribbean, in the era of multimodality cardiac imaging approach: 2022 update

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has added load to already overburdened health systems and disrupted the delivery of health services globally. According to the worldwide survey carried out by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 'Noninvasive Cardiology Protocols Study of COVID-19, INCAPS COVID' [7][8][9], the pandemic was associated with a significant reduction in the number of cardiac diagnostic procedures globally and in particular in LAC, where cardiac diagnostic procedure volumes decreased by 36% from March 2019 to March 2020, and 82% from March 2019 to April 2020. The IAEA also conducted a survey to evaluate the recovery of cardiac diagnostic procedures 1-year into the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

Analysis of the restoration of cardiology diagnostics scope in the Russian Federation during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of the Russian segment of the INCAPS COVID 2 study under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency

“…оценке изменений в структуре рабочего процесса, процедурах приема пациентов, протоколах исследований и кадровой политике медицинских центров с учетом новых противоэпидемических мер. Общемировые тенденции были проанализированы ранее в исследовании INCAPS COVID 2 [5], в то время как в данной публикации приводятся результаты исследования в РФ.…”

“…Medical and Surgical Centre, Moscow, Russia; 4 Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia; 5…”