TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of the restoration of cardiology diagnostics scope in the Russian Federation during the COVID-19 pandemic
T2 - results of the Russian segment of the INCAPS COVID 2 study under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency
AU - Ansheles, A. A.
AU - Sergienko, V. B.
AU - Sinitsyn, V. E.
AU - Vakhromeeva, M. N.
AU - Kokov, A. N.
AU - Zavadovsky, K. V.
AU - Ryzhkova, D. V.
AU - Karalkin, A. V.
AU - Shurupova, I. V.
AU - Pospelov, V. A.
AU - Migunova, E. V.
AU - Sayfullina, G. B.
AU - Dariy, O. Yu
AU - Zhuravlev, K. N.
AU - Itskovich, I. E.
AU - Gagarina, N. V.
AU - Hirschfeld, C.
AU - Williams, M. C.
AU - Shaw, L. J.
AU - Malkovskiy, E.
AU - Better, N.
AU - Cerci, R.
AU - Dorbala, Sh
AU - Karthikeyan, G.
AU - Pascual, T. N.B.
AU - Villines, T.
AU - Vitola, J. V.
AU - Cohen, Y.
AU - Randazzo, M.
AU - Sewanan, L.
AU - Pynda, Y.
AU - Dondi, M.
AU - Paez, D.
AU - Einstein, A. J.
AU - INCAPS COVID research group
AU - Morrissey, Brian
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Aim. To assess the changes in cardiology diagnostics scope in the Russian Federation during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Material and methods. In an online survey organized by the Division of Human Health of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), including questions about changes in the workflow of diagnostic laboratories and the scope of cardiac diagnostics from March 2019 (pre-pandemic) to April 2020 (first wave of the pandemic) and April 2021 (recovery stage), 15 Russian medical centers from 5 cities took part. Results. The decrease in the diagnostics scope by April 2020 by 59,3% compared to March 2019, by April 2021, stopped and was replaced by growth (+7,1%, the recovery rate, 112,1%). The greatest increase was in routine examinations, such as echocardiography (+11,6%), stress echocardiography (+18,7%), stress single photon emission computed tomography (+9,7%), and to a lesser extent resting computed tomography angiography (+7,0%) and magnetic resonance imaging (+6,6%). The performance of stress electrocardiography, stress magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography for the diagnosis of endocarditis in April 2021 compared to March 2019 decreased by 10,3%, 63,2% and 62,5%, respectively. Conclusion. Due to the resumption of patient admissions for cardiac examinations during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with the anti-epidemic measures taken and certain changes in the workflow, there has been a recovery in the diagnostics scope in most of the included centers.
AB - Aim. To assess the changes in cardiology diagnostics scope in the Russian Federation during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Material and methods. In an online survey organized by the Division of Human Health of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), including questions about changes in the workflow of diagnostic laboratories and the scope of cardiac diagnostics from March 2019 (pre-pandemic) to April 2020 (first wave of the pandemic) and April 2021 (recovery stage), 15 Russian medical centers from 5 cities took part. Results. The decrease in the diagnostics scope by April 2020 by 59,3% compared to March 2019, by April 2021, stopped and was replaced by growth (+7,1%, the recovery rate, 112,1%). The greatest increase was in routine examinations, such as echocardiography (+11,6%), stress echocardiography (+18,7%), stress single photon emission computed tomography (+9,7%), and to a lesser extent resting computed tomography angiography (+7,0%) and magnetic resonance imaging (+6,6%). The performance of stress electrocardiography, stress magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography for the diagnosis of endocarditis in April 2021 compared to March 2019 decreased by 10,3%, 63,2% and 62,5%, respectively. Conclusion. Due to the resumption of patient admissions for cardiac examinations during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with the anti-epidemic measures taken and certain changes in the workflow, there has been a recovery in the diagnostics scope in most of the included centers.
KW - cardiology diagnostic tests
KW - COVID-19
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U2 - 10.15829/1560-4071-2022-5170
DO - 10.15829/1560-4071-2022-5170
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85140055542
SN - 1560-4071
VL - 27
SP - 7
EP - 15
JO - Russian Journal of Cardiology
JF - Russian Journal of Cardiology
IS - 9
M1 - 5170
ER -
