Journal article
Impact of COVID-19 on the imaging diagnosis of cardiac disease in Europe
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac diagnostic testing and practice and to assess its impact in different regions in Europe.
METHODS: The online survey organised by the International Atomic Energy Agency Division of Human Health collected information on changes in cardiac imaging procedural volumes between March 2019 and March/April 2020. Data were collected from 909 centres in 108 countries.
Authors
Williams MC; Shaw L; Hirschfeld CB; Maurovich-Horvat P; Nørgaard BL; Pontone G; Jimenez-Heffernan A; Sinitsyn V; Sergienko V; Ansheles A
Journal
Open Heart, Vol. 8, No. 2,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
August 2021
DOI
10.1136/openhrt-2021-001681
ISSN
2398-595X