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Echocardiography Abnormal Findings and Laboratory Operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic at a High Volume Center in New York City
| العنوان: | Echocardiography Abnormal Findings and Laboratory Operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic at a High Volume Center in New York City |
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| المؤلفون: | Li Pang, Eric P. Stahl, Kana Fujikura, Michelle Chen, Weijia Li, Ming Zhang, Jeffrey M. Levsky, Mark I. Travin, Edwin C. Ho, Ythan Goldberg, Cynthia C. Taub |
| المصدر: | Healthcare, Vol 8, Iss 4, p 534 (2020) |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | echocardiography, COVID-19, healthcare, Medicine |
| الوصف: | (1) Background: This study sought to explore how the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic affected the echocardiography (TTE) laboratory operations at a high volume medical center in New York City. Changes in cardiac imaging study volume, turn-around time, and abnormal findings were analyzed and compared to a pre-pandemic period. (2) Methods: Volume of all cardiac imaging studies and TTE reports between 11 March 2020 to 5 May 2020 and the same calendar period in 2019 were retrospectively identified and compared. (3) Results: During the pandemic, our center experienced a 46.72% reduction in TTEs, 82.47% reduction in transesophageal echocardiograms, 83.16% reduction in stress echo, 70.32% reduction in nuclear tests, 46.25% reduction in calcium score, 73.91% reduction in coronary computed tomography angiography, and 87.23% reduction in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. TTE findings were overall similar between 2020 and 2019 (all p ≥ 0.05), except for a significantly higher right ventricular systolic pressure in 2020 (39.8 ± 14.2 vs. 34.6 ± 11.2 mmHg, p = 0.012). (4) Conclusions: Despite encountering an influx of critically ill patients, our hospital center experienced a reduction in the number of cardiac imaging studies, which likely represents a change in both patient mindset and physician management approach. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2227-9032 43569285 |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/4/534; https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9032 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/healthcare8040534 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/cb651a9eab6d435692857785b04575e9 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.b651a9eab6d435692857785b04575e9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 22279032 43569285 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/healthcare8040534 |