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Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging during the COVID-19 pandemic: A southern Italian single-center experience
PURPOSE: We aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging studies performed during the lockdown imposed by the Italian Government from March 2020 to May 2020. MATERIALS AND METHOD: We reviewed the number and the findings of CMR scans performed during the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7764388/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33392363 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejro.2020.100319 |
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author | Ponsiglione, Andrea Nappi, Carmela Imbriaco, Massimo Ascione, Raffaele Megna, Rosario Petretta, Mario Cuocolo, Alberto |
author_facet | Ponsiglione, Andrea Nappi, Carmela Imbriaco, Massimo Ascione, Raffaele Megna, Rosario Petretta, Mario Cuocolo, Alberto |
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description | PURPOSE: We aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging studies performed during the lockdown imposed by the Italian Government from March 2020 to May 2020. MATERIALS AND METHOD: We reviewed the number and the findings of CMR scans performed during the COVID-19 pandemic between March and May 2020 at University of Naples Federico II. The number and the findings of CMR studies acquired in the corresponding months of 2017, 2018 and 2019 were also assessed for direct comparison. RESULTS: A total of 117 CMR studies was considered, including the procedures performed during the pandemic (n = 18) and those performed in the corresponding months of the prior 3 years (n = 99). The number of CMR studies performed during the COVID-19 pandemic was significantly (P < .01) lower compared to the mean number (n = 33) of the procedures performed in the corresponding months of 2017−2019. The percentage of abnormal CMR studies was similar (P = 0.73) during the pandemic (67 %) compared to that found in the corresponding months of 2017−2019 (70 %) suggesting that many abnormal tests were missed due to the lockdown. CONCLUSION: The number of CMR studies was significantly reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the corresponding period of the previous three years. The lack of difference in the prevalence of abnormal CMR studies between the two study time intervals strongly suggests that many patients with potentially abnormal imaging test have been missed during the pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-77643882020-12-28 Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging during the COVID-19 pandemic: A southern Italian single-center experience Ponsiglione, Andrea Nappi, Carmela Imbriaco, Massimo Ascione, Raffaele Megna, Rosario Petretta, Mario Cuocolo, Alberto Eur J Radiol Open Article PURPOSE: We aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging studies performed during the lockdown imposed by the Italian Government from March 2020 to May 2020. MATERIALS AND METHOD: We reviewed the number and the findings of CMR scans performed during the COVID-19 pandemic between March and May 2020 at University of Naples Federico II. The number and the findings of CMR studies acquired in the corresponding months of 2017, 2018 and 2019 were also assessed for direct comparison. RESULTS: A total of 117 CMR studies was considered, including the procedures performed during the pandemic (n = 18) and those performed in the corresponding months of the prior 3 years (n = 99). The number of CMR studies performed during the COVID-19 pandemic was significantly (P < .01) lower compared to the mean number (n = 33) of the procedures performed in the corresponding months of 2017−2019. The percentage of abnormal CMR studies was similar (P = 0.73) during the pandemic (67 %) compared to that found in the corresponding months of 2017−2019 (70 %) suggesting that many abnormal tests were missed due to the lockdown. CONCLUSION: The number of CMR studies was significantly reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the corresponding period of the previous three years. The lack of difference in the prevalence of abnormal CMR studies between the two study time intervals strongly suggests that many patients with potentially abnormal imaging test have been missed during the pandemic. Elsevier 2020-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7764388/ /pubmed/33392363 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejro.2020.100319 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ponsiglione, Andrea Nappi, Carmela Imbriaco, Massimo Ascione, Raffaele Megna, Rosario Petretta, Mario Cuocolo, Alberto Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging during the COVID-19 pandemic: A southern Italian single-center experience |
title | Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging during the COVID-19 pandemic: A southern Italian single-center experience |
title_full | Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging during the COVID-19 pandemic: A southern Italian single-center experience |
title_fullStr | Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging during the COVID-19 pandemic: A southern Italian single-center experience |
title_full_unstemmed | Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging during the COVID-19 pandemic: A southern Italian single-center experience |
title_short | Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging during the COVID-19 pandemic: A southern Italian single-center experience |
title_sort | cardiac magnetic resonance imaging during the covid-19 pandemic: a southern italian single-center experience |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7764388/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33392363 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejro.2020.100319 |
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