Impact of COVID-19 pandemic healthcare restrictions on utilisation and diagnostic yield of outpatient transthoracic echocardiograms

• Published in: Cardiology in the young Vol. 33; no. 10; pp. 1936 - 1941
• Main Authors: Scott, Michael W., Metcalf, Christina, Bhadury, Sagnik, Feygin, Yana, Neal, Ashley E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2023
• Subjects: Cardiology; Charts; Classification; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Diagnostic systems; Disease transmission; Echocardiography; Echocardiography and Scans; Indication; Original Article; Pandemics; Pediatrics; Statistical analysis; Ultrasonic imaging; United States > US; Kentucky; Paediatric; appropriate use criteria; echocardiogram; cardiology

Abstract Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kentucky prohibited elective medical procedures from 3/18/2020-4/27/2020. We sought to determine if cessation of elective procedures in Kentucky during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a decrease in the proportion of rarely appropriate outpatient t...