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cord-270518-750vhgwo	Nappi, Carmela	Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on myocardial perfusion imaging for ischemic heart disease	2020-08-11		.txt	text/plain	3041	140	45	RESULTS: The number of stress SPECT-MPI studies performed during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 123) was significantly lower (P < 0.0001) compared with the mean yearly number of procedures performed in the corresponding months of the years 2017, 2018, and 2019 (n = 413). The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) work-up for ischemic heart disease during the lockdown imposed by the Italian Government [7] . Our data also show that while patients with abnormal stress SPECT-MPI findings during the previous years 2017-2019 were older with higher proportion of diabetes and hypertension compared with those with normal imaging results, during pandemic COVID-19 outbreak, there was no difference between patients with normal and abnormal tests as regards to these clinical risk factors.	./cache/cord-270518-750vhgwo.txt	./txt/cord-270518-750vhgwo.txt