Cap, MuratBilge, OnderGundogan, CihanTatli, IsmailOzturk, CansuTastan, ErcanTanboga, Ibrahim Halil2025-05-102025-05-1020221569-57941875-831210.1007/s10554-021-02477-92-s2.0-85119688854https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-021-02477-9https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14720/8472Kepenek, Ferat/0000-0002-5631-7643; Erdogan, Emrah/0000-0003-2329-6310; Isik, Ferhat/0000-0002-1438-3327; Tanboga, Ibrahim Halil/0000-0003-4546-9227; Ssuleymanoglu, Muhammed/0000-0003-1128-9455; Ozturk, Cansu/0000-0001-8478-7581We aimed to examine the effect of a history of COVID-19 on myocardial ischemia in single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in patients who presented with shortness of breath and/or chest pain after recovery. For this single-center retrospective study, patients who presented at cardiology outpatient clinics and had SPECT-MPI were screened. A total of 1888 patients were included in the study, 340 of whom had a history of COVID-19. 64 patients with > 50% stenosis on coronary angiography were excluded from the study. The primary outcome of the study was abnormal MPI. In the study population, the median age was 56 (49-64 IQR) years, and 1127 (65%) of the patients were female. Abnormal MPI was detected in 77 patients (23%) in the COVID-19 group and in 244 patients (16%) in the non-COVID-19 group. After adjustment was performed for clinical predictors using Bayesian logistic regression, an important association was found between the presence of a confirmed prior COVID-19 infection and abnormal MPI (posterior median odds ratio, 1.70 [95% CrI, 1.20-2.40], risk difference, 9.6% [95% CrI, 1.8%, 19.7%]). In SPECT-MPI, ischemia rates were observed to be higher in COVID-19 group and it was found that a confirmed prior COVID-19 might predict of abnormal MPI.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCovid-19Myocardial IschemiaSpectMyocardial Perfusion ImagingSpect Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Identifies Myocardial Ischemia in Patients With a History of Covid-19 Without Coronary Artery DiseaseArticle382Q3Q244745634811596WOS:000721406100002