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A case of COVID-19 in a patient with a univentricular heart post total cavopulmonary connection (Fontan) surgery.

Linnane, Niall; Cox, Des W; James, Adam.

Cardiol Young ; 30(9): 1350-1352, 2020 Sep.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-605993

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a global pandemic which has affected patients and healthcare systems around the world. Patients with underlying health conditions seem to be more severely affected. There are limited reports of patients with univentricular circulations and COVID 19; thus, we report a case of COVID-19 in a patient with a univentricular circulation.

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Coronavirus Infections , Fontan Procedure/methods , Heart Septal Defects, Atrial , Lung/diagnostic imaging , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral , Pulmonary Atresia , Univentricular Heart , Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification , COVID-19 , Child , Comorbidity , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Coronavirus Infections/drug therapy , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/physiopathology , Coronavirus Infections/therapy , Heart Septal Defects, Atrial/diagnosis , Heart Septal Defects, Atrial/surgery , Humans , Male , Oximetry/methods , Oxygen Inhalation Therapy/methods , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Pneumonia, Viral/physiopathology , Pneumonia, Viral/therapy , Pulmonary Atresia/diagnosis , Pulmonary Atresia/surgery , Radiography, Thoracic/methods , SARS-CoV-2 , Treatment Outcome , Univentricular Heart/diagnosis , Univentricular Heart/epidemiology , Univentricular Heart/physiopathology , Univentricular Heart/surgery , COVID-19 Drug Treatment

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