COVID-19 in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.
J Am Coll Cardiol
; 77(13): 1644-1655, 2021 04 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1147716
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) have been considered potentially high risk for novel coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) mortality or other complications.OBJECTIVES:
This study sought to define the impact of COVID-19 in adults with CHD and to identify risk factors associated with adverse outcomes.METHODS:
Adults (age 18 years or older) with CHD and with confirmed or clinically suspected COVID-19 were included from CHD centers worldwide. Data collection included anatomic diagnosis and subsequent interventions, comorbidities, medications, echocardiographic findings, presenting symptoms, course of illness, and outcomes. Predictors of death or severe infection were determined.RESULTS:
From 58 adult CHD centers, the study included 1,044 infected patients (age 35.1 ± 13.0 years; range 18 to 86 years; 51% women), 87% of whom had laboratory-confirmed coronavirus infection. The cohort included 118 (11%) patients with single ventricle and/or Fontan physiology, 87 (8%) patients with cyanosis, and 73 (7%) patients with pulmonary hypertension. There were 24 COVID-related deaths (case/fatality 2.3%; 95% confidence interval 1.4% to 3.2%). Factors associated with death included male sex, diabetes, cyanosis, pulmonary hypertension, renal insufficiency, and previous hospital admission for heart failure. Worse physiological stage was associated with mortality (p = 0.001), whereas anatomic complexity or defect group were not.CONCLUSIONS:
COVID-19 mortality in adults with CHD is commensurate with the general population. The most vulnerable patients are those with worse physiological stage, such as cyanosis and pulmonary hypertension, whereas anatomic complexity does not appear to predict infection severity.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cyanosis
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COVID-19
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Heart Defects, Congenital
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Cardiac Surgical Procedures
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Hypertension, Pulmonary
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
J Am Coll Cardiol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.jacc.2021.02.023
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