COVID-19 in adult patients with CHD: a matter of anatomy or comorbidities?

Cardiol Young. 2020 Aug;30(8):1196-1198. doi: 10.1017/S1047951120001638. Epub 2020 Jun 19.

Abstract

Little is know about COVID-19 outcome in specific populations such as Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients. We report three cases of adult patients with similar underlying disease with completely different clinical severity at the time of COVID-19 infection. The patient with the most severe clinical course was obese and diabetic, suggesting that COVID-19 mortality and morbidity in Adult congenital heart disease patients might be independent of anatomic complexity.

Keywords: CHD; COVID-19; anatomy; comorbidity; pneumonia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / therapy
  • Diabetes Complications / complications
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / complications*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Obesity / complications
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
  • Renal Insufficiency / complications
  • Risk Factors
  • SARS-CoV-2