Defining Vulnerable Patients with Heart Failure: Opportunistic Lessons from Covid-19

Sakine Satici; Pupalan Iyngkaran; Malcolm Battersby; Sharon Andrew; Maximilian de Courten

doi:10.2174/1573403X17666210928121625

Defining Vulnerable Patients with Heart Failure: Opportunistic Lessons from Covid-19

Curr Cardiol Rev. 2022;18(4):e280921196849. doi: 10.2174/1573403X17666210928121625.

Authors

Sakine Satici¹, Pupalan Iyngkaran², Malcolm Battersby³, Sharon Andrew⁴, Maximilian de Courten⁵

Affiliations

¹ General Physician and Master of Research student, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Cardiologist (Heart Failure & Cardiac Imaging) and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Werribee Mercy Sub School, School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Sydney, Australia.
³ College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, Mental Health Division, Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders Drive, Bedford Park SA 5042, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia.
⁴ Nursing and Adjunct Mitchell Institute, Victoria University, PO Box 14428 Melbourne, Victoria 8001, Australia.
⁵ Mitchell Institute for Education and Health Policy, Victoria University, 300 Queen St, Melbourne 3000, Victoria, Australia.

Abstract

Congestive Heart Failure is a chronic disease that can be associated with poor outcomes. Some patients are more vulnerable, while others who are vulnerable appear absent or silent to health services. COVID-19 pandemic is a good opportunity to explore this important area. This review focuses on chronic disease, heart failure and those who require greater consideration.

Keywords: COVID-19; Congestive heart failure (CHF); chronic disease; mortality rates; outcomes; vulnerable patient.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology
Chronic Disease
Heart Failure* / therapy
Humans
Pandemics
Vulnerable Populations*