Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Adults With a History of Heart Failure Hospitalized for COVID-19.

Parag GoyalEvgeniya ReshetnyakSadiya KhanMahad MusseBabak Benjamin NaviJiwon KimLarry A AllenSamprit BanerjeeMitchell S V ElkindSanjiv J ShahClyde W YancyErin D MichosRichard B DevereuxPeter M OkinJonathan W WeinsaftMonika M Safford

Published in: Circulation. Heart failure (2021)

Risk for in-hospital mortality was substantial among adults with history of HF, in large part due to age and comorbid conditions. History of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction may confer especially elevated risk. This population thus merits prioritization for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Keyphrases

heart failure
coronavirus disease
sars cov
acute heart failure
atrial fibrillation
type diabetes
cardiac resynchronization therapy
metabolic syndrome