COVID-19 infections and outcomes in a live registry of heart failure patients across an integrated health care system.
Cesar CaraballoMegan McCulloughMichael A FueryFouad ChouairiCraig KeatingNeal G RavindraP Elliott MillerMaricar MalinisNitu KashyapAllen HsiaoF Perry WilsonJeptha P CurtisMatthew GrantEric J VelazquezNihar R DesaiTariq AhmadPublished in: PloS one (2020)
In this real-world snapshot of COVID-19 infection among a large cohort of heart failure patients, we found that a small proportion had undergone testing. Patients found to be COVID-19+ tended to be black with multiple comorbidities and clustered around lower socioeconomic status communities. Elderly COVID-19+ patients were very likely to be admitted to the hospital and experience high rates of mortality.