Adults with congenital heart disease during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: are they at risk?

Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2020 Oct;73(10):795-798. doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2020.06.016. Epub 2020 Jun 30.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Pastora Gallego¹, Francisco Javier Ruperti-Repilado², Markus Schwerzmann³

Affiliations

¹ Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Instituto de BioMedicina de Sevilla (IBIS), Seville, Spain.
² Center for Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiology, University Hospital Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
³ Center for Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiology, University Hospital Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Adult
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Comorbidity
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / physiopathology
Heart Defects, Congenital / epidemiology*
Heart Defects, Congenital / physiopathology
Hemodynamics / physiology
Humans
Myocardial Contraction / physiology
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / physiopathology
Risk
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2