Acute Increase in Deaths Among Patients With Adult Congenital Heart Disease During COVID-19: Single-Center Experience

Fear of acquiring severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection is a major contributor to underutilization of the health care system during the current pandemic. In this report, we describe 4 cases of unexpected deaths that occurred within a short time period in patients with adult conge...

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Autores principales: Dawson, Kathryn L., Vincent, Logan L., Krieger, Eric V., Stout, Karen K., Buber, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Congenital/Pediatric Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7293490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32835269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.013
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Sumario:Fear of acquiring severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection is a major contributor to underutilization of the health care system during the current pandemic. In this report, we describe 4 cases of unexpected deaths that occurred within a short time period in patients with adult congenital heart disease without warning symptoms. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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