Critical Illness Among Patients Hospitalized With Acute COVID-19 With and Without Congenital Heart Defects

Circulation. 2022 Apr 12;145(15):1182-1184. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057833. Epub 2022 Mar 7.

Authors

Karrie F Downing^{1

2}, Regina M Simeone¹, Matthew E Oster^{2

3}, Sherry L Farr²

Affiliations

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 Response Team, Atlanta, GA (K.F.D., R.M.S.).
² National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (K.F.D., M.E.O., S.L.F.).
³ Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (M.E.O.).

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; heart defects, congenital; risk factors.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Critical Illness
Heart Defects, Congenital* / complications
Heart Defects, Congenital* / diagnosis
Heart Defects, Congenital* / epidemiology
Hospitalization
Humans

Grants and funding

CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States