Management of Heart Failure, Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device, and Heart Transplant Patients in the COVID-19 Era

Nadia Fida

doi:10.14797/mdcvj.651

Management of Heart Failure, Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device, and Heart Transplant Patients in the COVID-19 Era

Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal

Volume 17 (2021): Issue 5

By: Nadia Fida

Open Access

|Dec 2021

Abstract

Our world is facing recurrent waves of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with the emergence of more infectious strains of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Multiple studies have established that heart failure (HF) patients are at high risk of severe disease and poor outcomes with COVID-19. Management of COVID-19 in patients with HF, heart transplant, and those supported with durable left ventricular assist devices present an arduous challenge due to underlying complex health conditions and overlap of symptoms. Based on available data, this review outlines the management of this vulnerable patient population who either present with COVID-19 with preexisting HF or with de novo HF from COVID-19.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.651 | Journal eISSN: 1947-6108

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Language: English

Page range: 63 - 72

Submitted on: Aug 31, 2021

Accepted on: Nov 11, 2021

Published on: Dec 15, 2021

Published by: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

COVID-19,

heart failure,

heart transplant,

left ventricular assist device

© 2021 Nadia Fida, published by Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License.

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