Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure Hospitalized With COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to evaluate in-hospital outcomes among patients with a history of heart failure (HF) hospitalized with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19).

Background

Cardiometabolic comorbidities are common in patients with severe COVID-19. Patients with HF may be particularly susceptible to COVID-19 complications.

Methods

The Premier Healthcare Database was used to identify patients with at least 1 HF hospitalization or 2 HF outpatient visits between January 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, who were subsequently hospitalized between April and September 2020. Baseline characteristics, health care resource utilization, and mortality rates were compared between those hospitalized with COVID-19 and those hospitalized with other causes. Predictors of

SUBMITTER: Bhatt AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7833294 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature