Heart failure and co-morbidities confer a negative prognosis in COVID-19 infection
Infections, hospital admissions, and mortality for COVID-19 increased with age and male sex were more frequent in HF than in No-HF patients. Among HF patients, age and sex, number of hospital admissions for HF, co-morbidities, were risk factors for both infection and mortality. These data are of relevance for prioritizing interventions for prevention of infection, and for assistance to patients with COVID-19, and to inform management of future pandemics.
Authors
- Antonio Ettore Pontiroli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8217-7672)
- Giuseppe Galati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8001-1249)
- Edoardo Gronda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6986-8885)
- Elena Tagliabue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8153-2599)
- Barbara Antonelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8435-1294)
- Giuseppe Ambrosio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8001-8627)
- Olivia Leoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6906-2424)
- Francesco Bandera
- Alberto Palazzuoli
- Marco Forlani
Institutions
- University of Siena (IT)
- University of Milan (IT)
- University of Perugia (IT)
- MultiMedica (IT)
- Società Italiana di Nefrologia (IT)
- Lombardia Informatica (Italy) (IT)
- Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Cardiology
- Published
- 2025-06-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133492
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.79
Funders
- Ministero della Salute