Congenital Heart Disease and COVID-19: A Single-Center Experience

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ÖNCÜL M., KARAKURT C., ELKIRAN Ö., GÖZÜKARA BAĞ H. G.

IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.32, sa.2, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5812/ijp-120978
  • Dergi Adı: IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Child, Congenital Heart Disease, COVID-19
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been infecting children since December 2019 and has caused a severe epidemic and millions of deaths worldwide. COVID-19 has severe clinical effects and is more complicated to manage in patients with underlying diseases, such as congenital heart disease (CHD), past surgical operations, arrhythmia, and end-organ damage.