Adult congenital heart disease: Special considerations for COVID-19 and vaccine allocation/prioritization

Individuals with the highest risk for adverse outcomes of COVID-19 should be prioritized by the vaccine allocation policies. We have conducted a literature review of published studies, which comprehend congenital heart disease (CHD) and COVID-19, in order to present the overall evidences of both exp...

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Main Authors: Jolanda Sabatino, Giovanni Di Salvo, Giuseppe Calcaterra, Pier Paolo Bassareo, Lilia Oreto, Ilaria Cazzoli, Maria Pia Calabrò, Paolo Guccione, Michael A. Gatzoulis
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-08-01
Series:International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666668521001105
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spelling doaj-426ce985859e42d1bb0e72813fe337c02021-09-01T04:23:14ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease2666-66852021-08-014100186Adult congenital heart disease: Special considerations for COVID-19 and vaccine allocation/prioritizationJolanda Sabatino0Giovanni Di Salvo1Giuseppe Calcaterra2Pier Paolo Bassareo3Lilia Oreto4Ilaria Cazzoli5Maria Pia Calabrò6Paolo Guccione7Michael A. Gatzoulis8Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy; Division of Cardiology, “Magna Graecia” University, Catanzaro, ItalyDivision of Paediatric Cardiology, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy; Corresponding author.Post Graduate Medical School, University of Palermo, Palermo, ItalyUniversity College of Dublin Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (National Adult Congenital Disease Service) and Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, IrelandMediterranean Pediatric Cardiology Center, Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, Taormina, Messina, ItalyPediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Human Pathology of Adulthood and Childhood - Pediatric Cardiology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, ItalyPediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, ItalyAdult Congenital Heart Centre, National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK; National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UKIndividuals with the highest risk for adverse outcomes of COVID-19 should be prioritized by the vaccine allocation policies. We have conducted a literature review of published studies, which comprehend congenital heart disease (CHD) and COVID-19, in order to present the overall evidences of both exposure and clinical risk of patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) and to propose a risk profile schema for those patients to be incorporated into vaccine distribution decisions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666668521001105ACHDCOVID-19VaccineRisk factors
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author Jolanda Sabatino
Giovanni Di Salvo
Giuseppe Calcaterra
Pier Paolo Bassareo
Lilia Oreto
Ilaria Cazzoli
Maria Pia Calabrò
Paolo Guccione
Michael A. Gatzoulis
spellingShingle Jolanda Sabatino
Giovanni Di Salvo
Giuseppe Calcaterra
Pier Paolo Bassareo
Lilia Oreto
Ilaria Cazzoli
Maria Pia Calabrò
Paolo Guccione
Michael A. Gatzoulis
Adult congenital heart disease: Special considerations for COVID-19 and vaccine allocation/prioritization
International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease
ACHD
COVID-19
Vaccine
Risk factors
author_facet Jolanda Sabatino
Giovanni Di Salvo
Giuseppe Calcaterra
Pier Paolo Bassareo
Lilia Oreto
Ilaria Cazzoli
Maria Pia Calabrò
Paolo Guccione
Michael A. Gatzoulis
author_sort Jolanda Sabatino
title Adult congenital heart disease: Special considerations for COVID-19 and vaccine allocation/prioritization
title_short Adult congenital heart disease: Special considerations for COVID-19 and vaccine allocation/prioritization
title_full Adult congenital heart disease: Special considerations for COVID-19 and vaccine allocation/prioritization
title_fullStr Adult congenital heart disease: Special considerations for COVID-19 and vaccine allocation/prioritization
title_full_unstemmed Adult congenital heart disease: Special considerations for COVID-19 and vaccine allocation/prioritization
title_sort adult congenital heart disease: special considerations for covid-19 and vaccine allocation/prioritization
publisher Elsevier
series International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease
issn 2666-6685
publishDate 2021-08-01
description Individuals with the highest risk for adverse outcomes of COVID-19 should be prioritized by the vaccine allocation policies. We have conducted a literature review of published studies, which comprehend congenital heart disease (CHD) and COVID-19, in order to present the overall evidences of both exposure and clinical risk of patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) and to propose a risk profile schema for those patients to be incorporated into vaccine distribution decisions.
topic ACHD
COVID-19
Vaccine
Risk factors
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666668521001105
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