People With Heart Defects May Be at a Greater Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness

March 13, 2022 – People with a congenital heart defect who were hospitalized with COVID-19 infection were at higher risk for severe illness or death than those without a heart defect, according to new research published in the American Heart Association’s flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation. Researchers found people with a congenital heart defect who contracted COVID-19 were also more…

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