{"id":514,"date":"2020-05-25T09:10:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T09:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/blog\/?p=514"},"modified":"2026-01-02T09:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:05:30","slug":"patients-with-heart-disease-and-sars-cov-2-coronavirus-what-families-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/blog\/patients-with-heart-disease-and-sars-cov-2-coronavirus-what-families-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Patients With Heart Disease And SARS-Cov-2 Coronavirus: What Families Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Families of children or adolescents with heart disease need specific information on how the disease can affect these patients.\u00a0From the\u00a0Pediatric Cardiology\u00a0Unit of <strong>best cardiac hospitals in Delhi<\/strong>\u00a0, experts answer the most common doubts about patients with heart disease and coronavirus infection.<\/p>\n<p>Also consult\u00a0basic recommendations\u00a0to know how to act in this exceptional context, either due to suspected infection or to know what to do during the period of confinement.<\/p>\n<p>Are children or adolescents with heart disease more at risk of contracting the coronavirus?<\/p>\n<p>In general, boys and girls with mild heart disease (septal defects such as interventricular or interatrial communications who have not developed heart failure), or those who are already operated and without residual defects,\u00a0do not have an increased risk of complications from the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>In general, pediatric patients are less likely to develop severe forms of the disease.\u00a0However, in children with significant heart disease who are infected with the coronavirus,\u00a0their previous condition\u00a0must be\u00a0taken into account\u00a0and vigilance\u00a0must\u00a0be\u00a0increased during the course of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>What are the heart diseases considered significant?<\/p>\n<p>The following are considered hemodynamically significant heart disease (including cyanotic and non-cyanotic heart disease):<\/p>\n<p>Heart diseases that require\u00a0medical treatment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Those with\u00a0pulmonary hypertension.<\/li>\n<li>Those that are in the first\u00a06 months of the postoperative period\u00a0of cardiac surgery or cardiac intervention.<\/li>\n<li>Heart diseases associated with syndromes or\u00a0genetic alterations.<\/li>\n<li>Those that behave like a\u00a0univentricular heart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, patients with\u00a0heart transplant or awaiting transplantation, patients with\u00a0uncontrolled severe\u00a0arrhythmias,\u00a0pericarditis,\u00a0and those with\u00a0family cardiomyopathies\u00a0with heart failure under treatment\u00a0are considered to be at higher risk.<\/p>\n<p>Can the immune system be resentful of having congenital heart disease?<\/p>\n<p>People with heart disease need not have a less competent immune (defense) system.\u00a0Despite the fact that some people with associated genetic syndromes may have a weakened immune system,\u00a0a higher incidence of COVID-19 has not yet been described.<\/p>\n<p>What should I keep in mind if my son or daughter takes medication for their heart disease?<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, there has been some information on an increased risk in those patients receiving medication such as\u00a0captopril, enalapril, losartan, among others, but\u00a0there is no clear evidence\u00a0in this regard.\u00a0For this reason, the recommendations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/\"><strong>best cardiac hospitals<\/strong><\/a>, at the moment,\u00a0do not indicate that treatment\u00a0with these drugs\u00a0should be suspended.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0cardiologist\u00a0should always be\u00a0consulted\u00a0before the patient stops taking the usual medication.<\/p>\n<p>What will my care be like at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/cardio-thoracic-and-vascular-surgery.php\"><strong>best cardiac surgery hospital<\/strong><\/a> during this exceptional situation of isolation?<\/p>\n<p>The team of the Pediatric Cardiology Unit has structured a\u00a0contingency plan\u00a0to maintain the quality of care for all its patients throughout the period that the security measures by COVID-19 are in force.<\/p>\n<p>They have been enabled\u00a0channels telematic communication, telephone and telematics care to treat patients in\u00a0outpatient follow &#8211;\u00a0up.<\/p>\n<p>The activity considered non-preferential is being rescheduled.\u00a0In any case,\u00a0urgent cardiological assistance is guaranteed\u00a0as before, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.<\/p>\n<p>If my son or daughter starts with symptoms of respiratory infection, where should I go?<\/p>\n<p>If your son or daughter has COVID-19 symptoms (fiber, cough, feeling of shortness of breath or general discomfort), doctors recommend,\u00a0as a first step, that you follow up using the\u00a0STOP COVID 19\u00a0application\u00a0and follow its instructions.<\/p>\n<p>If the patient develops\u00a0serious symptoms, you should go to the Emergency Department, protecting the child during the journey with the established sanitary and hygienic measures.<\/p>\n<p>What should I do if my son or daughter, or a family member comes into contact with a patient with coronavirus?<\/p>\n<p>The same as the rest of the population: communicate it and follow the public health indications of your community, indicating that your son or daughter has a heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>Remember: you should always follow the instructions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venkateshwarhospitals.com\/cardio-thoracic-and-vascular-surgery.php\"><strong>best cardiac surgery hospital<\/strong><\/a> doctors, who knows the individual circumstances of the patient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Families of children or adolescents with heart disease need specific information on how the disease can affect these patients.\u00a0From 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