Background: Outcome data of children with heart disease who acquired COVID‑19 infection are limited. Aim: We sought to analyze outcome data and identify risk factors associated with mortality in children with heart disease and grown‑ups with congenital heart disease (GUCH) who had a laboratory‑confirmed COVID‑19 infection. Settings and Design: This is a retrospective, multicentric, observational study. Materials and Methods: The study included children with heart disease and GUCH population, who presented with either symptomatic or asymptomatic COVID‑19 infection to any of the participating centers.
COVID‑19‑negative patients admitted to these centers constituted the control group. Results: From 24 pediatric cardiac centers across India, we included 94 patients with a median age of 12.5 (interquartile range 3–96) months and 49 (52.1%) patients were males. A majority (83 patients, 88.3%)…
