2022
Cardiac Status Among Heart Failure Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Before, During, and After COVID-19 Lockdown
Lu Y, Jones PW, Murugiah K, Caraballo C, Mahajan S, Massey D, Ahmed R, Bader E, Krumholz H. Cardiac Status Among Heart Failure Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Before, During, and After COVID-19 Lockdown. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2022, 28: 1372-1374. PMID: 35690314, PMCID: PMC9187866, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.05.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCommunicable Disease ControlCOVID-19Death, Sudden, CardiacDefibrillators, ImplantableElectric CountershockHeart FailureHumansConceptsImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorHeart failure patientsCRT-D devicesCardiac statusFailure patientsHeart failureCardioverter defibrillatorCardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillatorAcute cardiac conditionsMedical care deliveryInpatient careCardiac conditionsPhysiologic markersInpatient servicesPatientsCardiac healthCare deliveryMarked restrictionImplanted ICDsMinneapolis/Saint PaulSex subgroupsDefibrillatorCOVID-19Telemedicine servicesCOVID-19 lockdown
2021
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Hospitalization Rate and Infection Fatality Rate Among the Non-Congregate Population in Connecticut
Mahajan S, Caraballo C, Li SX, Dong Y, Chen L, Huston SK, Srinivasan R, Redlich CA, Ko AI, Faust JS, Forman HP, Krumholz HM. SARS-CoV-2 Infection Hospitalization Rate and Infection Fatality Rate Among the Non-Congregate Population in Connecticut. The American Journal Of Medicine 2021, 134: 812-816.e2. PMID: 33617808, PMCID: PMC7895685, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.01.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfection hospitalization rateInfection fatality rateHospitalization ratesFatality rateSeroprevalence estimatesSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodiesSARS-CoV-2 antibodiesConnecticut Hospital AssociationNon-Hispanic black peopleProportion of deathsCoronavirus disease 2019Total infected individualsTotal hospitalizationsAdverse outcomesNon-congregate settingsHigh burdenDisease 2019Prevalence studyMost subgroupsInfected individualsHospitalizationOlder peopleHospital AssociationConnecticut DepartmentDeath