Incidence and outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: Data from the Hellenic pulmOnary hyPertension rEgistry (HOPE)

Ioannis T Farmakis¹, Panagiotis Karyofyllis², Frantzeska Frantzeskaki³, Eftychia Demerouti², Anastasia Anthi⁴, Alexandra Arvanitaki⁵, Georgia Pitsiou⁶, Katerina K Naka⁷, Aris Bechlioulis⁷, Adina Thomaidi⁸, Aikaterini Avgeropoulou⁹, Styliani Brili⁹, Ioanna Mitrouska¹⁰, Athanasios Manginas¹¹, Stylianos E Orfanos⁴, Iraklis Tsangaris³, George Giannakoulas¹²

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¹ Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
² Cardiology-Pediatric Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
³ Multidisciplinary Pulmonary Hypertension Center, Attikon University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
⁴ 1st Department of Critical Care, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Pulmonary Hypertension Center, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁵ Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Adult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
⁶ Respiratory Failure Unit, "G. Papanikolaou" Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁷ 2nd Department of Cardiology, University of Ioannina Medical School, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
⁸ Cardiology Department, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
⁹ Cardiology Department, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
¹⁰ Department of Thoracic Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece.
¹¹ Interventional Cardiology and Cardiology Department, Mediterraneo Hospital, Athens, Greece.
¹² Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: ggiannakoulas@auth.gr.

PMID: 34843997
PMCID: PMC8619882
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2021.10.002

Incidence and outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: Data from the Hellenic pulmOnary hyPertension rEgistry (HOPE)

Ioannis T Farmakis et al. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2022 Mar-Apr.

. 2022 Mar-Apr:64:93-96.

doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2021.10.002. Epub 2021 Nov 26.

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¹ Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
² Cardiology-Pediatric Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
³ Multidisciplinary Pulmonary Hypertension Center, Attikon University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
⁴ 1st Department of Critical Care, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Pulmonary Hypertension Center, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁵ Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Adult Congenital Heart Centre and National Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
⁶ Respiratory Failure Unit, "G. Papanikolaou" Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁷ 2nd Department of Cardiology, University of Ioannina Medical School, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
⁸ Cardiology Department, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
⁹ Cardiology Department, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
¹⁰ Department of Thoracic Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece.
¹¹ Interventional Cardiology and Cardiology Department, Mediterraneo Hospital, Athens, Greece.
¹² Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: ggiannakoulas@auth.gr.

PMID: 34843997
PMCID: PMC8619882
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2021.10.002

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Keywords: COVID-19; case series; chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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Conflict of interest The authors do not declare any conflict of interest related to this manuscript.

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A. Distribution of case incidence across the pandemic period. B. Prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms among cases.

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Incidence and outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: Data from the Hellenic pulmOnary hyPertension rEgistry (HOPE)

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Incidence and outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: Data from the Hellenic pulmOnary hyPertension rEgistry (HOPE)

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