Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 Among Socially Vulnerable Patients

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Institute, TX (S.U.K.).
² Center for Health Data Science and Analytics, Houston Methodist Research Institute, TX (K.K.H., Z.J.).

Editorial

Safi U Khan et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;15(8):e009294.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.122.009294. Epub 2022 Jul 18.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Institute, TX (S.U.K.).
² Center for Health Data Science and Analytics, Houston Methodist Research Institute, TX (K.K.H., Z.J.).

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Keywords: COVID-19; Editorials; humans; pandemics; quality of life.

Comment on

County-Level Social Vulnerability is Associated With In-Hospital Death and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: An Analysis of the American Heart Association COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry.
Islam SJ, Malla G, Yeh RW, Quyyumi AA, Kazi DS, Tian W, Song Y, Nayak A, Mehta A, Ko YA, de Lemos JA, Rodriguez F, Goyal A, Wadhera RK. Islam SJ, et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2022 Aug;15(8):e008612. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.121.008612. Epub 2022 Jul 18. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2022. PMID: 35862003 Free PMC article.

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