Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Short Report: Hospitalization for New-Onset Heart Failure in Survivors of Hospitalized COVID-19
Authors' conclusion
The incidence of new-onset HF post-COVID-19 in our study was lower than in previous reports, despite involving an older population with more comorbidities and/or more severe COVID-19 overall. Reliance on administrative data for outcome adjudication in prior studies may have led to an overestimation of the HF burden post-COVID-19.
Study context
- Population
- Survivors of hospitalized COVID-19 free of heart failure (HF) at the time of dischargesurvivors of COVID-19 hospitalization free of HF at discharge
- Participants
- 2,140 survivors
- Outcome
- Incidence of hospitalized new-onset HF
- Follow-up
- 12-month period following the index COVID-19 episode
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Incidence rate of hospitalized new-onset HF
0.5 per 100 person-years
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Baseline factors associated with HF development
- Higher BMI and dialysis dependency at baseline were significantly associated with HF development
1-year mortality
- 1-year mortality rate
- 3%
Baseline characteristics
- Mean age
- 67 years
- Black/African-Americans
- 48%
Original publication
Short Report: Hospitalization for New-Onset Heart Failure in Survivors of Hospitalized COVID-19. ESC Heart Fail. Published 5 June 2025. doi:10.
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