Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease in the Americas, and the Active Work of the Interamerican Adult Congenital Heart Disease Council of the Interamerican Society of Cardiology (ACHDC-IASC)

John Jairo Araujo

Cochair Adult Congenital Heart Disease Council in Inter American Society of Cardiology, Cardiologist-Echocardiologist, Department of Clinic and Research in Cardiology, SOMA Clinic, Colombia

Dr. John Jairo Araujo, Cochair Adult Congenital Heart Disease Council in Inter American Society of Cardiology, Cardiologist-Echocardiologist, Department of Clinic and Research in Cardiology, SOMA Clinic, Colombia.

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Adults Congenital Heart Disease; Interamerican Society of Cardiology; COVID-19 Research

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 2019 was reported on January 1, 2020 for first time in North America, followed Central America, South America and, finally, in the Caribbean. At the time of this publication, the five countries with the most active infections in the Americas are, in order: US, Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Colombia. It has been estimated that one active COVID-19 case can infect approximately 2-3 other individuals in the general population. According this degree of infectiousness it is estimated that there may be close to 8,800 infected adults with congenital heart disease in the United States and it is assumed that there would be approximately 2,628 in Central America and the Caribbean and close to 7,200 in South America.

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