Smoking in Patients With Chronic Cardiovascular Disease During COVID-19 Lockdown.

Objectives: This cross-sectional study aims to investigate health-related behaviors including tobacco consumption among patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD), during the first COVID-19-related lockdown.

Methods: After 5 weeks of COVID-19 lockdown, 220 patients with chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) and 124 with congestive heart failure (CHF) answered a phone questionnaire.

Results: Among these 344 patients, 43 (12.

Impact of lockdown on patients with congestive heart failure during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Aims: Cardiovascular co-morbidities like congestive heart failure (CHF) alter the course of coronavirus disease 2019. Factors associated with the outbreak and lockdown can exacerbate CHF.

Methods And Results: We analysed the answers of 124 randomly selected CHF outpatients (mean age 71.