Effect of severe acute respiratory syndrome-novel coronavirus-2 on patients with chronic heart failure

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-novel coronavirus-2 （SARS-CoV-2）poses great challenges for public health in China. Among the reported coronavirus disease 2019 patients, most of them are aged, and a large proportion of them are combined with chronic basic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. Heart failure is the end stage of various cardiovascular diseases. Patients with heart failure should strengthen their cognition and management in this epidemic. This review makes a comprehensive discussion between sars-cov-2 and heart failure.