Introduction
The coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) affected 125 million people
worldwide and caused 2.7 million deaths so far1. Some
conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, heart failure and coronary
artery disease are associated with worse prognosis2.
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) recipients are probably part of
this high-risk population since they usually have multiple comorbidities
and live in a functionally
immunocompromised state3.
There are few data on LVAD recipients and COVID-19, and most cases
occurred months or years after LVAD implantation4-11.
We present a case of a patient who presented fever during LVAD
implantation as the first manifestation of COVID-19 who developed
critical disease.