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People with heart disease are at an increased risk of serious complications from COVID-19 and also are more likely to die from it; they are at 10.5 percent increased risk of dying compared to 2.3 percent for people who do not have underlying health conditions, Chinese researchers say.

People with the following heart conditions are at highest risk, the European Society of Cardiology says:

 • Heart failure, a condition in which the heart becomes weakened and doesn’t pump blood effectively.

 • Dilated cardiomyopathy, a disorder in which the heart’s chambers become enlarged and cannot pump blood effectively.

 • Advanced forms of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.

 • Congenital cyanotic heart disease, which are types of heart problems that occur before birth and result in low blood oxygen levels.

 • Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

 • People who have undergone heart transplants are put on immunosuppressive drugs to keep their bodies from rejecting their new organs. This makes them more vulnerable to infections, including COVID-19.