Recommendations for clinical management of children and adolescents with chronic heart failure during the epidemic period of novel coronavirus pneumonia

The outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China in December 2019 has spread to all parts of the country.Epidemiology showed that the population is generally susceptible to the virus, and the number of infected children and adolescents has been increasing.Children and adolescents with chronic heart failure have poor physical fitness, and there are great challenges to the diagnosis and treatment for these patients with 2019 novel coronavirus(2019-nCoV) infection.Based on the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in children and the key points of management of chronic heart failure in children and adolescents, we suggested the clinical management recommendations for 2019-nCoV infection in children and adolescents with chronic heart failure.