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COVID-19 in patients with heart failure: the new and the old epidemic
- Source :
- Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020.
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Abstract
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread in nearly 200 countries in less than 4 months since its first identification; accordingly, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 2019) has affirmed itself as a clinical challenge. The prevalence of pre-existing cardiovascular diseases in patients with COVID19 is high and this dreadful combination dictates poor prognosis along with the higher risk of intensive care mortality. In the setting of chronic heart failure, SARS-CoV-2 can be responsible for myocardial injury and acute decompensation through various mechanisms. Given the clinical and epidemiological complexity of COVID-19, patiens with heart failure may require particular care since the viral infection has been identified, considering an adequate re-evaluation of medical therapy and a careful monitoring during ventilation.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Pulmonary Edema
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Diagnosis, Differential
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Intensive care
Epidemiology
medicine
Humans
Decompensation
030212 general & internal medicine
Diuretics
Intensive care medicine
CARDIOLOGY
Ultrasonography
Heart Failure
Edema, Cardiac
biology
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Myocardium
COVID-19
General Medicine
Water-Electrolyte Balance
Pulmonary edema
medicine.disease
Troponin
COVID-19 Drug Treatment
Heart failure
Breathing
biology.protein
Fluid Therapy
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
Differential diagnosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14690756 and 00325473
- Volume :
- 97
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....778751954a9d3682aa455b21b95108c9