The Heart and COVID-19: What Cardiologists Need to Know.
Isabela Bispo Santos da Silva da CostaCristina Salvadori BittarStephanie Itala RizkAntônio Everaldo de Araújo FilhoKaren Alcântara Queiroz SantosTheuran Inahja Vicente MachadoFernanda Thereza de Almeida AndradeThalita Barbosa GonzálezAndrea Nataly Galarza ArévaloJuliano Pinheiro de AlmeidaFernando BacalGlaucia Maria Moraes de OliveiraMarcus Vinícius Guimarães de LacerdaSilvio Henrique BarberatoAntonio Carlos Palandri ChagasCarlos Eduardo RochitteJosé Antonio Franchini RamiresRoberto Kalil FilhoLudhmilla Abrahão HajjarPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2020)
In face of the pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the management of patients with cardiovascular risk factors and/or disease is challenging. The cardiovascular complications evidenced in patients with COVID-19 derive from several mechanisms, ranging from direct viral injury to complications secondary to the inflammatory and thrombotic responses to the infection. The proper care of patients with COVID-19 requires special attention to the cardiovascular system aimed at better outcomes.
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