Abstract Background The presence of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in individuals infected with COVID-19 may imply a worse prognosis. Objective To describe the prevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) by COVID-19 and to analyze the factors associated with this condition in adults and the elderly with cardiovascular disease in Brazil until the 30th Epidemiological Week of 2020. Methods Cross-sectional study conducted with data from the Influenza Epidemiological Surveillance Information System (Sistema de Informação de Vigilância Epidemiológica da Gripe – SIVEP-Gripe), […]

Introduction The disease caused by the new coronavirus (Covid-19), SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. By analogy to others respiratory infections, mainly based on the 2009 pandemic of the influenza virus H1N1,, an increase in cases of pneumonia and progression to septic shock with acute respiratory distress syndrome was expected among recipients of solid-organ transplantation with Covid-19 in comparison with the non-transplanted population. However, immunosuppression […]

Introduction The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly increasing worldwide. Brazil is the country with the second highest number of cases, and it is considered South America’s epicenter. Cardiovascular disease is known to be an important risk factor for infection susceptibility, illness severity, and poor prognosis in COVID-19. Heart transplantation (HT) recipients may have an increased risk due to their comorbidities; however, it has been theorized that immunosuppression might protect them from the cytokine storm responsible for worse outcomes., On […]

Introduction Regarding the obstetric aspects of COVID-19 infection, one should consider that it is a recent disease, with no specific knowledge on the theme to draft medical care protocols. For this reason, various guidelines are based on its comparison with infections caused by other viruses (SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and H1N1); therefore, all information concerning current evidence on the issue is subject to change due to new discoveries. Infections caused by SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV have tended to be regionally bound, but the […]

Dear Editor, On December 31, 2019, China notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of an outbreak of pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, capital of the Hubei province. A few days later, the causative agent, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified. […]