Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2020; 114(5): 805-816
The Heart and COVID-19: What Cardiologists Need to Know
Isabela Bispo Santos da Silva Costa
, Cristina Salvadori Bittar
, Stephanie Itala Rizk, Antônio Everaldo de Araújo Filho, Karen Alcântara Queiroz Santos, Theuran Inahja Vicente Machado, Fernanda Thereza de Almeida Andrade
, Thalita Barbosa González, Andrea Nataly Galarza Arévalo, Juliano Pinheiro de Almeida, Fernando Bacal, Gláucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira
, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda, Silvio Henrique Barberato
, Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas, Carlos Eduardo Rochitte
, José Antonio Franchini Ramires, Roberto Kalil Filho, Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar
Abstract
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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