Comorbidities, Cardiovascular Therapies, and COVID-19 Mortality: A Nationwide, Italian Observational Study (ItaliCO)

Comorbidities, Cardiovascular Therapies, and COVID-19 Mortality: A Nationwide, Italian Observational Study (ItaliCO)

Background: Italy has one of the world's oldest populations, and suffered one the highest death tolls from Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide. Older people with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), and in particular hypertension, are at higher risk of hospitalization and death for COVID-1...

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Main Authors: Francesca Polverino, Debra A. Stern, Gaetano Ruocco, Elisabetta Balestro, Matteo Bassetti, Marcello Candelli, Bruno Cirillo, Marco Contoli, Angelo Corsico, Filippo D'Amico, Emilia D'Elia, Giuseppe Falco, Stefano Gasparini, Stefano Guerra, Sergio Harari, Monica Kraft, Luigi Mennella, Alberto Papi, Roberto Parrella, Paolo Pelosi, Venerino Poletti, Mario Polverino, Claudio Tana, Roberta Terribile, Jason C. Woods, Fabiano Di Marco, Fernando D. Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
COVID-19
comorbidities
ACE inhibitors
mortality
cohort study
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcvm.2020.585866/full

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