Calcium channel blocker amlodipine besylate therapy is associated with reduced case fatality rate of COVID-19 patients with hypertension

Abstract The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has now spread to >200 countries posing a global public health concern. Patients with comorbidity, such as hypertension suffer more severe infection with elevated mortality...

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Main Authors: Lei-Ke Zhang, Yuan Sun, Haolong Zeng, Qingxing Wang, Xiaming Jiang, Wei-Juan Shang, Yan Wu, Shufen Li, Yu-Lan Zhang, Zhao-Nian Hao, Hongbo Chen, Runming Jin, Wei Liu, Hao Li, Ke Peng, Gengfu Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Cell Discovery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41421-020-00235-0