SARS-CoV2: Should inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system be withdrawn in patients with COVID-19?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2020, Pages 1801-1803

  Kuster, Gabriela M ^a   Pfister, Otmar ^a   Burkard, Thilo ^a   Zhou, Qian ^a   Twerenbold, Raphael ^a   Haaf, Philip ^a   Widmer, Andreas F ^a   Osswald, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME 2; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN[1-7]; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; OLMESARTAN;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN REGULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; UPREGULATION; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS LOAD; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHINA; CHINESE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LUNG INJURY; MORTALITY RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 85083064516     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa235     Document Type: Note

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