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Review
. 2020 Aug;76(2):138-145.
doi: 10.1097/FJC.0000000000000854.

Atrial Fibrillation in COVID-19: From Epidemiological Association to Pharmacological Implications

Vincenzo Russo  1 , Anna Rago  2 , Andreina Carbone  1 , Roberta Bottino  1 , Ernesto Ammendola  2 , Nadia Della Cioppa  3 , Dario Galante  4 , Paolo Golino  1 , Gerardo Nigro  1
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Review

Atrial Fibrillation in COVID-19: From Epidemiological Association to Pharmacological Implications

Vincenzo Russo et al. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak is a public health emergency of international concerns because of a highly pathogenic human coronavirus (HCoV), actually named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Despite much emerging data about the epidemiological association between cardiovascular diseases and COVID-19, little is still known about atrial fibrillation and its optimal management in this clinical contest. The aim of our review is to describe the pharmacological interactions between cardiovascular drugs more commonly used in atrial fibrillation management and experimental COVID-19 therapies, based on EU and US summaries of product characteristics.

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