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. 2020 Jul:77:158-160.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.06.006. Epub 2020 Jun 6.

Protective role of chronic treatment with direct oral anticoagulants in elderly patients affected by interstitial pneumonia in COVID-19 era

Rosario Rossi  1 , Francesca Coppi  2 , Marisa Talarico  2 , Giuseppe Boriani  2
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Protective role of chronic treatment with direct oral anticoagulants in elderly patients affected by interstitial pneumonia in COVID-19 era

Rosario Rossi et al. Eur J Intern Med. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

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    Elderly COVID-19 patients with chronic heart disease have a worse prognosis.

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    Cardio-active treatment has a protective role in COVID-19 pneumonia.

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    Anticoagulant chronic assumption in elderly with heart disease reduce mortality.

Keywords: COVID-19; Direct oral anticoagulants; Elderly; Interstitial pneumonia; Prognosis.

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Declaration of Competing Interests The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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