Correspondence on 'Characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 in people with rheumatic disease: data from the COVID-19 global rheumatology alliance physician-reported registry' by Gianfrancesco M et al. The impact of cardiovascular comorbidity on COVID-19 infection in a large cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients

Affiliations

¹ Rheumatology Unit - Department of Emergence Medicine and Transplantation (DETO), Università degli Studi di Bari Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Bari, Puglia, Italy fabio.cacciapaglia79@gmail.com.
² Internal Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
³ Specialità Mediche - Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Sassari, UOC Reumatologia, Sassari, Italy.
⁴ Chair and Rheumatology Unit, University Clinic AOU Cagliari, Monserrato, CA, Italy.
⁵ Division of Rheumatology, University of Pavia, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy.
⁷ Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁸ Institute of Rheumatology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
⁹ Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche - Reumatologia, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
¹⁰ Rheumatology Unit, University of Messina Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Messina, Sicilia, Italy.
¹¹ Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Rheumatology Unit, Perugia, Italy.

Comment

Fabio Cacciapaglia et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 Jul.

. 2023 Jul;82(7):e159.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218813. Epub 2020 Sep 15.

¹ Rheumatology Unit - Department of Emergence Medicine and Transplantation (DETO), Università degli Studi di Bari Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Bari, Puglia, Italy fabio.cacciapaglia79@gmail.com.
² Internal Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
³ Specialità Mediche - Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Sassari, UOC Reumatologia, Sassari, Italy.
⁴ Chair and Rheumatology Unit, University Clinic AOU Cagliari, Monserrato, CA, Italy.
⁵ Division of Rheumatology, University of Pavia, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy.
⁷ Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁸ Institute of Rheumatology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
⁹ Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche - Reumatologia, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
¹⁰ Rheumatology Unit, University of Messina Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Messina, Sicilia, Italy.
¹¹ Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Rheumatology Unit, Perugia, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: arthritis; biological therapy; cardiovascular diseases; rheumatoid.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 in people with rheumatic disease: data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry.
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