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Comment
. 2020 May 14;41(19):1779-1782.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa435.

COVID-19: (mis)managing an announced Black Swan

Thomas F Lüscher  1   2   3
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COVID-19: (mis)managing an announced Black Swan

Thomas F Lüscher. Eur Heart J. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Conceptual figure highlighting the central role of ACE2 in the potentially deleterious (red) and protective (green) effects of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) and its inhibition in the development of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) (from Kuster GM, Pfister O, Burkard T, Zhou Q, Twerenbold R, Haaf P, Widmer AF, Osswald S. SARS-CoV2: should inhibitors of the renin�angiotensin system be withdrawn in patients with COVID-19? See pages 1801–1803).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Top: Kaplan–Meier 14-day survival rates for the patients with and without concomitant cardiac disease. Bottom: 14-day outcomes (major complications and deaths) of all patients and the patients without and with concomitant cardiac disease. Abbreviations: ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; TE, thrombo-embolism (from Inciardi RM, Adamo M, Lupi L, Cani DS, Pasquale MD, Tomasoni D, Italia L, Zaccone G, Tedino C, Fabbricatore D, Curnis A, Faggiano P, Gorga E, Lombardi CM, Milesi G, Vizzardi E, Volpini M, Nodari S, Specchia C, Maroldi R, Bezzi M, Metra M. Characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 and cardiac disease in Northern Italy. See pages 1821–1829).
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