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. 2020 Jun 7;41(22):2041-2044.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa502.

The saga continues: is COVID-19 a cardiopulmonary disease?

Thomas F Lüscher  1   2   3
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The saga continues: is COVID-19 a cardiopulmonary disease?

Thomas F Lüscher. Eur Heart J. .
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Kaplan–Meier survival curves for mortality from the time of symptom onset, patients with ACEI/ARBs (RAAS inhibitors) or beta-blockers, CCBs, or diuretics (non-RAAS inhibitors) (from Gao C, Cai Y, Zhang K, Zhou L, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Li Q, Li W, Yang S, Zhao X, Zhao Y, Wang H, Liu Y, Yin Z, Zhang R, Wang R, Yang M, Hui C, Wijns W, McEvoy JW, Soliman O, Onuma Y, Serruys PW, Tao L, Li F. Association of hypertension and antihypertensive treatment with COVID-19 mortality: a retrospective observational study. See pages 2058–2066).
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Figure 2
A summary of issues along with the possible solutions related to patient and staff safety in the conduct of clinical trials due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Problems related to data quality and perseveration of scientific integrity are also highlighted along with their possible solutions. HCP, healthcare providers (from Anker SD, Butler J, Khan MS, Abraham WT, Bauersachs J, Bocchi E, Bozkurt B, Braunwald E, Chopra VK, Cleland JG, Ezekowitz J, Filippatos G, Friede T, Hernandez AF, Lam CSP, Lindenfeld J, McMurray JJ, Mehra M, Metra M, Packer M, Pieske B, Pocock SJ, Ponikowski P, Rosano GMC, Teerlink JR, Tsutsui H, Van Veldhuisen DJ, Verma S, Voors AA, Wittes J, Zannad F, Zhang J, Seferovic P, Coats AJS. Conducting clinical trials in heart failure during (and after) the COVID-19 pandemic: an Expert Consensus Position Paper from the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). See pages 2109–2117).
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