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. 2022 May 21;43(20):1899-1900.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac168.

SARS-CoV-2 infection markedly increases long-term cardiovascular risk

Giovanna Liuzzo  1   2 , Massimo Volpe  3
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SARS-CoV-2 infection markedly increases long-term cardiovascular risk

Giovanna Liuzzo et al. Eur Heart J. .

Abstract

Comment on ‘Long-term cardiovascular outcomes of COVID-19’ which was published in Nat Med. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-01689-3.

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