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Editor, Senior Moderator
Microvasc Res
. 2020 Jun 9;131:104028.
doi: 10.1016/j.mvr.2020.104028. Online ahead of print.
Importance of the Evaluation of Systemic Microvascular Flow and Reactivity in Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 - COVID-19
Eduardo Tibirica[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Andrea De Lorenzo[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Amidst the pandemic that has mesmerized the entire world, as it has not spared anyone according to any specific characteristic, some conditions have, in fact, emerged as risk factors for a complicated evolution of COVID-19. Older age, cardiovascular disease including hypertension, diabetes and pulmonary disease, have been associated with more severe presentations and/or adverse prognosis. In this letter to the editor, we propose that the link between cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and the higher incidence and worse prognosis of COVID-19 patients is the (micro) vascular endothelium.
Keywords: COVID-19; Cardiovascular diseases; Laser-based methods; Microvascular endothelial dysfunction.
. 2020 Jun 9;131:104028.
doi: 10.1016/j.mvr.2020.104028. Online ahead of print.
Importance of the Evaluation of Systemic Microvascular Flow and Reactivity in Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 - COVID-19
Eduardo Tibirica[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Andrea De Lorenzo[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32531352
- PMCID: PMC7280818
- DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2020.104028
Abstract
Amidst the pandemic that has mesmerized the entire world, as it has not spared anyone according to any specific characteristic, some conditions have, in fact, emerged as risk factors for a complicated evolution of COVID-19. Older age, cardiovascular disease including hypertension, diabetes and pulmonary disease, have been associated with more severe presentations and/or adverse prognosis. In this letter to the editor, we propose that the link between cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and the higher incidence and worse prognosis of COVID-19 patients is the (micro) vascular endothelium.
Keywords: COVID-19; Cardiovascular diseases; Laser-based methods; Microvascular endothelial dysfunction.