Cardiovascular pathology and COVID-19: briefly on the main

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In the COVID-19 pandemic situation, patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), which are prevalent in the population, form a special risk group. The combination of COVID-19 and CVD provides additional challenges for the diagnosis, choosing treatment tactics and routing of patients. The situation is complicated by a lack of information, often conflicting data and the extremely importance of resolving a number of issues for clinical practice. This review focuses on the most important aspects of the combination of CVD and COVID-19. The mechanisms of the pathological effect of COVID-19 on the cardiovascular system, the epidemiological aspects of combining these pathologies in terms of the effect on patient mortality, the effect of comorbid pathology on the prognosis of patients with COVID-19 in comparison with other respiratory viral diseases, the pathomorphological features of tissue changes with COVID 19, as well as side effects that may occur on the part of the cardiovascular system when using drugs to treat patients with COVID-19. In addition, the safety and feasibility of treatment with statins, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, or other renin-angiotensin system blockers for outcomes in patients with COVID-19 were discussed. Key words: cardiovascular diseases, COVID-19, respiratory viral infection, inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, drugs for the treatment of COVID-19, pathoanatomical study. For citation: Nedogoda S.V. Cardiovascular pathology and COVID-19: briefly on the main. Consilium Medicum. 2020 (22); 5: 19-21. DOI: 10.26442/20751753.2020.5.200157

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Sergei V. Nedogoda

Volgograd State Medical University

Email: nedogodasv@rambler.ru
д-р мед. наук, проф., зав. каф. внутренних болезней Института непрерывного медицинского и фармацевтического образования Volgograd, Russia

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