Are ACE inhibitors and ARBs more beneficial than harmful in the treatment of severe COVID-19 disease?

Christian A Devaux*

After starting in China four months ago, the COVID-19 pandemic now affects most countries and has already caused more than 200,000 deaths by April 26, 2020

Under chest computerized tomography scans, the majority of severe COVID-19 patients show bilateral ground glass-like opacities and subsegmental areas of consolidation indicative of pneumonia. If in its severe forms this disease affects the lungs, in many cases it is also responsible for a multi-organ failure with adverse myocardial remodeling, myocardial stress, and cardiomyopathy [1,2]. 

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Published on: May 5, 2020 Pages: 101-103

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