JOURNAL OF SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCIENCE) ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (07): 863-866.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2020.07.001

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Research progress of interaction between coronavirus disease 2019 and cardiovascular system

ZHA Qiong-fang1, LI Hong-bo2, QIN Hui1   

  1. 1. Department of Respiratory, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China; 2. Department of Cardiology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China
  • Online:2020-07-28 Published:2020-09-23

Abstract: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2), has been spreading rapidly internationally. On the one hand, there is a certain correlation between the basic cardiovascular disease and the severity of COVID-19; on the other hand, the patients with severe and critical COVID-19 often have cardiovascular system-related clinical manifestations. This article reviews the interaction between COVID-19 and cardiovascular system, and the cardiovascular problems that may be encountered in the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19.

Key words: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), cardiovascular system

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