Severity of COVID-19: The importance of being hypertensive

Fabio Angeli; Sergio Masnaghetti; Dina Visca; Alessandra Rossoni; Sara Taddeo; Filippo Biagini; Paolo Verdecchia

doi:10.4081/monaldi.2020.1372

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Severity of COVID-19: The importance of being hypertensive

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Fabio Angeli – articles in this journal Corresponding author Email https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4925-7985 Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese; Department of Medicine and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, ICS Maugeri IRCCS Institute of Tradate (VA) , Italy.
Sergio Masnaghetti – articles in this journal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8722-5506 Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese; Department of Medicine and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, ICS Maugeri IRCCS Institute of Tradate (VA) , Italy.
Dina Visca – articles in this journal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2298-1623 Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese; Department of Medicine and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, ICS Maugeri IRCCS Institute of Tradate (VA) , Italy.
Alessandra Rossoni – articles in this journal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6579-8568 Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese; Department of Medicine and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, ICS Maugeri IRCCS Institute of Tradate (VA) , Italy.
Sara Taddeo – articles in this journal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2777-7322 Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese; Department of Medicine and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, ICS Maugeri IRCCS Institute of Tradate (VA) , Italy.
Filippo Biagini – articles in this journal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8657-3296 Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese; Department of Medicine and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, ICS Maugeri IRCCS Institute of Tradate (VA) , Italy.
Paolo Verdecchia – articles in this journal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4135-8936 Fondazione Umbra Cuore e Ipertensione ONLUS and Division of Cardiology, Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy.

Published: 20 May 2020
Issue: Vol. 90 No. 2 (2020)
Section: COVID-19 - Collection of articles on the Coronavirus outbreak
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2020.1372

Abstract

The novel respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused a cluster of pneumonia cases in China at the end of 2019. After few months, it led to a pandemic that has spread throughout most countries of the world (https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html).

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Received: 11 May 2020
Accepted: 13 May 2020
Published: 20 May 2020

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Angeli, Fabio, Sergio Masnaghetti, Dina Visca, Alessandra Rossoni, Sara Taddeo, Filippo Biagini, and Paolo Verdecchia. 2020. “Severity of COVID-19: The Importance of Being Hypertensive”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 90 (2). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2020.1372.

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