Henrique Turin Moreira et al. Gustavo Jardim Volpe Uebe Chade Rezek Pedro Cunha de Mendonça … Gustavo Corrêa de Almeida Teixeira Bruno Moreira dos Santos Anna Paula Gonçalves Olivieri Ana Julia Abbud Chierice Henrique Zanqueta Monteiro Natanael Mendes de Araújo Benedito Carlos Maciel Antonio Pazin Filho André Schmidt
Introduction
COVID-19, an infectious disease caused by the new type of coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2), usually shows a benign clinical course, although it can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome. The main risk factors for the severe form of COVID-19 include older age and presence of comorbidities, such as diabetes, hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, elective medical appointments have been reduced. Even though an increase in cardiovascular events as an adverse effect of this healthcare system reorganization would be expected, some reports have suggested a possible reduction of such outcomes in countries with high prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, the mechanisms related to this decline are not well understood.
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