id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-258548-1u7v1nlr Mansueto, Gelsomina Can COVID 2019 disease induces a specific cardiovascular damage or it exacerbates pre-existing cardiovascular diseases? 2020-06-26 .txt text/plain 5924 280 35 Only one case of cardiac tamponade in a 47-year-old man SARS-CoV-2 infected without cardiovascular risk is reported in the literature as a complication of myocarditis and pericarditis (29) . Large and more recent studies have reported that previous myocardial infarction, diabetes, J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f dyslipidaemias, hypertension, and other cardiovascular risk factors can predispose to an acute ischemic event in respiratory virus infections such as recently reported during the pandemic COVID-19 disease (34, 35, 36) . It is known that patients with cardiovascular disease have a higher risk of a thrombo-embolic event as it is known that all viral infections have a potential role in disseminated intravascular coagulation J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f (DIC) The endothelial damage, the blood flow turbulence, and hypercoagulability are the basis of the mechanism. There is no substantial data to say that anti-RAAS, ACE inhibitors, statins increase the risk of cardiovascular damage in COVID patients. ./cache/cord-258548-1u7v1nlr.txt ./txt/cord-258548-1u7v1nlr.txt