id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-330701-k68b0wqe Gerc, Vjekoslav Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) in COVID-19 Pandemic Era 2020-06-17 .txt text/plain 5521 282 48 AIM: The aim of this study is to retreive published papers about COVID-19 infection deposited in PubMed data base and analyzed current results of investigations regarding morbidity and mortality rates as consequences of COVID-19 infection and opinions of experts about treatment of afected patients with COVID-19 who have Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). COVID-19 infection is caused by a new beta-coronavirus, which the WHO has called (SARS-CoV-2) -Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Initially, the main complications of COVID-19 were thought to be lung-related, then it was quickly observed that COVID-19 is attacking many organs, including the heart muscle, vascular endothelium and the cardiovascular system in general, increasing morbidity and mortality, especially in patients with other cardiovascular risk factors presented (hypertension, diabetes, obesity, cerebrovascular and renal disease). In Wuhan, according to reports of Chinese physicians, in patients infected with COVID-19 and with acute coronary syndrome, the complete clinical picture was very severe and associated with high mortality (9) . ./cache/cord-330701-k68b0wqe.txt ./txt/cord-330701-k68b0wqe.txt