id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-291016-c83fs5ih Gori, Tommaso Perspective: cardiovascular disease and the Covid-19 pandemic 2020-04-10 .txt text/plain 1623 71 42 Furthermore, the new, emergency-driven changes to hospital logistics conflict with important principles of treatment of patients with acute coronary syndromes: patients with an undefined contact history or ambiguous symptoms are often approached as potential Sars-Cov-2 positive at the time of their medical contact. It is now of paramount importance that communication media inform the population that most large centers have restructured their admission protocols to provide a rapid and Covid-secure care of patients with acute coronary syndromes while still addressing the diagnosis of Sars-CoV-2 infection. International experts and the European Society of Cardiology "strongly recommend that physicians and patients should continue treatment with their usual anti-hypertensive therapy", given the lack of clinical or scientific evidence to suggest that treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensinreceptor blockers might favor the spread or the severity of Sars-CoV-2 infection [9] . ./cache/cord-291016-c83fs5ih.txt ./txt/cord-291016-c83fs5ih.txt