id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-297870-m7n43k4p Azevedo, Rafael Bellotti Covid-19 and the cardiovascular system: a comprehensive review 2020-07-27 .txt text/plain 5108 211 30 Moreover, as in other respiratory infections, preexisting CV diseases and risk factors can increase the severity of COVID-19, leading to the aggravation and decompensation of chronic underlying cardiac pathologies as well as acute-onset of new cardiac complications [3] , highlighting that myocardial injury can be present in approximately 12% of hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection [1] . Within the CV manifestations of COVID-19, we can highlight four different aspects: (a) CV risk factors and established CV disease is associated with a worse prognosis, (b) appearance of acute CV complications in previously healthy individuals, (c) promising therapies with antimalarials and antivirals present important CV side effects, and (d) questioning the safety of the use of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors regarding an increased risk of COVID-19 [1] . ./cache/cord-297870-m7n43k4p.txt ./txt/cord-297870-m7n43k4p.txt