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SUBMITTER: Chung MK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8048382 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chung Mina K MK Zidar David A DA Bristow Michael R MR Cameron Scott J SJ Chan Timothy T Harding Clifford V CV Kwon Deborah H DH Singh Tamanna T Tilton John C JC Tsai Emily J EJ Tucker Nathan R NR Barnard John J Loscalzo Joseph J
Circulation research 20210415 8
A pandemic of historic impact, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has potential consequences on the cardiovascular health of millions of people who survive infection worldwide. Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiologic agent of COVID-19, can infect the heart, vascular tissues, and circulating cells through ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2), the host cell receptor for the viral spike protein. Acute cardiac injury is a common extrapulmonary manifestation of ...[more]