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ArticleWorld journal of clinical cases2021

Effects of angiotensin receptor blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on COVID-19.

Xiao-Long Li, Tao Li, Qi-Cong Du, Li Yang, Kun-Lun He

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Article in World journal of clinical cases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. COVID-19 and RAAS inhibitors: is there a final conclusion?Iranian journal of microbiology · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiao-Long LiDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.
Tao LiDepartment of Radiology, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.
Qi-Cong DuDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.
Li YangDepartment of Radiology, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.
Kun-Lun HeTranslational Medical Research Center, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of Biomedical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Medical Innovation Research Division of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China. kunlunhe@plagh.org.
Chinese PLA General Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe World Health Organization reported that 28637952 people worldwide had been infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), by September 13.

aimThe aim was to investigate whether long-term use of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors for the treatment of hypertension aggravates the performance of COVID-19 patients with hypertension.

methodsThis was a retrospective analysis of lung computed tomography (CT) data and laboratory values of COVID-19 patients with hypertension who were admitted to Huoshenshan Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei Province, between February 18 and March 31, 2020. Patients were divided into two groups. Group A included 19 people who were long-term users of RAAS inhibitors for hypertension; and group B included 28 people who were randomly selected from the database and matched with group A by age, sex, basic diseases, and long-term use of other antihypertensive drugs. All patients underwent a series of CT and laboratory tests. We compared the most severe CT images of the two groups and the laboratory examination results within 2 d of the corresponding CT images.

resultsThe time until the most severe CT images from the onset of COVID-19 was 30.37 ± 14.25 d group A and 26.50 ± 11.97 d in group B. The difference between the two groups was not significant (

conclusionChest CT is an important imaging tool to monitor the characteristics of COVID-19 and the degree of lung injury. Chronic use of RAAS inhibitors is not related to the severity of COVID-19, and it does not worsen the clinical process.

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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitorsAngiotensin receptor blockersCOVID-19 infectionHypertensive patients

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