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ReviewViruses2021

The SARS-CoV-2/Receptor Axis in Heart and Blood Vessels: A Crisp Update on COVID-19 Disease with Cardiovascular Complications.

Priya Veluswamy, Max Wacker, Dimitrios Stavridis, Thomas Reichel, Hendrik Schmidt, Maximilian Scherner, Jens Wippermann, Guido Michels

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Review in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Priya VeluswamyHeart Surgery Research, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
Max WackerHeart Surgery Research, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0664-2613
Dimitrios StavridisHeart Surgery Research, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2628-6193
Thomas ReichelDepartment of Cardiology, Diabetology and Infectiology, Klinikum Magdeburg, 39130 Magdeburg, Germany.
Hendrik SchmidtDepartment of Cardiology, Diabetology and Infectiology, Klinikum Magdeburg, 39130 Magdeburg, Germany.
Maximilian SchernerHeart Surgery Research, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
Jens WippermannHeart Surgery Research, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
Guido MichelsDepartment of Acute and Emergency Care, Sankt Antonius-Hospital Eschweiler, 52249 Eschweiler, Germany.
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg · DEKlinikum Magdeburg · DESankt-Antonius-Hospital Eschweiler · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 virus causing COVID-19 disease has emerged expeditiously in the world and has been declared pandemic since March 2020, by World Health Organization (WHO). The destructive effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection are increased among the patients with pre-existing chronic conditions and, in particular, this review focuses on patients with underlying cardiovascular complications. The expression pattern and potential functions of SARS-CoV-2 binding receptors and the attributes of SARS-CoV-2 virus tropism in a physio-pathological state of heart and blood vessel are precisely described. Of note, the atheroprotective role of ACE2 receptors is reviewed. A detailed description of the possible detrimental role of SARS-CoV-2 infection in terms of vascular leakage, including endothelial glycocalyx dysfunction and bradykinin 1 receptor stimulation is concisely stated. Furthermore, the potential molecular mechanisms underlying SARS-CoV-2 induced clot formation in association with host defense components, including activation of FXIIa, complements and platelets, endothelial dysfunction, immune cell responses with cytokine-mediated action are well elaborated. Moreover, a brief clinical update on patient with COVID-19 disease with underlying cardiovascular complications and those who had new onset of cardiovascular complications post-COVID-19 disease was also discussed. Taken together, this review provides an overview of the mechanistic aspects of SARS-CoV-2 induced devastating effects, in vital organs such as the heart and vessels.

Indexed as

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Blood VesselsCardiovascular DiseasesCOVID-19HeartHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2ACE2 protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2blood vesselsbradykinincardiovascular diseaseCOVID-19glycocalyxheartSARS-CoV-2thrombosis

Identifiers

PMID34372552
PMCPMC8310117
OpenAlexW3182042060

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