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Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System Inhibitors and Risk of Covid-19
Author(s) -
Harmony R. Reynolds,
Samrachana Adhikari,
Claudia Pulgarin,
Andrea B. Troxel,
Eduardo Iturrate,
Stephen B. Johnson,
Anaïs Hausvater,
Jonathan Newman,
Jeffrey S. Berger,
Sripal Bangalore,
Stuart D. Katz,
Glenn I. Fishman,
Dennis Kunichoff,
Yu Chen,
Gbenga Ogedegbe,
Judith S. Hochman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa2008975
Subject(s) - renin–angiotensin system , aldosterone , covid-19 , medicine , pharmacology , blood pressure , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
There is concern about the potential of an increased risk related to medications that act on the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in patients exposed to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), because the viral receptor is angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2).

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