Open AccessAn unexpected recovery of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and SARS‐CoV‐2 pneumonia: a case series
Author(s) -
Scuri Piermario,
Iacovoni Attilio,
Abete Raffaele,
Cereda Alberto,
Grosu Aurelia,
Senni Michele
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pulmonary circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.791
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 2045-8940
DOI - 10.1177/2045894020956581
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pneumonia , pulmonary hypertension , intensive care medicine , cardiology , virology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Since the beginning of the SARS‐CoV‐2 outbreak, few cases of COVID‐19 pneumonia in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension have been reported. We present four patients with known history of PAH admitted to our hospital with SARS‐CoV‐2 pneumonia to analyze the impact of this disease on their clinical outcome.