Open AccessCoronavirus disease 2019 infection in patients with recent cardiac surgery: does chronic anticoagulant therapy have a protective effect?
Author(s) -
Giuseppe Inama,
Claudio Dodi,
Martino Provini,
Enzo Bossoni,
Lorenza Inama,
Laura Balzarini,
C. Mancini,
Sara Ramponi,
Maurizio Marvisi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.458
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1558-2035
pISSN - 1558-2027
DOI - 10.2459/jcm.0000000000001066
Subject(s) - medicine , hydroxychloroquine , azithromycin , clopidogrel , pneumonia , anticoagulant , oxygen therapy , covid-19 , disease , aspirin , antibiotics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical course of COVID-19 in patients who had recently undergone a cardiac procedure and were inpatients in a cardiac rehabilitation department.