An unexpected recovery of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a case series.

Scuri, Piermario; Iacovoni, Attilio; Abete, Raffaele; Cereda, Alberto; Grosu, Aurelia; Senni, Michele.

Scuri P; Department of Cardiology, ASST Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
Iacovoni A; Department of Cardiology, ASST Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
Abete R; Department of Cardiology, ASST Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
Cereda A; Department of Cardiology, Policlinico di Monza, Monza, Italy.
Grosu A; Department of Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Senni M; GVM Care and Research, Ravenna, Italy.

Pulm Circ ; 10(3): 2045894020956581, 2020.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33014337

ABSTRACT

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.

Palabras clave

COVID-19; pulmonary circulation; pulmonary hypertension

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