Cardiovascular Disease Complicating COVID-19 in the Elderly
SARS-CoV-2, a single-stranded RNA coronavirus, causes an illness known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The highly transmissible virus gains entry into human cells primarily by the binding of its spike protein to the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor, which is expressed not only in lun...
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MDPI AG
2021-08-01
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Series: | Medicina |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/57/8/833 |