Chronic heart diseases as the most prevalent comorbidities among deaths by COVID-19 in Brazil

ABSTRACT Age, sex and presence of comorbidities are risk factors associated with COVID-19. Hypertension, diabetes and heart disease are the most common comorbidities in patients with COVID-19. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of patients with comorbidities who died of COVID...

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Main Authors: Julianne Pachiega, Alexandre José dos Santos Afonso, Géssica Thaís Sinhorin, Bianca Teshima de Alencar, Marta dos Santos Miranda de Araújo, Fabiana Gulin Longhi, Andernice dos Santos Zanetti, Omar Ariel Espinosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2020-06-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652020000100605&tlng=en