Debra L. Beck and Eugene Braunwald, MD Date Published: April 24, 2020 Although there are associations between cardiovascular disease and COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, most patients who need cardiovascular care during the COVID-19 pandemic will not be infected with COVID-19. Mahmud et al, representing the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography andMORE

Article by by Robert W. Maitta, MD, PhD, author of Immunologic Concepts in Transfusion Medicine, 1st Edition Indeed if one takes time to look back over the last one hundred years it is hard to come to the conclusion that these two disciplines have had an ephemeral relationship. On the contrary, from the moment thatMORE

Artice by Melanie Tucker, Senior Acquisitions Editor for Neurology, Elsevier Dr. David Preston is a Professor of Neurology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Vice Chairman of the Department of Neurology and Program Director of Neurology Residency at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. The 4th edition of his book, coauthored with Dr. BarbaraMORE

Debra L. Beck and Eugene Braunwald, MD Published: March 31, 2020 The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 interfaces with the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) through angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). ACE2 is the functional receptor to SARS-CoV-2. It has been suggested that the commonly used angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), which increase ACE2 expression, mayMORE