The ACE2 expression in human heart indicates new potential mechanism of heart injury among patients infected with SARS-CoV-2

Chen, Liang; Li, Xiangjie; Chen, Mingquan; Feng, Yi; Xiong, Chenglong

doi:10.1093/cvr/cvaa078

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The ACE2 expression in human heart indicates new potential mechanism of heart injury among patients infected with SARS-CoV-2

Published in Cardiovascular Research • Mar 25, 2020

Authors:

Liang Chen

Xiangjie Li

Mingquan Chen

Abstract

A new type of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks recently in China and spreads into many other countries. This disease, named as COVID-19, is similar to patients infected by SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, and nearly 20% of patients developed severe condition. Cardiac injury is a pr...

Subject

Medicine

Disease

Heart failure

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