Renin-angiotensin system and sex differences in COVID-19: a critical assessment

MC Chappell - Circulation Research, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
The current epidemic of corona virus disease (COVID-19) has resulted in an immense
health burden that became the third leading cause of death and potentially contributed to a …

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults: Characteristics, treatment, and outcomes

CC Lai, CK Hsu, SC Hsueh, MY Yen… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Following the rapidly increasing number of multisystem inflammatory syndromes in children
(MIS‐C), a similar clinical scenario has been observed in adult patients. Although its …

Persistence of symptoms 15 months since COVID-19 diagnosis: prevalence, risk factors and residual work ability

D Sansone, A Tassinari, R Valentinotti, D Kontogiannis… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: A proportion of patients' ailments may last after recovering from acute COVID-
19, with episodic and systemic symptoms of unclear etiology potentially involving different …

Efficacy of nirmatrelvir and ritonavir for post‐acute COVID‐19 sequelae beyond 3 months of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection

MH Chuang, JY Wu, TH Liu, WH Hsu… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir (NMV‐r) on post‐acute COVID‐19 sequelae beyond 3
months of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection remains unknown. This retrospective cohort study utilized …

Long‐term risk of herpes zoster following COVID‐19: a retrospective cohort study of 2 442 686 patients

YC Chen, CH Ho, TH Liu, JY Wu… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The long‐term risk of herpes zoster (HZ) after recovery from a SARS‐CoV‐2 infection is
unclear. This retrospective cohort study assessed the risk of HZ in patients following a …

The role of psychotherapy in the Care of Patients with Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

T Grande, B Grande, P Gerner, S Hammer, M Stingl… - Medicina, 2023 - mdpi.com
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue (ME/CFS) is a post-infectious, chronic disease
that can lead to severe impairment and, even, total disability. Although the disease has been …

Effectiveness of oral antiviral agents on long‐term cardiovascular risk in nonhospitalized patients with COVID‐19: A multicenter matched cohort study

TH Liu, MH Chuang, JY Wu, PY Huang… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although a novel oral antiviral agent can improve short‐term COVID‐19 outcomes, its effects
on the long‐term outcomes, namely the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events …

Association between olfactory dysfunction and mood disturbances with objective and subjective cognitive deficits in long-COVID

T Llana, M Mendez, S Garces-Arilla, V Hidalgo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background and purpose The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated
with olfactory dysfunction. The persistent symptoms of anosmia or hyposmia were …

Clinical effectiveness of nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir in the treatment of COVID-19 in patients with cirrhosis

WH Hsu, BW Shiau, TH Liu, JY Wu… - Expert Review of Anti …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives This retrospective cohort study assessed the clinical effectiveness of
nirmatrelvirplus ritonavir (NMV-r) in treating COVID-19 in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) …

Atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, and COVID-19: a narrative review

C Vilaplana-Carnerero, M Giner-Soriano, À Dominguez… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory and degenerative process that mainly occurs in
large-and medium-sized arteries and is morphologically characterized by asymmetric focal …