Increased cardiovascular mortality in African Americans with COVID-19

Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Jul;8(7):649-651. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30244-7. Epub 2020 May 27.

Authors

Dennis McGonagle¹, Sven Plein², James S O'Donnell³, Kassem Sharif⁴, Charles Bridgewood⁴

Affiliations

¹ Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK. Electronic address: d.g.mcgonagle@leeds.ac.uk.
² Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
³ Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK.

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
Black or African American / statistics & numerical data*
COVID-19
Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality*
Comorbidity
Coronavirus Infections / mortality*
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / mortality*
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
United States / epidemiology

Grants and funding

P01 HL144457/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States