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cord-330641-pxvc2nw5	Sanchis-Gomar, Fabian	Should atrial fibrillation be considered a cardiovascular risk factor for a worse prognosis in COVID-19 patients?	2020-07-20		.txt	text/plain	624	42	54	diseases are included in the CVD generic group or serious heart conditions, and there is no information at present to conclude whether atrial fibrillation (AF) would contribute to increasing the risk for severe forms of COVID-19, worse prognosis, or even higher mortality. 1 have collected demographic characteristics, clinical presentation, and outcomes of 53 COVID-19 patients with pneumonia and with a history of cardiac disease hospitalized in Brescia, Lombardy (Italy). 3 In effect, some forms of arrhythmia were present in 60% of 85 fatal cases, which suggests that cardiac arrhythmia is associated with an increased risk of mortality in COVID-19 patients. Interestingly, it has been previously described that plasma ACE2 activity levels are increased in AF and have been suggested as a better marker of disease severity in human AF. Characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 and cardiac disease in Northern Italy	./cache/cord-330641-pxvc2nw5.txt	./txt/cord-330641-pxvc2nw5.txt