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COVID-19 and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers What Is the Evidence?

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JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Volume 323, Issue 18, Pages 1769-1770

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AMER MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.4812

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This Viewpoint reviews the pathophysiological and observational basis for speculating that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) might worsen clinical outcomes for patients with COVID-19, and summarizes guidance from specialty societies to continue the drugs in patients who need them pending more definitive evidence of harm.

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