Director General of the National Medical Research Center for Cardiology of the Russian Ministry of Health, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergei Boytsov spoke about diseases that increase the risk of death in coronavirus.
In particular, cardiovascular disease increases the risk of death in patients with covid. RIA Novosti reports.
“These diseases do not increase the risk of contracting COVID-19, but determine a more severe course of the disease, increase the risk of hospitalization in case of infection by about six times, and increase the risk of death by 12 times,” the specialist said at a meeting of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Life Sciences” in Thursday.
He noted that heart disease is the most common comorbidity. They are found in every third hospitalized patient with COVID-19. The most common complications are thrombosis.
Also, doctors working with coronavirus note that overweight and diabetes mellitus increase the risk of death. Also, the prognosis of patients with covid is worsened by high blood pressure.
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