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Revisiting the cardiovascular risk of hydroxychloroquine in RA

Cardiac toxicity can be induced by hydroxychloroquine, especially when used in combination with azithromycin. Interest in hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as potential therapies for COVID-19 has renewed concerns about the possible cardiovascular risk these drugs present to patients with rheumatoi...

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Autores principales: Pers, Yves-Marie, Padern, Guillaume
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7525224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32999492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41584-020-00521-x
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spelling pubmed-75252242020-09-30 Revisiting the cardiovascular risk of hydroxychloroquine in RA Pers, Yves-Marie Padern, Guillaume Nat Rev Rheumatol News & Views Cardiac toxicity can be induced by hydroxychloroquine, especially when used in combination with azithromycin. Interest in hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as potential therapies for COVID-19 has renewed concerns about the possible cardiovascular risk these drugs present to patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-09-30 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7525224/ /pubmed/32999492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41584-020-00521-x Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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