Could pulmonary arterial hypertension patients be at a lower risk from severe COVID-19?

摘要

The COVID-19 pandemic now impacts over 1.2 million individuals worldwide with higher risk comorbidities including age, cardiac and pulmonary diseases. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) centers prepared for the worst for their high-risk pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients. However, providers have been surprised thus far by the paucity of hospitalized PAH–COVID-19 patients, generally tolerable symptoms in those affected, and their relatively early recovery.