Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and COVID-19: a Pernicious Relationship

Introduction The ongoing pandemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Virus-2 (SARS-CoV2) infection was first recognized in China in 2019 and brought significant health and economic threats around the world. On January 31, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the disease caused by SARS-CoV2 an international public health emergency and on March 11, 2020, the WHO declared it a pandemic. , Three months after the initial WHO declaration, there are more than 5 million confirmed cases worldwide and 300,000 deaths. In [...]