Impact of In-hospital Statin Use on Mortality in COVID-19 Patients from a Majority African American Population

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020.1 As of August 18th, 2022, the pandemic has claimed over 6,400,000 lives worldwide and over 1,000,000 lives in the United States according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.2 The virus works primarily by binding to angiotensin-converting receptor 2 on alveolar epithelial cells, whereby it activates the innate and adaptive immune systems and results in inflammation caused by a pro-inflammatory cytokine storm.

Source: Heart and Lung - March 12, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Nitish Sood, Dhairya Shukla, Pranjal Mishra, Saloni Sharma, Sahil Gandhi, Daniel F. Linder, Priyank Shah Source Type: research