Prevalence of COVID-19 Risk Factors and Risks of Severe Acute Respiratory Disease are Markedly Higher in Patients with Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease

Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2021 May;61(5):859-860. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2021.02.055. Epub 2021 Mar 5.

Authors

Frederik Peters¹, Ursula Marschall², Christian-Alexander Behrendt³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Vascular Medicine, Research Group GermanVasc, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
² BARMER, Wuppertal, Germany.
³ Department of Vascular Medicine, Research Group GermanVasc, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: behrendt@hamburg.de.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / complications*
COVID-19 / complications
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Peripheral Arterial Disease / complications*
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / epidemiology*
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / etiology*