Use of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Implications: Understanding Safety Discrepancies to Improve Interpretation and Design of Clinical Trials

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2020 Jun;13(6):e008688. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.008688. Epub 2020 May 21.
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Keywords: COVID-19; chloroquine; hydroxychloroquine; pandemic; trophozoites.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials / adverse effects
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology
  • Chloroquine / adverse effects*
  • Chloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications
  • Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy*
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Global Health
  • Humans
  • Hydroxychloroquine / adverse effects*
  • Hydroxychloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Incidence
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications
  • Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Risk Factors
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Hydroxychloroquine
  • Chloroquine