Cardiovascular Safety of Azithromycin in Patients Hospitalized with Coronavirus Disease 2019: a Pre-Specified Pooled Analysis of the COALITION I and COALITION II Randomized Clinical Trials

Furtado et al., The American Journal of Cardiology, doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.11.069, Dec 2023
Analysis of two multicenter RCTs with 1,114 hospitalized COVID-19 patients showing no increased risk of cardiovascular events or QTc prolongation with the addition of azithromycin to hydroxychloroquine treatment.
Furtado et al., 15 Dec 2023, peer-reviewed, 28 authors.
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