European researchers found concentrations of an enzyme that enables the infection process are higher in men than women among heart failure patients.
“ACE2 is a receptor on the surface cells. It binds to the coronavirus and allows it to enter and infect healthy cells after it has been modified by another protein on the surface of the cell,” said Dr. Adriaan Voors, professor of cardiology at the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands.
Dr. Mary Norine Walsh, medical director for heart failure and cardiac transplantation at St. Vincent Heart Center in Indianapolis, can confirm this enzyme is involved in the infection process. Walsh also argued other factors can account for why men are more vulnerable to COVID-19 than women. She said men also have higher rates in hypertension and, in many parts of the world, higher rates of smoking.
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