**2. Methods**

## **2.1 Literature review**

A qualitative systematic review with meta-analysis of the literature using the Virtual Health Library (VHL), which hosts recognized databases – LILACS (Literatura Latino-americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde), MEDLINE, SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), and PubMed was performed. Initially, the following descriptors were used: #1 "cardiovascular disease" [MeSH] AND #2 "COVID-19" [keyword], as well as their equivalents in the Portuguese and Spanish language.
