ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AS A CONSEQUENCE OF COVID-19 INFECTION - A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Abstract

As the population recovers from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a subset of individuals is emerging as post-coronavirus disease (post-COVID) patients who experience multifactorial long-term symptoms several weeks after the initial recovery from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The aim of this systematic review is to present the latest scientific reports that evaluate changes in blood pressure readings after recovery from COVID-19 to verify
the hypothesis that new-onset arterial hypertension is a possible sequela of a COVID-19 infection. The open access databases PubMed and Google Scholar were searched. Articles investigating patients with residual clinical signs and biochemical alteration indicating hypertension at least a month after recovering from COVID-19 were included. It has been shown that a select number of patients were diagnosed with new-onset arterial hypertension after COVID-19 infection. Alterations in blood pressure months after initial infection shows the importance of considering arterial hypertension as part of the multifactorial diagnostic criteria
post-COVID to better provide evidence-based clinical care.