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- Marek Koudelka and Eliška Sovová.
- Department of Exercise Medicine and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, Palacký University Olomouc and University Hospital Olomouc, 77520 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
- Medicina (Kaunas). 2021 Jun 18; 57 (6).
BackgroundThe association of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with hypertension has been one of the frequently discussed topics in current studies since hypertension was identified as a risk factor for coronavirus disease. However, no studies seem to be focused on the BP (blood pressure) in patients with hypertension after COVID-19.ReportThis report presents the cases of five frail geriatric patients (avg. age 78.3 (±6.4) years) with sarcopenia and controlled hypertension (office BP < 140 mmHg) who were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2.FindingsControl ABPM performed after COVID-19 showed that these hypertensive patients were hypotensive and that the previously well-established therapy was suddenly too intensive for them.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that BP control after COVID-19 is needed and that ABPM is, particularly in frail geriatric patients, by no means a luxury but a necessity.
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