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Impact of COVID-19 on recorded blood pressure screening and hypertension management in England: an analysis of monthly changes in the quality and outcomes framework indicators in OpenSAFELY

Open Heart

Background The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted cardiovascular disease management in primary care in England. Results The percentage of patients aged ≥45 years who had blood pressure screening recorded in the preceding 5 years decreased from 90% (March 2019) to 85% (March 2023).

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Impact of COVID-19 on Digital Cardiology Care

SoftCath

Since the onset of COVID-19, cardiology care has been under extreme risk and adverse complications. So, let’s unwind how the innovations in cath lab software are reshaping the method of cardiovascular care post-Covid-19. Cath lab management software , which existed even before COVID-19, experienced updates and upgrades.

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Rationale and Design for the LOnger-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 INfection on blood Vessels And blood pRessure (LOCHINVAR): an observational phenotyping study

Open Heart

Introduction COVID-19 may lead to long-term endothelial consequences including hypertension, stroke and myocardial infarction. A pilot study ‘COVID-19 blood pressure endothelium interaction study’, which found that patients with normal blood pressure (BP) at the time of hospital admission with COVID-19 showed an 8.6

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Cardiovascular disease development in COVID-19 patients admitted to a tertiary medical centre in Iran

The British Journal of Cardiology

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have been reported to occur in a significant number of patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We report our experience regarding the occurrence of symptomatic and asymptomatic CVDs in COVID-19 patients. In this cross-sectional study, 690 COVID-19 patients were included.

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Recovery of testing for heart disease risk factors post-COVID remains patchy

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Routine screening to detect risk factors for heart disease dropped sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, and some key measurements, such as blood pressure readings, may still lag behind pre-pandemic levels, according to a new study.

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Physiology Friday #215: Sitting Less Improves Blood Pressure

Physiologically Speaking

Prolonged sitting also leads to a bending of major arteries in our legs, leading to a blood flow pattern known as turbulent flow, blood pooling, impaired circulation, and endothelial dysfunction. They also had measures of body weight and circumferences and blood pressure assessed at these time points. kilograms (7.7

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Harnessing digital health to optimise the delivery of guideline-based cardiac rehabilitation during COVID-19: an observational study

Open Heart

Background The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the uptake of digital health interventions for the delivery of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). To support self-management, patients were provided with a Fitbit, a home blood pressure (BP) monitor and an interactive workbook.