Patients with raised blood pressure have a two-fold increased risk of dying from coronavirus compared to patients without high blood pressure.
That is according to new research which included a team at NUI Galway and is published today in the European Heart Journal. The study which included cardiology experts at Galway, also found that patients with high blood pressure, who were not taking medication to control the condition, were at even greater risk of dying from Covid-19.
It also found a lower risk of death among patients treated with certain heart drugs, versus others. The researchers found a lower risk of death among the 183 patients treated with renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS inhibitors) than in 527 patients treated with