Cardio Societies: Antihypertenisves & COVID-19

Written by: LowT Center Clinical Team

Medically reviewed by: Michael Seay, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC

Posted: Mar 20, 2020

Updated: May 8, 2020

If you are on an Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor (ACE Inhibitor: they all end in “-pril”, as in lisinopril) or an Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARB – they all end in “-sartan”, as in olmesartan), for hypertension or high blood pressure, heart failure or cardiomyopathy/congestive heart failure, or for renal (kidney) protection in patients with diabetes or kidney disease, please stay on them during this COVID-19 crisis!

COVID-19 & Heart Health

In case there are questions from Low T Center patients with hypertension on ACE Inhibitors or ARB’s:

• ARBs “might” actually represent a “tentative” SARS-CoV-2 therapeutic
• Three American professional cardiology societies have issued a joint statement urging continuation of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) antagonists in patients, despite theoretical concerns that their use might worsen outcomes in the event of infection with COVID-19.

The new statement was issued jointly by the American Heart Association (AHA), American College of Cardiology (ACC), and Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) on March 17 in response to the current COVID-19 crisis.

It follows similar recent statements from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), as reported yesterday by Medscape Medical News, and the European Society of Hypertension, Canadian Cardiovascular Society, and International Society of Hypertension, among others.

John A. Osborne, MD, PhD, FACC, FNLA
Director Of Cardiology | Low T Center & HerKare

Source: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/926956

Medically reviewed by:
Micheal Seay, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC

Michael Seay is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC) with over 16 years of clinical experience in emergency medicine, urgent care, gastroenterology, geriatric care, and hormone optimization therapy for men and women. He holds a Master of Science in Nursing from Walden University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Platt College School of Nursing. He is certified in hormone pellet placement and weight loss therapies, with a clinical focus on individualized, patient-centered care.

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