Discontinuation of Antihypertensive Medications on the Outcome of Hospitalized Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2

Hypertension. 2021 Jul;78(1):165-173. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17328. Epub 2021 Jun 9.

¹ From the Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (S.S., S.-J.P.-S.), Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Department of Vascular Medicine (S.S., S.-J.P.-S.), Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Microbiology and System Biology, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, the Hague (A.K.O.-H.).
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Diakonessenhuis, Utrecht, the Netherlands (S.J.J.L.).
⁵ Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Tergooi, the Netherlands (P.D.V.d.L.).
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Martini Hospital, the Netherlands (W.M.T.J.).
⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, Slingeland Hospital, Doetinchem, the Netherlands (H.K.).
⁸ Department of Internal Medicine, Isala, Zwolle, the Netherlands (F.W.).
⁹ Department of Internal Medicine/Endocrinology, Northwest Clinics, Alkmaar, the Netherlands (S.S.).
¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine/Endocrinology, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, the Netherlands (S.S.).
¹¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, the Netherlands (C.P.C.d.J.).
¹² Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, the Netherlands (P.S.).
¹³ Department of Internal Medicine, Alrijne Hospital, Leiderdorp, the Netherlands (M.v.d.F.).
¹⁴ Life Sciences TNO, Leiden, the Netherlands (G.J.B.).
¹⁵ IQVIA, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (C.W., M.N.).

Abstract

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Keywords: angiotensins; coronary artery disease; diuretics; obesity; pandemic.