The corona-virus disease 2019 pandemic compromised routine care for hypertension: a survey conducted among excellence centers of the European Society of Hypertension

Background: The Covid-19 pandemic caused a shutdown of healthcare systems in many countries. We explored the impact on hypertension care in the Excellence Center (EC) network of the European Society of Hypertension. Methods: We conducted a 17-question electronic survey among ECs. Results: Overall, 52 ECs from 20 European and three non-European countries participated, providing hypertension service for a median of 1500 hypertensive patients per center per year. Eighty-five percent of the ECs reported a shutdown lasting for 9 weeks (range 0–16). The number of patients treated per week decreased by 90%: from a median of 50 (range 10–400) before the pandemic to a median of 5.0 (range 0–150) during the pandemic (P
Source: Journal of Hypertension - Category: Cardiology Tags: ESH NEWS Source Type: research