CORRECTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES MELLITUS IN A TIME OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

Arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus – established large risk factors for cardiovascular diseases associated with atherosclerosis – are among the most common comorbidities in patients with coronavirus infection. Each of the pathologies, and especially their combination increases the cardiovascular risk, and in case of SARS-Cov-2 infection, the risk of severe course of infection and mortality. The article discusses the mechanisms of mutual burden of coronavirus infection, arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus, provides a new concept of activating the immune system in hypertension, considers modern approaches to antihypertensive therapy in patients with diabetes mellitus.