systhiperСистемные гипертензииSystemic Hypertension2075-082X2542-2189LLC «ИнтерМедсервис»10.26442/2075082X.2020.3.200362systhiper-605Research ArticleМНЕНИЕ ЭКСПЕРТОВEXPERT OPINIONКонсенсус экспертов Российского медицинского общества по артериальной гипертонии: артериальная гипертония и COVID-19Russian Medical Society for Arterial Hypertension Expert Consensus: Hypertension and COVID-19https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9822-4357ЧазоваИ. Е.ChazovaI. E.c34h@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5215-4894БлиноваН. В.BlinovaN. V.nat-cardio1@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0117-0349НевзороваВ. А.NevzorovaV. A.nevzorova@inbox.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7895-9068ЖернаковаЮ. В.ZhernakovaJ. V.juli001@mail.ruСавенковМ. П.SavenkovM. P.mpsavenkov@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4534-9890ОщепковаЕ. В.OshchepkovaE. V.c34h@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0795-8225ОстроумоваО. Д.OstroumovaO. D.ostroumova.olga@mail.ruКислякО. А.KisliakO. A.kisliakoa@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6998-8406БойцовС. А.BoytsovS. A.prof.boytsov@gmail.comФГБУ «Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр кардиологии» Минздрава РоссииРоссияNational Medical Research Center for CardiologyRussian FederationФГБОУ ВО «Тихоокеанский государственный медицинский университет» Минздрава РоссииРоссияPacific State Medical UniversityRussian FederationФГАОУ ВО «Российский национальный исследовательский медицинский университет им. Н.И. Пирогова» Минздрава РоссииРоссияPirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityRussian FederationФГБОУ ДПО «Российская медицинская академия непрерывного профессионального образования» Минздрава РоссииРоссияRussian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional EducationRussian FederationФГБУ «Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр кардиологии» Минздрава России; ФГБОУ ВО «Московский государственный медико-стоматологический университет им. А.И. Евдокимова» Минздрава РоссииРоссияNational Medical Research Center for Cardiology; Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and DentistryRussian Federation2020231220221733541Copyright © Чазова И.Е., Блинова Н.В., Невзорова В.А., Жернакова Ю.В., Савенков М.П., Ощепкова Е.В., Остроумова О.Д., Кисляк О.А., Бойцов С.А., 20222022Чазова И.Е., Блинова Н.В., Невзорова В.А., Жернакова Ю.В., Савенков М.П., Ощепкова Е.В., Остроумова О.Д., Кисляк О.А., Бойцов С.А.Chazova I.E., Blinova N.V., Nevzorova V.A., Zhernakova J.V., Savenkov M.P., Oshchepkova E.V., Ostroumova O.D., Kisliak O.A., Boytsov S.A.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.syst-hypertension.ru/jour/article/view/605

Новая коронавирусная инфекция (COVID-19), вызванная b-коронавирусом SARS-CoV-2, которая приводит к развитию острого респираторного дистресс-синдрома, затронула более 19 млн человек во всем мире, что привело к 0,7 млн смертей по состоянию на август 2020 г. Установленный факт, что вирус использует ангиотензинпревращающий фермент 2 в качестве рецептора входа в клетку-мишень, и высокая распространенность артериальной гипертонии и других сердечно-сосудистых заболеваний среди пациентов с COVID-19 вызвали серьезные дискуссии по ведению таких пациентов. В консенсусе экспертов Российского медицинского общества по артериальной гипертонии проанализированы существующие данные о связи между COVID-19 и артериальной гипертонией, патофизиологические аспекты проникновения вируса в клетки-мишени и применения блокаторов ренин-ангиотензин-альдостероновой системы у пациентов с артериальной гипертонией и COVID-19.

The novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) caused by the b-coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, and leads to acute respiratory distress-syndrome, has affected more than nineteen million people worldwide, resulting in 0.7 million deaths as of August 2020. The fact that the virus uses angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 as a receptor for entering the target cell, and the high prevalence of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases among patients with COVID-19, have caused serious discussions on the management of such patients. This consensus of experts from the Russian Medical Society for Arterial Hypertension analyzed the existing data on the relationship between COVID-19 and hypertension, the pathophysiological aspects of the penetration of the virus into target cells and the use of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors in patients with hypertension and COVID-19.

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