Heart and
circulatory conditions
The British Heart Foundation is a charity that supports people and families of those with heart or circulatory problems. https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health
Debunking headlines. This is a link to explaining the scientific facts behind the media headlines: https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/behind-the-headlines/coronavirus
One of the commonest concerns at the moment is from people taking medications called ACE Inhibitors
(e.g. Ramipril, Lisinopril, Perindopril, Enalapril, Captopril) or Angiotensin Receptor Blockers
(e.g. Candesartan, Olmesartan, Valsartan) and worse outcomes from Covid-19.
This is the official statement based on reviewing all the evidence we have from the European Society
for Cardiology’s Council on Hypertension: “…we strongly recommend that physicians and patients should
continue treatment with their usual anti-hypertensive therapy because there is no clinical or scientific evidence
to suggest that treatment with ACE-inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers should be discontinued
because of the Covid-19 infection."