Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers and the Risk of Severe COVID-19

Chest. 2021 Jul;160(1):89-93. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.01.073. Epub 2021 Feb 3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • COVID-19* / diagnosis
  • COVID-19* / epidemiology
  • COVID-19* / physiopathology
  • COVID-19* / therapy
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / therapeutic use*
  • Comorbidity
  • Correlation of Data
  • Dihydropyridines / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / drug therapy*
  • Hypertension / epidemiology
  • Hypoxia* / etiology
  • Hypoxia* / physiopathology
  • Hypoxia* / prevention & control
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Retrospective Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Vasoconstriction / drug effects*
  • Withholding Treatment / statistics & numerical data

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Dihydropyridines