a case study of hypertension and covid-19

In december 2019, a cluster of pneumonia cases, caused by a newly identified coronavirus, occurred inwuhan, china, named covid-19 by the world health organization (who). we present a 60-year-old woman with a four-day history of headache, myalgia, and weakness. she reported no shortness of breath or chest pain. her blood pressure was 15/6 mmhg, and she had a history of hypertension. the laboratory tests showed only thrombocytopenia with a platelet count of 30 * 10^9 /l, and chest ct showed bilateral ground-glass opacities, so she received treatment with three drugs. one day after recovery and discharge from the hospital, she suffered cardiopulmonary arrest at home. patients with cardiovascular disease are at a higher risk of covid-19 infection. therefore, it is necessary to pay particular attention to cardiac injuries caused by viral infections both during and after the treatment of these patients.