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COVID-19 may lead to long-term endothelial consequences including hypertension, stroke and myocardial infarction. A pilot study ‘COVID-19 blood pressure endothelium interaction study’, which found that patients with normal blood pressure (BP) at the time of hospital admission with COVID-19 showed an 8.6 mm Hg higher BP ≥12 weeks after recovery, compared with a group without COVID-19. The ‘LOnger-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 INfection on blood Vessels And blood pRessure’(LOCHINVAR) study is designed to provide definitive evidence of the long-term impact of COVID-19 on BP.

The LOCHINVAR study is an observational clinical phenotyping study comparing longitudinal BP change between individuals with and without COVID-19 infection. 150 participants (30–60 years) with no history of hypertension and not on BP lowering medications will be recruited to the study …