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. 2021 Sep;23(9):1681-1683.
doi: 10.1111/jch.14337. Epub 2021 Jul 30.

Day-to-day blood pressure variability and severity of COVID-19: Is sympathetic overdrive a potential link?

Michiaki Nagai  1 , Takeshi Fujiwara  2 , Kazuomi Kario  2
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Day-to-day blood pressure variability and severity of COVID-19: Is sympathetic overdrive a potential link?

Michiaki Nagai et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2021 Sep.
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A possible pathway for the relationship between COVID‐19 infection and increased day‐to‐day BP variability. Abbreviations: COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; PBN, parabrachial nucleus; NTS, nucleus tractus solitarius; RVLM, rostral ventrolateral medulla; BRS, baroreceptor sensitivity; SARS‐CoV‐2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; ACE, angiotensin‐converting enzyme; SNS, sympathetic nervous system; BRS, baroreceptor sensitivity; BP, blood pressure
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