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Disaster hypertension and cardiovascular events in disaster and COVID-19 pandemic

Narita K 1 , Hoshide S 1 , Tsoi K 2 , Siddique S 3 , Shin J 4 , Chia YC 5 Show all authors , Tay JC 6 , Teo BW 7 , Turana Y 8 , Chen CH 9 , Cheng HM 9 , Sogunuru GP 10 , Wang TD 11 , Wang JG 12 , Kario K 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
  • 2 JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
  • 3 Punjab Medical Center, Lahore, Pakistan
  • 4 Faculty of Cardiology Service, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
  • 5 Department of Medical Sciences, School of Healthcare and Medical Sciences, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia
  • 6 Department of General Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
  • 7 Division of Nephrology Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore
  • 8 School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 9 Institute of Public Health and Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 10 MIOT International Hospital, Chennai, India
  • 11 Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center and Division of Cardiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
  • 12 Department of Hypertension, Centre for Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials, Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich), 2021 03;23(3):575-583.
PMID: 33527663 DOI: 10.1111/jch.14192

Abstract

The incidence of large disasters has been increasing worldwide. This has led to a growing interest in disaster medicine. In this review, we report current evidence related to disasters and coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, such as cardiovascular diseases during disasters, management of disaster hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases associated with COVID-19. This review summarizes the time course and mechanisms of disaster-related diseases. It also discusses the use of information and communication technology (ICT) as a cardiovascular risk management strategy to prevent cardiovascular events. During the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, we used the "Disaster Cardiovascular Prevention" system that was employed for blood pressure (BP) monitoring and risk management using ICT. We introduced an ICT-based BP monitoring device at evacuation centers and shared patients' BP values in the database to support BP management by remote monitoring, which led to improved BP control. Effective use of telemedicine using ICT is important for risk management of cardiovascular diseases during disasters and pandemics in the future.

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