Effect of a new coronavirus infection on the state of the arterial bed in healthy individuals and patients with arterial hypertension

Objective: to identify indicators of arterial stiffness that change after COronaVIrus Disease-2019 (COVID-19). Material and methods. Included were 112 people examined before and after the start of the new coronavirus infection (NCI) pandemic: healthy individuals (groups “H” and “H/COVID +”) and patients with arterial hypertension (AH) (groups “AH” and “AH/COVID+”). An isolated comparative study was carried out in groups of healthy people and patients with hypertension.