Implications of AB0 blood group in hypertensive patients with covid-19.
Celestino SarduRaffaele MarfellaPaolo MaggiVincenzo MessinaPaolo CirilloVinicio CodellaJessica GambardellaAntonio SarduGianluca GattaGaetano SantulliGiuseppe PaolissoPublished in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2020)
Taken together, our data indicate that non-0 covid-19 hypertensive patients have significantly higher values of pro-thrombotic indexes, as well as higher rate of cardiac injury and deaths compared to 0 patients. Moreover, AB0 blood type influences worse prognosis in hypertensive patients with covid-19 infection.