Association of hypertension severity and control with risk of incident atrial fibrillation: The REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study.
Parveen K GargNicole WilsonYa YuanVirginia J HowardSuzanne JuddGeorge HowardElsayed Z SolimanPublished in: Clinical cardiology (2023)
The risk of developing AF is increased in all individuals with HTN. Risk is highest in those aTRH regardless of blood pressure control. A more aggressive approach that focuses on lifestyle and pharmacologic measures to either prevent HTN or better control HTN during earlier stages may be particularly beneficial in reducing related AF risk.
Keyphrases
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- atrial fibrillation
- brain injury
- blood pressure
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial
- catheter ablation
- cardiovascular disease
- left atrial appendage
- heart failure
- direct oral anticoagulants
- physical activity
- hypertensive patients
- type diabetes
- weight loss
- african american
- coronary artery disease
- left ventricular
- insulin resistance
- venous thromboembolism
- mitral valve