Blood pressure-lowering treatment for the prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation: An individual participant data meta-analysis.

Ana Catarina Pinho-Gomes Luís Filipe Ribeiro de Azevedo Emma Copland Dexter Canoy Milad Nazarzadeh Rema RamakrishnanEivind BergeJohan Sundström Dipak Kotecha Mark WoodwardKoon TeoBarry R Davis John ChalmersCarl J PepineKazem Rahiminull null

Published in: PLoS medicine (2021)

In this meta-analysis, we found that BP-lowering treatment reduces the risk of major cardiovascular events similarly in individuals with and without AF. Pharmacological BP lowering for prevention of cardiovascular events should be recommended in patients with AF.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular events
coronary artery disease
systematic review
cardiovascular disease
blood pressure
meta analyses
atrial fibrillation
randomized controlled trial
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome
case control
type diabetes
glycemic control