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Atrial Fibrillation and Hypertension: Mechanistic, Epidemiologic, and Treatment Parallels.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.
- Blood pressure, hypertension and the risk of sudden cardiac death: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.European journal of epidemiology · 2020Pooled it
- Risk factors analysis and prediction models of atrial fibrillation/flutter after esophagectomy.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Analytical study examining hypertension and arrhythmia among shift workers in healthcare.Bioinformation · 2025Article
- Racial and Gender Differences in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Atrial Fibrillation.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- The relationship of atrial fibrillation with left atrial size in patients with essential hypertension.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
- Hypertensive Heart Disease: A Narrative Review Series-Part 2: Macrostructural and Functional Abnormalities.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Inflammation and Coagulation are Two Interconnected Pathophysiological Pathways in Atrial Fibrillation Pathogenesis.Journal of inflammation research · 2023Article
- Health care resource utilization and costs associated with atrial fibrillation and rural-urban disparities.Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy · 2022Article
- Atrial fibrillation in Mexican population: Differences in presentation, comorbidities and risk factors between men and womenArchivos de cardiologia de Mexico · 2022Article
- Post-operative blood pressure and 3-year major adverse cardiac events in Chinese patients undergoing PCI.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2021Article
- Interleukin-6 expression and its modulation by diacerein in a rat model of chronic stress induced cardiac dysfunction.Heliyon · 2021Article
- Sudden cardiac death among Iranian population: a two decades follow-up of Tehran lipid and glucose study.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Postoperative atrial fibrillation in paraesophageal hernia repair: can it be prevented?Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2021Article
- Sex-Specific Associations between Blood Pressure and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation Subtypes in the Tromsø Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Modifiable Risk Factors and Atrial Fibrillation: the Quest for a Personalized Approach.Maedica · 2021Article
- Clinically Meaningful Change in Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Older Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020Article
- Multimorbidity, physical frailty, and self-rated health in older patients with atrial fibrillation.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Atrial Myopathy Underlying Atrial Fibrillation.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2020Review
- Long-term blood pressure trajectories and incident atrial fibrillation in women and men: the Tromsø Study.European heart journal · 2020Article
- Higher Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in Left Ventricular-to-Right Atrial Shunt Patients.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an increasingly prevalent condition and the most common sustained arrhythmia encountered in ambulatory and hospital practice. Several clinical risk factors for AF include age, sex, valvular heart disease, obesity, sleep apnea, heart failure, and hypertension (HTN). Of all the risk factors, HTN is the most commonly encountered condition in patients with incident AF. Hypertension is associated with a 1.8-fold increase in the risk of developing new-onset AF and a 1.5-fold increase in the risk of progression to permanent AF. Hypertension predisposes to cardiac structural changes that influence the development of AF such as atrial remodeling. The renin angiotensin aldosterone system has been demonstrated to be a common mechanistic link in the pathogenesis of HTN and AF. Importantly, HTN is one of the few modifiable AF risk factors, and guideline-directed management of HTN may reduce the incidence of AF.
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