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ArticleJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2020

Use of cardiovascular drugs and risk of incident heart failure in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Per Wändell, Axel C Carlsson, Xinjun Li, Martin J Holzmann, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist

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Article in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Per WändellDivision of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5169-2965
Axel C CarlssonDivision of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Xinjun LiCenter for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
Martin J HolzmannFunctional Area of Emergency Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jan SundquistCenter for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
Kristina SundquistCenter for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet · SEShimane University · JPKarolinska University Hospital · SELund University · SE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the most important cause of death in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to study the association between cardiovascular drugs in AF patients and incident CHF. The study population included all adults (n = 120 756) aged ≥45 years diagnosed with AF in Sweden diagnosed for the period 1998-2006. Outcome was incident congestive heart failure (follow-up 2007-2015) in AF patients. Associations between treatment with cardiovascular pharmacotherapies and CHF were evaluated using Cox regression to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% CIs, after adjustment for age, sociodemographic variables, and comorbidities. During a mean 5.3 years (SD 3.0) of follow-up, there were 28 257 (23.4%) incident cases of CHF. Treatment with beta-1-selective and non-selective beta-blockers and statins was associated with lower risks of incident CHF in men, HR, (95% CI); 0.90, (0.87-0.94); 0.90, (0.84-0.97), and 0.94, (0.90-0.99), respectively. Only beta-1-selective beta-blockers were protective in women 0.94 (0.91-0.98). Treatment with loop diuretics, potassium-saving agents, ACE inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers was associated with a higher risk of CHF. For men, treatment with heart-active calcium channel blockers also led to a higher risk of CHF. In conclusion, we found that beta-blockers, in particular, but also statins were associated with lower risk of incident CHF in patients with AF.

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Atrial FibrillationHeart FailureHypertensionCardiovascular AgentsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSwedenCardiovascular Agentsatrial fibrillationcongestive heart failuredrug treatmentgender

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PMID32667702
PMCPMC8029913
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