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ReviewJournal of human hypertension2024

Exploring the link between blood pressure variability and atrial fibrillation: current insights and future directions.

Konstantinos Konstantinou, Anastasios Apostolos, Dimitrios Tsiachris, Kyriakos Dimitriadis, Panteleimon E Papakonstantinou, Konstantinos Pappelis, Vasileios Panoulas, Konstantinos Tsioufis

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Review in Journal of human hypertension, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Elevated blood pressure variability links cardiac autonomic dysfunction to complex arrhythmias in hypertension.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2026
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  5. Depression and Coronary Artery Disease-Where We Stand?Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Konstantinos KonstantinouDepartment of Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. kostiskon@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3368-6737
Anastasios ApostolosFirst Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios TsiachrisFirst Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Kyriakos DimitriadisFirst Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3186-8905
Panteleimon E PapakonstantinouFirst Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4691-7183
Konstantinos PappelisSecond Department of Ophthalmology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Vasileios PanoulasDepartment of Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Konstantinos TsioufisFirst Department of Cardiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7636-6725

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm disorder, especially in people over the age of 50, which affects more than 40 million people worldwide. Many studies have highlighted the association between hypertension with the development of AF. Blood pressure variability (BPV) is a dynamic size obtained by recording blood pressure oscillations using specific readings and at specific time intervals. A multitude of internal and external factors shape BPV while at the same time constituting a common pathogenetic pathway with the development of AF. Until recently, BPV has been applied exclusively in preclinical and clinical studies, without significant implications in clinical practice. Indeed, even from the research side, the determination of BPV is limited to patients without AF due to doubts about the accuracy of its measurement methods in patients with AF. In this review, we present the current evidence on common pathogenic pathways between BPV and AF, the reliability of quantification of BPV in patients with AF, the prognostic role of BPV in these patients, and discuss the future clinical implications of BPV in patients with AF.

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Atrial FibrillationBlood PressureHypertensionHumansPrognosis

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