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ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2025

Blood Pressure Control and Incident Left-Ventricular Conduction Disease.

Emilie K Frimodt-Møller, Gregory M Marcus

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Review in Current cardiology reports, 2025. 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Emilie K Frimodt-MøllerSteno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark.
Gregory M MarcusDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, M1180B, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. greg.marcus@ucsf.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewCardiac conduction disease, a harbinger of pacemaker implantation, heart failure, and death, is commonly regarded as immutable. However, emerging research suggests it may be a target for upstream prevention strategies such as blood pressure management. This review summarizes recent evidence regarding blood pressure control and the development of conduction disease. RECENT

findingsRecent observational studies link hypertension to both prevalent and incident conduction disease. In randomized trials, intensive blood pressure control among hypertensive individuals reduced the incidence of left-ventricular conduction abnormalities in the form of fascicular- and left bundle branch blocks, while treatment with lisinopril independent of blood pressure control appeared to reduce conduction disease risk. Understanding factors that influence conduction system disease development may help inform novel primary prevention strategies. Recent evidence suggests that treatment of hypertension may play a key role in the prevention of conduction disease.

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Antihypertensive AgentsBlood PressureBundle-Branch BlockCardiac Conduction System DiseaseHypertensionHumansIncidenceAntihypertensive AgentsAtrioventricular blockBlood pressure controlConduction diseaseHypertensionLeft bundle branch blockModifiable risk factors

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