Is atherosclerosis associated with atrial fibrillation progression in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?
Atherosclerosis is an independent determinant of AF progression in patients with paroxysmal AF, highlighting a potential direct role of vascular disease in atrial remodeling.
In patients with paroxysmal AF, 65% of patients had atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis was a determinant of AF progression after adjustment for established risk factors and comorbidities, suggesting that vascular disease may contribute directly to atrial remodelling and arrhythmia persistence.
Baron et al. (Wed,) studied this question.