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Is hypertension severity and control associated with the risk of incident atrial fibrillation?
Is hypertension severity and control associated with the risk of incident atrial fibrillation?
The risk of incident atrial fibrillation is highest in individuals with apparent treatment-resistant hypertension, highlighting the need for aggressive lifestyle and pharmacologic measures to prevent or control hypertension early.
The risk of developing AF is increased in all individuals with HTN. Risk is highest in those aTRH regardless of blood pressure control. A more aggressive approach that focuses on lifestyle and pharmacologic measures to either prevent HTN or better control HTN during earlier stages may be particularly beneficial in reducing related AF risk.
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Garg et al. (2023) studied this question.
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