Low resting heart rates are associated with new‐onset atrial fibrillation in patients with vascular disease: results of the ONTARGET/TRANSCEND studies
Why the study?
Is low resting heart rate associated with new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with high cardiovascular disease risk?
Population
27,064 patients with high cardiovascular disease risk from the ONTARGET and TRANSCEND studies
Design
Cohort
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Low HR may flag AF risk in high-CVD patients off beta-blockers; leaves open causality and need for prospective trials.
Structured PICO
Is low resting heart rate associated with new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with high cardiovascular disease risk?
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Population
27,064 patients with high cardiovascular disease risk from the ONTARGET and TRANSCEND studies
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Outcome
New-onset atrial fibrillation (incident AF)hard clinical
Low resting heart rate (<60 bpm) is an independent risk factor for new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with high cardiovascular risk, especially those not on beta-blockers.
Cite This Study
Böhm et al. (2015) studied this question.