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HYPERTENSION
卷 66, 期 2, 页码 368-373出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.05728
关键词
atrial fibrillation; blood pressure; electrocardiography; hypertension; hypertrophy
资金
- Novartis
- Pronova
- Astra-Zeneca
There is a well-established association between hypertension and atrial fibrillation (AF); indeed, even upper normal systolic blood pressures (SBP) are long-term predictors of incident AF. These findings suggest that more aggressive BP control may reduce the risk of new AF. However, whether lower achieved SBP is associated with a lower incidence of AF remains unclear. The risk of new-onset AF was examined in relation to last in-treatment SBP before AF diagnosis or last in-study measurement in the absence of new AF in 8831 hypertensive patients with ECG left ventricular hypertrophy with no history of AF, in sinus rhythm on their baseline ECG, randomly assigned to losartan- or atenolol-based treatment. Patients with in-treatment SBP 130 mm Hg (lowest quintile at last measurement) and SBP between 131 and 141 mm Hg were compared with patients with in-treatment SBP 142 mm Hg (median SBP at last measurement). During follow-up of 4.61.1 years, new-onset AF was diagnosed in 701 patients (7.9%). In multivariate Cox analyses, compared with in-treatment SBP 142 mm Hg, in-treatment SBP 130 mm Hg entered as a time-varying covariate was associated with a 40% lower risk (95% confidence interval, 18%-55%) and in-treatment SBP of 131 to 141 mm Hg with a 24% lower risk (95% confidence interval, 7%-38%) of new AF. Thus, achieved SBP 130 mm Hg is associated with a lower risk of new-onset AF in hypertensive patients with ECG left ventricular hypertrophy. Further study is needed to determine whether targeting hypertensive patients without AF to lower SBP goals can reduce the burden of new AF in this high-risk population. Clinical Trial Registration URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00338260.
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