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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Intensive blood pressure control may reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular heartbeat that can lead to serious complications such as stroke, heart failure and heart attacks, according to scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine.
In a study published in the May 4 edition of the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, the researchers found that lowering a systolic blood pressure to less than 120 resulted in a 26% lower risk of AFib compared to systolic blood pressure of less than 140.
"This is the first evidence from a randomized controlled trial that showed benefit in reducing the risk of atrial fibrillation as a result of aggressive blood pressure control to a target of less than 120 mm Hg," said the study's lead author, Elsayed Z. Soliman, M.D., professor of epidemiology and prevention at Wake Forest School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist Health.
Journal Reference:
Elsayed Z. Soliman, AKM F. Rahman, Zhu-ming Zhang, et al. Effect of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering on the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation. Hypertension, 2020; DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.14766
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 09 2020, @03:54PM
Generally stuff like 'diet and exercise' only works for people who have blood pressure problems that are entirely their own fault (i.e., because of an obesity-lifestyle). For the rest of people with blood pressure problems, 'diet and exercise' does nothing. It's almost as severe, and almost the same story in all ways, as the extreme dichotomy between Type I and Type II diabetes. One class of people whose 'disease' is of self-creation, and another where it's unfortunate genetics and unrelated to lifestyle. With time, I believe these two classes of blood pressure cases will be more obvious in the literature as we begin to understand the exact causes.