| Title | Intensive Blood Pressure Control Has Potential To Reduce Risk Of Atrial Fibrillation | |
| Date | Saturday May 09 2020, @09:37AM | |
| Author | Fnord666 | |
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| from the don't-get-stressed-out dept. | ||
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
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