1. Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertension
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Carlo Porcellati, Claudia Borgioni, Gianpaolo Reboldi, Roberto Gattobigio, Erberto Carluccio, Maurizio Bentivoglio, Paolo Verdecchia, Fabio Angeli, and Maria Grazia Sardone
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Heart disease ,Blood Pressure ,Electrocardiography ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,Atrial Fibrillation ,Internal Medicine ,Humans ,Medicine ,cardiovascular diseases ,Risk factor ,Stroke ,Fibrillation ,Analysis of Variance ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Age Factors ,Atrial fibrillation ,Middle Aged ,Prognosis ,medicine.disease ,Hypertension ,cardiovascular system ,Cardiology ,Female ,Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Complication ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Incidence, determinants, and outcome of atrial fibrillation in hypertensive subjects are incompletely known. We followed for up to 16 years 2482 initially untreated subjects with essential hypertension. At entry, all subjects were in sinus rhythm. Subjects with valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, preexcitation syndrome, thyroid disorders, or lung disease were excluded. During follow-up, a first episode of atrial fibrillation occurred in 61 subjects at a rate of 0.46 per 100 person-years. At entry, subjects with future atrial fibrillation differed (all P 2.7 ), and left atrial diameter (3.89 versus 3.56 cm). Age and left ventricular mass (both P P
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- 2003
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