Open AccessAssociation of systolic blood pressure with atrial fibrillation among treated hypertensive patients
Author(s) -
Chaolei Chen,
Lin Liu,
YuLing Yu,
Geng Shen,
JiaYi Huang,
Yuqing Huang,
Kenneth Lo,
Songtao Tang,
Yingqing Feng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2224-5839
pISSN - 2224-5820
DOI - 10.21037/apm-19-649
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , atrial fibrillation , cardiology
Although many studies have suggested the association between elevated blood pressure and atrial fibrillation (AF), how the relationship between systolic blood pressure (SBP) and AF differ by antihypertensive treatment has been unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the relationship between SBP and AF in hypertensive patients with or without antihypertensive treatment.
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