학술논문
Atrial fibrillation is associated with increased central blood pressure and arterial stiffness
Document Type
article
Author
Source
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Vol 23, Iss 8, Pp 1581-1587 (2021)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1751-7176
1524-6175
1524-6175
Abstract
Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice and beta blockers (BBs) are the drugs of choice for rate or rhythm control in these patients. The purpose of this study was to describe differences in arterial stiffness (AS), central blood pressure (cBP), and the role of BBs on cBP in patients with AF compared to healthy individuals. The authors included 76 patients with paroxysmal/persistent AF. Carotid‐femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) and cBP were measured and compared with data from 75 healthy individuals. Patients with AF had higher PWV (8.0 m/s vs. 7.2 m/s, p