Atrial Fibrillation And Coronary Heart Disease:Fatal Attraction

Journal of Atrial Fibrillation
Vivencio BarriosRocio Echarri

Abstract

In this manuscript, the profile and clinical management of hypertensive patients with chronic ischemic heart disease and atrial fibrillation (AF) is examined and whether high heart rate is associated with a different profile is determined. CINHTIA was a cross-sectional and multicenter survey aimed to define the clinical profile of hypertensive patients with chronic ischemic heart disease daily attended in Spain. Blood pressure, LDL-cholesterol and diabetes control rates were established according to ESHESC 2003, NCEP-ATP III and ADA 2005 guidelines, respectively. Out of the 2024 patients, 338 (16.7%) exhibited AF. The group of patients with AF was older and with higher prevalence of diabetes, organ damage and cardiovascular disease. Blood pressure (41.8% vs 34.5%, p=0.014) and diabetes (28.5% vs 20.9%,p=0.044) were worse controlled in patients with AF, with a trend to a lower control of LDL-cholesterol (31.2% vs 26.8%, p=0.093). When distributing patients with AF according to heart rate, except for smoking, left ventricular hypertrophy and peripheral arterial disease that were more frequent in those with higher heart rate, no significant differences were found in other risk factors or organ damage between groups. Blood pressure...Continue Reading

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