Blood lipid profiles and risk of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

B Guan, X Li, W Xue, G Tse, KB Waleed, Y Liu… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background There is an increasing body of evidence associating traditional cardiovascular
risk factors with atrial fibrillation (AF), but the relationship between blood lipid profiles and …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Atrial Fibrillation: The Need for a Strong Pharmacological Approach

A Mauriello, A Correra, R Molinari, GE Del Vecchio… - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Despite great progress in treating atrial fibrillation (AF), especially with the development of
increasingly effective invasive techniques for AF ablation, many unanswered questions …

Association between cardiovascular risk factors and atrial fibrillation

G Wu, J Wu, Q Lu, Y Cheng, W Mei - Frontiers in Cardiovascular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The most prevalent sustained arrhythmia in medical practice, atrial fibrillation
(AF) is closely associated with a high risk of cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, the risk of …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-arrhythmic properties of non-antiarrhythmic medications

EA Williams, V Russo, S Ceraso, D Gupta… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Traditional anti-arrhythmic drugs are classified by the Vaughan-Williams classification
scheme based on their mechanisms of action, which includes effects on receptors and/or ion …

Hypertension and high ankle brachial index: the overlooked combination

L Alves-Cabratosa, M Elosua-Bayes… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Assessment of asymptomatic organ damage in the management of hypertension
includes low (< 0.9) ankle brachial index (ABI) values. No recommendations are given for …

Effects of statin on hypertension patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

J Wan, M Chen - European Journal of Inflammation, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the effects of statins
and placebo on systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in patients …

A new risk score to assess atrial fibrillation risk in hypertensive patients (ESCARVAL-RISK Project

D Orozco-Beltran, JA Quesada… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
This study aimed to assess atrial fibrillation (AF) incidence and predictive factors in
hypertensive patients and to formulate an AF risk assessment score that can be used to …

Upstream therapeutic strategies of valsartan and fluvastatin on hypertensive patients with non‐permanent atrial fibrillation

Z Zhao, X Niu, Z Dong, W Qi, E Liu, T Liu… - Cardiovascular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To investigate the upstream therapeutic effects of fluvastatin and valsartan on
hypertensive patients with non‐permanent atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods A total of 189 …

[PDF][PDF] Ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation–do we need to treat with statins?

M Florentin, G Ntaios, H Milionis - academia.edu
The relationship of dyslipidemia with atrial fibrillation (AF)-related stroke is not clear. The
question whether patients with AF-related stroke should receive lipid lowering agents …

Anti-arrhythmic Effects of Non-anti-arrhythmic Drugs or Therapies

KHC Li, G Tse, T Liu, GX Yan - Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias, 2020 - Springer
Anti-arrhythmic drugs are traditionally categorized using the Vaughan-Williams
classification. Several medications that were originally licensed for non-arrhythmic …