Do atrial fibrillation and heart rate independently correlate to microalbuminuria in hypertensive patients?
The prevalence of MAU in hypertensive patients with cardiovascular risk factors is related to heart rate and significantly higher in patients with a history of AF.
The GBS accurately identifies patients with UGIH most likely to need hospital-based intervention and also those best suited for outpatient care. The EGBS seems promising but must be validated externally. No scoring system seems to accurately predict patients' 30-day mortality or rebleeding. ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01589250.