Is arterial stiffness a contributing factor to atrial fibrillation in patients with hypertension?
The ASI and LVH cannot be used to predict the risk of AF in hypertensive patients and the development of AF in hypertensives is more complex than just that of the immediate effect of elevated ventricular pressure on atrial pressure and stretch. Rather, AF is linked through the chronic alterations that are consequent to atrial hypertension.
The genetic length variants in the central repetitive region of three MUC genes studied are not associated with MI in subjects with CF.