Do socioeconomic factors shape weight and obesity trajectories over the transition from midlife to old age?
Weight continues to increase in the transition between midlife and old age; this increase is greater in lower socioeconomic groups.
Compared with lone AF patients, patients in the setting of hypertension maintain sinus rhythm much better after cardioversion when treated with a beta-blocker. Beta-blockade protects, in particular, against the early subacute recurrences. These findings underscore the importance of a differential approach towards drug prevention of post-cardioversion recurrences depending on the underlying heart disease.