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AUTHOR
Pedro Morillas
Prevalencia de fibrilación auricular y uso de fármacos antitrombóticos en el paciente hipertenso ≥ 65 años. El registro FAPRES.
Introduccion y objetivos Entre los principales factores asociados a la presencia de fibrilacion auricular y mayor riesgo embolico estan la edad y la hipertension arterial. Nuestro objetivo es conocer la prevalencia de fibrilacion auricular en el paciente hipertenso de 65 o mas anos de edad en la Comunidad Valenciana y el empleo de farmacos antitromboticos. Metodos Cada investigador incluyo a los primeros 3 pacientes hipertensos de edad ≥ 65 anos que acudian a la consulta el primer dia de la semana durante 5 semanas. Se recogieron los factores de riesgo, la historia cardiovascular, la puntuacion CHADS2 y el tratamiento farmacologico y se realizo un electrocardiograma para su analisis central…
Gender differences related to the presence of atrial fibrillation in older hypertensive patients
AIM: To determine whether there are gender differences in the epidemiological profile of atrial fibrillation (AF) and to characterise the clinical, biochemical, and therapeutic factors associated with AF. METHODS: Each investigator (primary care physicians or physicians based in hospital units for hypertension treatment) recruited the first 3 patients with an age of ≥ 65 years and a clinical diagnosis of hypertension (ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and an electrocardiogram, were performed) on the first working day of the week for 5 wk and identified those individuals with atrial fibrillation. A binary logistic regression was performed, including all of the variables that were signific…