title: Prognostic value of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure measurement for the onset of atrial fibrillation in treated patients with essential hypertension.
abstract: This study retrospectively determined the prognostic variables of blood pressure by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure measurement in relation to onset of atrial fibrillation in treated patients who had essential hypertension and analyzed the class effect of antihypertensive management on the nonoccurrence of this supraventricular arrhythmia.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital de la Tour, Meyrin-Genève, Switzerland. s.ciaroni.card@bluewin.ch
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ciaroni
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bloch
authors.forename: Marie-Christine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lemaire
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fournet
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bettoni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies