title: Use of beta-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers to prevent atrial fibrillation.
abstract: Atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice, causes significant burden to patients and health care systems worldwide. Attention is being paid to prevention of atrial fibrillation using drugs that retard or prevent atrial fibrosis and arrhythmogenic remodeling, which lead to this arrhythmia. Agents that work through the renin-angiotensin-receptor system, the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers, are showing promise in animal and human studies.
authors.affiliation: Rigshospitalet, Department of Cardiology B2142, The Heart Center, 9 Blegdamsvej, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. kristian@wachtell.net
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wachtell
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Devereux
authors.forename: Paulette A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lyle
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000187:drug effects; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors