Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jan 20, 2026

Transesophageal Atrial Burst Pacing for Atrial Fibrillation Induction in Rats
05:12

Transesophageal Atrial Burst Pacing for Atrial Fibrillation Induction in Rats

Published on: February 14, 2022

3.7K

Risk Factor Management for Atrial Fibrillation

Boyoung Joung1

  • 1Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. cby6908@yuhs.ac.

Korean Circulation Journal
|August 29, 2019
PubMed

Insights

Atrial fibrillation (AF) management requires understanding risk factors like hypertension and lifestyle. Strict blood pressure control and integrated monitoring of conditions and habits improve patient outcomes.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a prevalent cardiac arrhythmia.
  • Numerous cardiovascular diseases and comorbidities elevate AF risk, recurrence, and complications.
  • Understanding these risk factors is crucial for effective AF patient management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review risk factors and management strategies for atrial fibrillation.
  • To highlight the importance of blood pressure control and lifestyle modifications.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent studies and clinical guidelines.
  • Analysis of factors contributing to AF development and complications.

Main Results:

  • Lowering the blood pressure threshold may improve patient outcomes.
  • Strict blood pressure control can prevent hypertension-related adverse events.
  • Pre-hypertension, impaired fasting glucose, obesity, weight fluctuation, and air pollution are linked to AF development.
  • Female sex is not a stroke risk factor; lower age thresholds for stroke prevention are suggested for Asian populations.

Conclusions:

  • Continuous management of AF-related diseases and integrated monitoring of lifestyle factors are essential.
  • Aggressive blood pressure management and attention to specific risk factors can optimize AF care.

Keywords:
Atrial fibrillationHypertensionObesityRisk factors

More Related Videos

Robotic Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation11:21

Robotic Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Published on: May 29, 2015

20.1K
Sterile Pericarditis in Aachener Minipigs As a Model for Atrial Myopathy and Atrial Fibrillation08:56

Sterile Pericarditis in Aachener Minipigs As a Model for Atrial Myopathy and Atrial Fibrillation

Published on: September 24, 2021

3.1K

Related Concept Videos

Factors Affecting the Risk of Infection01:26

Factors Affecting the Risk of Infection

The hosts' susceptibility to infection depends on several factors. The integrity of the skin and mucous membranes helps protect the body against microbial attacks. When the skin is altered, the chance of infection, limb loss, and even death increases.
The integrity and count of the white blood cells help the body resist pathogens and fight infection. When impaired, it reduces the body's resistance to pathogens. The acidic pH levels of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary tracts, and skin...
13.3K
Amyloid Fibrils03:03

Amyloid Fibrils

Amyloid fibrils are aggregates of misfolded proteins.  Under most circumstances, misfolded proteins are either refolded by chaperone proteins or degraded by the proteasome. However, in the case of a mutation or a disease, these proteins can accumulate to form large clusters and often further assemble to form elongated fibers, called fibrils. 
Amyloid deposits were observed as early as 1639 in the liver and the spleen.   In 1854, Rudolph Virchow performed iodine staining,...
11.7K
Amyloid Fibrils03:03

Amyloid Fibrils

6.3K
Fibril-associated Collagen01:11

Fibril-associated Collagen

Fibril-associated collagens are a type of collagens present in the extracellular matrix with interrupted triple helices or FACIT (Fibril-associated collagens interrupted triple-helices). FACIT help connect and attach the collagen fibrils with each other as well as with other proteins of the extracellular matrix.
For example, the type II collagen fibrils in cartilage have covalently bound type IX fibril-associated collagens at regular intervals. Other types of fibril-associated collagens are...
3.2K
Relative Risk01:12

Relative Risk

Relative risk (RR) is a statistical measure commonly used in epidemiology to compare the likelihood of a particular event occurring between two groups. This metric is important for evaluating the relationship between exposure to a specific risk factor and the probability of a particular outcome. It plays a crucial role in medical research, public health studies, and risk assessment. Relative risk quantifies how much more (or less) likely an event is to occur in an exposed group compared to an...
2.0K
Transcription Factors02:16

Transcription Factors

Tissue-specific transcription factors contribute to diverse cellular functions in mammals. For example, the gene for beta globin, a major component of hemoglobin, is present in all cells of the body. However, it is only expressed in red blood cells because the transcription factors that can bind to the promoter sequences of the beta globin gene are only expressed in these cells. Tissue-specific transcription factors also ensure that mutations in these factors may impair only the function of...
82.3K