DOES NEW-ONSET AF LEAD TO CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND VICE VERSA IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS?

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) are closely related. However, whether new AF leads to new HF or vice versa remains unclear. The temporal relationship of new-onset HF to new-onset AF was evaluated in 8,702 hypertensive patients with ECG left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) with no