Hypertension and Atrial Fibrillation: Balancing Stroke and Bleeding Risks

Hypertension (HTN) is the commonest cardiovascular comorbidity related to atrial fibrillation (AF), with 49–90% of AF patients included in clinical trials having a previous history of HTN. Elevated blood pressure (BP) has been one of the strongest predictors of the development of AF and HTN per se increases the risk of AF by 2-fold.¹ The intimate association between HTN and AF has led to the proposal that AF is yet another manifestation of hypertensive target organ damage.¹

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