AF and high blood pressure? May be due to aldosteronism

[MarkS]

There's an interesting research where aldosteronism has been associate with AF:

medscape.com/viewarticle/92...

Among patients with unexplained AF and high BP, 42% had the signatures of aldosteronism. Aldosteronism (too much of the enzyme aldosterone) can be relatively easily cured, so the AF would be fixed as well. As the article says "We believe that patients with arterial hypertension and atrial fibrillation (AF) should be screened for primary aldosteronism (PA) as early as possible, as a timely diagnosis and target treatment by surgery or mineralocorticoid-receptor antagonists can induce regression of AF and/or prevent its recurrence."

I hope this is of use to someone.

[BobD Volunteer]

Thank you Mark. As wth all your posts, most useful!

[sotolol]

Scary. But thank you.

[cuore]

Wow! Thank you so much for this informative article which is most helpful for people who have both hypertension and AF. As the article is most recent, wish the information had become available in 2016 when I was first diagnosed. Lots contributed to my AF, particularly hypertension and stress. After my ablations, I was prescribed potassium for a while. Now I have another angle to monitor my AF.