Hypertension with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: Does It Induce Atrial Fibrillation?
Prihati Pujo Waskito, Nia Melinda Pardede, Evi Sofia, Pradiba Amadita

Medical Faculty, Jenderal Achmad Yani University

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an abnormal cardiac rhythm with rapid and irregular electrical activity. Atrial fibrillation can be caused by anatomical and by non-anatomical abnormalities of the cardiac. One of the non-anatomical causes of atrial fibrillation is hypertension. Prolonged and uncontrolled hypertension can alter myocardial and blood vessel structure and cardiac conduction system which also can affect the cardiac structure. One of the structural alterations that can cause AF is left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). This study is an observational analytic study with cross-sectional observations. The sample was taken from 60 medical records of patients with AF. The data were analyzed by the descriptive method followed by the chi-square test. Most patients^ age is over 50 years of age (88%). Patients that had hypertension were 42 patients (70%). Eighteen (30%) had LVH with 17 patients (94,4%) had hypertension with LVH. The chi-square test obtained in this study is P = 0.007 value (P <0.05). There is a significant relationship between hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy in atrial fibrillation patients.

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation, hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy

Topic: Clinical Practice in Pandemic Era