Publications by authors named "Isidoro Gonzalez-Maqueda"
Background: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Nevertheless, many patients are asymptomatic, and this condition frequently remains underdiagnosed. An ankle-brachial index (ABI) of less than 0.
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- Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, occurring in 4.8% of a large study population, with its prevalence notably higher (25%) among patients with existing cardiovascular conditions.
- In the study, AF was more prevalent in females (29%) compared to males (22%), and it occurred in 33% of patients with heart failure, highlighting its association with severe cardiac issues.
- Despite its frequency, only 33% of AF patients received oral anticoagulants, indicating a significant underuse of antithrombotic therapy, especially by primary-care physicians.
Background: Our main goals were to know the actual degree of oral anticoagulation and antiaggregation in hypertensive patients with atrial fibrillation in the daily clinical practice in Spain and to analyze any differences between primary care physicians and cardiologists.
Patients And Method: 32,051 outpatients attended the same day by 1,159 physicians (21% cardiologists) were prospectively included in a database taking into account a history of hypertension and atrial fibrillation, demographic data and ongoing treatments.
Results: Hypertension was detected in 10,555 patients and 999 of them had both hypertension and atrial fibrillation (9.