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Atrial Fibrillation Causes
- See Also
- Causes: Cardiopulmonary
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Ischemic Heart Disease (Myocardial Infarction)
- Hypertension
- Rheumatic Heart Disease (Mitral Stenosis)
- Pericarditis
- Acute Pulmonary Embolism
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Cardiac Surgery
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Atrial Myxoma (rare)
- Acute medical illness
- Lone Atrial Fibrillation
- Patient under age 65 years
- No precipitating cause identified
- Causes: Toxins
- Sympathetic medication triggers
- Thyroid Disease
- Alcohol Abuse
- Caffeine
- Pheochromocytoma
- Causes (Mnemonic: "Atrial Fib")
- Alcohol Abuse
- Thyroid Disease
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Atrial Myxoma
- Lung (Pulmonary Embolism, Emphysema)
- Pheochromocytoma
- Idiopathic
- Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
- References
