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==Complete List of Underlying Causes of Atrial Fibrillation (in alphabetical order)== | ==Complete List of Underlying Causes of Atrial Fibrillation (in alphabetical order)== | ||
*Age increase. 4% of those over 60 years and 8% of those over 80 years of age have atrial fibrillation. | |||
*[[Alcohol]] and [[alcohol withdrawal]] | *[[Alcohol]] and [[alcohol withdrawal]] | ||
*[[Atherosclerosis]] | *[[Atherosclerosis]] | ||
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*[[Cardiac tumors]] | *[[Cardiac tumors]] | ||
*[[Cardiomyopathy]] | *[[Cardiomyopathy]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Channelopaties]] particularly abnormalities in the sodium channels | ||
*[[Cocaine]] | *[[Cocaine]] | ||
*Coffee | *Coffee | ||
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*[[Diabetes]] | *[[Diabetes]] | ||
*Esophageal surgery | *Esophageal surgery | ||
*Familial atrial fibrillation | |||
*Genetics | *Genetics | ||
*[[HOCM]] | *[[HOCM]] | ||
Revision as of 02:19, 16 October 2011
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
The most common cause of atrial fibrillation is hypertension.
Complete List of Underlying Causes of Atrial Fibrillation (in alphabetical order)
- Age increase. 4% of those over 60 years and 8% of those over 80 years of age have atrial fibrillation.
- Alcohol and alcohol withdrawal
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial ischemia or atrial infarction
- Breath spray which contains alcohol
- Caffeine
- Cardiac tumors
- Cardiomyopathy
- Channelopaties particularly abnormalities in the sodium channels
- Cocaine
- Coffee
- Collagen vascular disease
- Congestive heart failure
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Diabetes
- Esophageal surgery
- Familial atrial fibrillation
- Genetics
- HOCM
- Hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothermia
- Hypoxia
- Lung cancer
- Methamphetamines
- Mitral regurgitation
- Mitral stenosis
- Myocarditis
- Obesity
- Pericarditis and pericardial disease in general
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary hypertension
- ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
- Stimulants
- Stroke
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Tea
- Tricuspid regurgitation
- Tricuspid stenosis
- Valvular heart disease
Loan Atrial Fibrillation
In about 10% of patients no underlying cause is identified. This condition is called lone atrial fibrillation.