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Revision as of 02:10, 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)
- Alcohol and alcohol withdrawal
- Atherosclerosis
- Breath spray which contains alcohol
- Caffeine
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coffee
- Congestive heart failure
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
- Coronary Artery Disease
- HOCM
- Hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoxia
- Lung cancer
- Mitral regurgitation
- Mitral stenosis
- Obesity
- Pericarditis and pericardial disease in general
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary embolism
- ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
- Tea
- Valvular heart disease
Loan Atrial Fibrillation
In about 10% of patients no underlying cause is identified. This condition is called lone atrial fibrillation.