Atrial fibrillation causes
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
The most common cause of atrial fibrillation is atrial dilation associated with hypertension. Approximately 1/3 of patients have familial atrial fibrillation which is due to an underlying genetic disorder. Given the number of patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting in the developed world, this is an increasing underlying cause of atrial fibrillation. Other general causes include the advancing age of the population this hemodynamic stress of heart failure and valvular heart disease, myocardial ischemia, a variety of inflammatory disorders, pulmonary diseases, alcohol and drug abuse, and endocrine disorders.
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
- Atrial ischemia
- Congestive heart failure
- Coronary artery disease
- Dehydration
- Electrolyte disturbance
- Endocarditis
- Heart failure
- Hypertensive heart disease[1],[2]
- Hypothermia
- Hypoxia
- Myocardial infarction[3]
- Myocarditis
- Pericarditis
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pulmonary embolism[4]
- Renal insufficiency
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Unstable angina
- Uremic pericarditis
Common Causes
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | Atrial ischemia, atrial myxoma, atrial septal defect, cardiac tumors, cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, congestive heart failure, constrictive pericarditis, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, coronary artery disease, endocarditis, familial atrial fibrillation, heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, lutembacher syndrome, mitral regurgitation,mitral stenosis, myocardial infarction, myocarditis, pericarditis , peripartum cardiomyopathy, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension, tricuspid regurgitation, tricuspid stenosis, unstable angina, uremic pericarditis, valvular heart disease |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Alcohol
- Alcohol withdrawal
- Atrial ischemia
- Atrial myxoma
- Atrial septal defect[5]
- Breath spray[6]
- Bronchogenic carcinoma
- Caffeine
- Cardiac tumors
- Cardiomyopathy
- Channelopaties
- Chronic kidney disease
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease[7]
- Cocaine
- Collagen vascular disease
- Congenital heart disease
- Congestive heart failure
- Conivaptan
- Constrictive pericarditis
- Coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Coronary artery disease
- Dehydration
- Diabetes[8]
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Electrolyte disturbance
- Endocarditis
- Familial atrial fibrillation
- Fatigue
- Heart failure
- Hemochromatosis
- Hypertensive heart disease[1][2]
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy[9][10]
- Hypothermia
- Hypothyroidism
- Hypoxia
- Left ventricular hypertrophy
- Lung cancer
- Lutembacher syndrome
- Methamphetamines
- Mitral regurgitation[11]
- Mitral stenosis
- Myocardial infarction[3]
- Myocarditis
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Pericarditis
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy[12]
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pneumonia
- Porfimer sodium
- Psychological stress
- Pulmonary embolism[4]
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Renal insufficiency
- Rheumatic heart disease[11]
- Sarcoidosis
- Stroke
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Surgery
- Tricuspid regurgitation
- Tricuspid stenosis
- Unstable angina
- Uremic pericarditis
- Valvular heart disease
- Viral infections
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Krahn, AD.; Manfreda, J.; Tate, RB.; Mathewson, FA.; Cuddy, TE. (1995). "The natural history of atrial fibrillation: incidence, risk factors, and prognosis in the Manitoba Follow-Up Study". Am J Med. 98 (5): 476–84. doi:10.1016/S0002-9343(99)80348-9. PMID 7733127. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kannel, WB.; Abbott, RD.; Savage, DD.; McNamara, PM. (1982). "Epidemiologic features of chronic atrial fibrillation: the Framingham study". N Engl J Med. 306 (17): 1018–22. doi:10.1056/NEJM198204293061703. PMID 7062992. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Zimetbaum, PJ.; Josephson, ME.; McDonald, MJ.; McClennen, S.; Korley, V.; Ho, KK.; Papageorgiou, P.; Cohen, DJ. (2000). "Incidence and predictors of myocardial infarction among patients with atrial fibrillation". J Am Coll Cardiol. 36 (4): 1223–7. PMID 11028474. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Goldhaber, SZ.; Visani, L.; De Rosa, M. (1999). "Acute pulmonary embolism: clinical outcomes in the International Cooperative Pulmonary Embolism Registry (ICOPER)". Lancet. 353 (9162): 1386–9. PMID 10227218. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Tikoff, G.; Schmidt, AM.; Hecht, HH. (1968). "Atrial fibrillation in atrial septal defect". Arch Intern Med. 121 (5): 402–5. PMID 5645716. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Ridker PM, Gibson CM, Lopez R (1989). "Atrial fibrillation induced by breath spray". N Engl J Med. 320 (2): 124. PMID 2914028.
- ↑ Buch, P.; Friberg, J.; Scharling, H.; Lange, P.; Prescott, E. (2003). "Reduced lung function and risk of atrial fibrillation in the Copenhagen City Heart Study". Eur Respir J. 21 (6): 1012–6. PMID 12797497. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Benjamin, EJ.; Levy, D.; Vaziri, SM.; D'Agostino, RB.; Belanger, AJ.; Wolf, PA. (1994). "Independent risk factors for atrial fibrillation in a population-based cohort. The Framingham Heart Study". JAMA. 271 (11): 840–4. PMID 8114238. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Robinson, K.; Frenneaux, MP.; Stockins, B.; Karatasakis, G.; Poloniecki, JD.; McKenna, WJ. (1990). "Atrial fibrillation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a longitudinal study". J Am Coll Cardiol. 15 (6): 1279–85. PMID 2329232. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Cecchi, F.; Olivotto, I.; Montereggi, A.; Santoro, G.; Dolara, A.; Maron, BJ. (1995). "Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Tuscany: clinical course and outcome in an unselected regional population". J Am Coll Cardiol. 26 (6): 1529–36. doi:10.1016/0735-1097(95)00353-3. PMID 7594081. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 Grigioni, F.; Avierinos, JF.; Ling, LH.; Scott, CG.; Bailey, KR.; Tajik, AJ.; Frye, RL.; Enriquez-Sarano, M. (2002). "Atrial fibrillation complicating the course of degenerative mitral regurgitation: determinants and long-term outcome". J Am Coll Cardiol. 40 (1): 84–92. PMID 12103260. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ WALSH, JJ.; BURCH, GE.; BLACK, WC.; FERRANS, VJ.; HIBBS, RG. (1965). "IDIOPATHIC MYOCARDIOPATHY OF THE PUERPERIUM (POSTPARTAL HEART DISEASE)". Circulation. 32: 19–31. PMID 14314486. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help)