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ATRIAL FIBRILLATION |
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commonest causes: |
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ischaemic heart disease mitral valve disease (especially stenosis)idiopathic ('lone AF') |
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other causes: |
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cardiac disease: |
heart failure from any cause other valvular heart disease atrial septal defect other congenital heart disease constrictive pericarditis cardiomyopathy, especially congestive myocarditis and pericarditis hypertensive heart disease acute myocardial infarction pre-excitation syndromes, eg. WPWsick sinus syndrome atrial myxoma intra-cardiac or pericardial metastases |
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extracardiac causes: |
following cardio-thoracic operations alcohol pulmonary embolism digoxin toxicity [typically causes paroxysmal atrial tachycardia with block] |
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