Diagnosaurus
Atrial fibrillation
Etiology
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Pulmonary disease, eg, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary embolism
- Mitral stenosis
- Mitral regurgitation
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Coronary artery disease
- Atrial septal defect
- Atrial myxoma
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
- Thyrotoxicosis (hyperthyroidism)
- Pericarditis
- Chest trauma or chest surgery
- Medications: theophylline, beta-agonists
- Alcohol withdrawal
- Sepsis
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Atrial Fibrillation." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114575/all/Atrial_fibrillation.
Zeiger RFR. Atrial fibrillation. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114575/all/Atrial_fibrillation. Accessed December 8, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Atrial fibrillation. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114575/all/Atrial_fibrillation
Zeiger RFR. Atrial Fibrillation [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2023 December 08]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114575/all/Atrial_fibrillation.
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