Atrial Fibrillation: The Causes

nocturnalnurse:

Remember RHEUMATICS! 

The Causes of A-Fib are:

Rheumatic Heart Disease

HCM, Hypertensive heart disease, Holiday Heart Syndrome, Heart failure

Embolism (Pulmonary), Ebstein’s Anomaly, Endocrinopathies

Unknown cause

Myocarditis, MI, Mitral Valve Disease

ASD, Alcohol

Toxicity from stimulants, Theophylline, Thyroid Disease

Infections and inflammations of Pericardium, IE (Infective Endocarditis)

Cardiac surgery, COPD and

Sepsis

(via abcmaps)

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