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Causes of Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Atrial Fibrillation |
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| Common causes |
Heart failure |
| Hypertension |
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| Cardiac ischemia |
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| Myocardial infarction |
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| Mitral valve disease |
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| Pneumonia |
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| Hyperthyroidism |
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| Alcohol |
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| Postoperative AF |
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| Rare causes |
Cardiomyopathy |
| Constrictive pericarditis |
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| Sick sinus syndrome |
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| Bronchial carcinoma |
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| Atrial myxoma |
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| Endocarditis |
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| Haemochromatosis |
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| Sarcoidosis |
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Upile et al. BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders 2006 6:15 doi:10.1186/1472-6815-6-15 |
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