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Table 1 Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

From: Reversible atrial fibrillation secondary to a mega-oesophagus

Atrial Fibrillation

Common causes

Heart failure

 

Hypertension

 

Cardiac ischemia

 

Myocardial infarction

 

Mitral valve disease

 

Pneumonia

 

Hyperthyroidism

 

Alcohol

 

Postoperative AF

Rare causes

Cardiomyopathy

 

Constrictive pericarditis

 

Sick sinus syndrome

 

Bronchial carcinoma

 

Atrial myxoma

 

Endocarditis

 

Haemochromatosis

 

Sarcoidosis