Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

List of causes of Atrial Fibrillation

Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Atrial Fibrillation) that could possibly cause Atrial Fibrillation includes:

• Heart disorders
• Heart valve disorder
• Myocarditis
• Coronary artery disease
• Hyperthyroidism
• Rheumatic heart disease
• Hypertension
• Congenital heart defects
• Graves' disease
• Heart failure
• Swelling near the heart
• Mitral valve stenosis
• Ischaemic heart disease
• Partial atrioventricular block
• Ectopic beat
• Amphetamines
• Acute heart attack (see Heart attack)
• Cardiac surgery (see Heart symptoms)
• Atrial cardiomyopathy with heart block - atrial fibrillation
• Aortic Valve Insufficiency - irregular pulse
• Mitral valve incompetence
• Chronic constrictive pericarditis
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
• High T4 syndrome - atrial fibrillation
• Dehydration
• Rheumatic fever
• Haemochromatosis
• Pulsus alternans
• Atrial fibrillation
• Excessive alcohol consumption
• Mc Leod neuroacanthocytosis syndrome - atrial fibrillation
• Atrial septal defect (ostium secundum)
• Herbs; such as ephedra and ginseng
• Mustard tree poisoning - irregular pulse
• Mitral regurgitation - atrial fibrillation
• Lily-of-the-Valley poisoning - irregular pulse
• Herbal Agent overdose - Peppermint Oil - atrial fibrillation
• Atrial flutter with varying atrioventricular block
• Sinus arrhythmia
• Unknown cause
• Endomyocardial fibrosis - atrial fibrillation
• Eisenmenger Syndrome - atrial fibrillation
• Heart injury - Irregular pulse
• Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic - irregular pulse
• Bronchogenic carcinoma
• Hypothermia
• Atrial myxoma
• Pulsus paradoxus
• Sino-atrial block
• Kentucky coffee tea poisoning - irregular pulse
• Myocardial infarction
• Conduction disorders
• Cocaine
• Pulmonary embolism
• Pericarditis
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Foxglove poisoning - irregular pulse
• Hypothyroidism
• Endocarditis
• Longstanding high blood pressure
• Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome - atrial fibrillation
• Tricuspid valve diseases - Atrial fibrillation
• Heart valve diseases - Irregular pulse
• Cardiac valvular dysplasia, X-linked - irregular pulse
• Cardiac malformation - irregular pulse
• Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
• Cardiomyopathy, familial hypertrophic
• Hypertensive heart disease - Irregular pulse
• Cyclosporine toxicity - irregular pulse
• Porfimer
• Ethanol
• Sarcoidosis
• Lutembacher syndrome
• Unstable angina
• Atrial septal defect (ostium primum)
• Cardiomyopathy
• Sick sinus syndrome

More causes: see full list of causes for Atrial fibrillation

Causes of Atrial Fibrillation (Diseases Database):

The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Atrial Fibrillation that are listed by the Diseases Database:

• Haemochromatosis
• Ischaemic heart disease
• Cardiomyopathy, familial hypertrophic
• Endocarditis
• Atrial septal defect (ostium primum)
• Cardiomyopathy
• Myocardial infarction
• Rheumatic fever
• Unstable angina
• Chronic constrictive pericarditis
• Dehydration
• Hypertension, systemic
• Pulmonary embolism
• Lutembacher syndrome
• Pericarditis
• Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
• Mitral valve stenosis
• Atrial septal defect (ostium secundum)
• Hypothyroidism
• Sarcoidosis
• Atrial myxoma
• Hypothermia
• Ethanol
• Bronchogenic carcinoma
• Hyperthyroidism
• Mitral valve incompetence
• Porfimer

Atrial Fibrillation as a complication of other conditions:

Other conditions that might have Atrial Fibrillation as a complication may, potentially, be an underlying cause of Atrial Fibrillation. Our database lists the following as having Atrial Fibrillation as a complication of that condition:

• Hyperthyroidism
• Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome

Atrial Fibrillation as a symptom:

Conditions listing Atrial Fibrillation as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Atrial Fibrillation. Our database lists the following as having Atrial Fibrillation as a symptom of that condition:

• Atrial cardiomyopathy with heart block
• Cyclosporine toxicity
• Eisenmenger Syndrome
• Endomyocardial fibrosis
• Herbal Agent overdose - Peppermint Oil
• High T4 syndrome
• Mc Leod neuroacanthocytosis syndrome
• Mitral regurgitation
• Rheumatic heart disease
• Tricuspid valve diseases
• Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome

Medical news summaries relating to Atrial Fibrillation:

The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Atrial Fibrillation:

• Abnormal heartbeat linked to obesity
• Alcohol consumption associated with heart arrhythmia
• Post-operative stroke results in court case
• More news »

Related information on causes of Atrial Fibrillation:

As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Atrial Fibrillation may be found in:

• Risk factors for Atrial Fibrillation
• Hidden causes of Atrial Fibrillation