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

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
• 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

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