Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

Underlying conditions list:

The list of possible underlying conditions mentioned in various sources for 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

Other underlying conditions related to Atrial Fibrillation:

• Cerebrovascular accident
• Embolism

Source: Diseases Database

Atrial Fibrillation as a complication:

Other conditions that might have Atrial Fibrillation as a complication might be potential underlying conditions. The list of conditions listing Atrial Fibrillation as a complication includes:

• Hyperthyroidism
• Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome

Atrial Fibrillation as a symptom:

Conditions listing Atrial Fibrillation as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.

For a more detailed analysis of Atrial Fibrillation as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Atrial Fibrillation.

• 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

About underlying conditions:

With a diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation, it is important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Atrial Fibrillation. These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Atrial Fibrillation. For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis or Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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