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Categories
- First detected episode
- Recurrent (after 2 or more episodes)
- Paroxysmal (if recurrent AF terminates spontaneously)
- Persistent (if sustained beyond 7 days)
Causes
- Cardiac (atrial enlargement)
- Hypertension
- Ischemic heart disease
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Valvular heart disease (any lesion that leads to significant stenosis or regurgitation)
- Noncardiac (increased automaticity)
- Thyrotoxicosis
- Chronic lung disease
- Pericarditis
- Ethanol ("holiday heart")
- PE
- Drugs (cocaine, TCA)