Can Stress Cause Atrial Fibrillation
What Causes Atrial Fibrillation
“Why Me?”
Just last week one of my patients was in the office asking this important question. Carl was a man in his forties, balding, portly with a belly that hung at least a foot over his belt. (I’ve changed his identity.) Carl worked as a supervisor for a local trucking company. Office work kept him extremely busy and stressed out, but he wasn’t all that physically active.
Carl had been sent to a cardiologist after being newly diagnosed with Atrial fibrillation. He suffered ...
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Hyperthyroidism
...Complications Heart-related complications include rapid heart rate, congestive heart failure, and atrial fibrillation. Thyroid crisis or storm is an acute worsening of the symptoms... Read more »Arrhythmia Patient Guide
...in the atria and are fired quickly, usually resulting in a regular and fast heart rate. Atrial fibrillation: The atria fire rapid and sporadic signals to the ventricles resulting ... Read more »Toxic nodular goiter
...Complications Cardiac (heart-related)complications include rapid heart rate, congestive heart failure, and atrial fibrillation (a rapid and irregular heart rhythm). Another complication of... Read more »Mitral stenosis
...risk factor for mitral stenosis is a history of rheumatic fever. Symptoms may begin with an episode of atrial fibrillation or may be triggered by pregnancy or other stress on the body such as... Read more »Atrial myxoma
...Left heart angiography Right heart angiography ECG -- may show atrial fibrillation Blood tests: A CBC may show anemia and increased WBCs (white... Read more »Images
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