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CardiovascularModerate
Atrial Fibrillation
Cardiology · Cardiovascular
Moderate
Severity
Common — increasingly diagnosed with age, affecting a growing number of older adults in India
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Cardiology
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by abnormal electrical signalling in the heart's upper chambers
- 2often triggered by underlying conditions such as hypertension
- 3coronary artery disease
- 4valvular heart disease
- 5or hyperthyroidism. Risk increases significantly with age
- 6and other contributing factors include obesity
- 7excessive alcohol consumption
- 8sleep apnoea
- 9and chronic lung disease. Structural changes to the heart from prior heart surgery or long-standing heart disease can also predispose individuals to the condition.
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