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Case Reports
. 2007 Apr 25;117(2):e86-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.199. Epub 2007 Mar 6.

Atrial fibrillation and anabolic steroid abuse

Dennis H Lau, Martin K Stiles, Bobby John, Shashidhar, Glenn D Young, Prashanthan Sanders
Case Reports

Atrial fibrillation and anabolic steroid abuse

Dennis H Lau et al. Int J Cardiol. .

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia to occur in humans. Several predisposing substrates such as increasing age, heart failure, hypertension and valvular heart disease have been identified. The use of illicit drugs as the substrate for AF is not frequently recognized.

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