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Case Reports
. 2008 Nov-Dec;41(6):659-61.
doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.01.006. Epub 2008 Mar 25.

Sudden cardiac death complicating newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in the setting of subclinical hyperthyroidism

Stavros Emmanouil Mountantonakis  1 , Eugen Cruz Palma
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Sudden cardiac death complicating newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in the setting of subclinical hyperthyroidism

Stavros Emmanouil Mountantonakis et al. J Electrocardiol. 2008 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice and a predictor of all-cause mortality. Subclinical hyperthyroidism is an independent risk factor for developing AF but its clinical significance in younger patients has not been established. We describe a clinical case of a 44-year-old female with newly diagnosed AF, degenerating to ventricular fibrillation in the setting of subclinical hyperthyroidism.

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