Atrial fibrillation often occurs in patients with organic heart disease, such as hypertensive heart disease, but it can also occur in normal people under emotional stress.
As one of the most common arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation occurs in patients with organic heart disease, such as hypertensive heart disease, coronary artery disease, rheumatic heart disease, mitral stenosis, and thyroid dysfunction, and it can also be caused by chronic pulmonary heart disease and pre-excitation syndrome.
Atrial fibrillation can also occur in normal people during emotional stress, surgery, exercise or heavy drinking.
The severity of AF symptoms is affected by the speed of the ventricular rate. If the ventricular rate exceeds 150 beats per minute, the patient may develop angina and congestive heart failure. The risk of thromboembolism as a complication of AF is high, and cerebral embolism is often life-threatening. Atrial fibrillation should be treated with proactive thromboembolic prophylaxis as well as reversal and maintenance of sinus rhythm based on the treatment of the primary cause and predisposing factors.
It is recommended that when atrial fibrillation occurs, it should be seen in a timely manner to identify the cause and treatment.