A complicated case of atrial fibrillation

A complicated case of atrial fibrillation

Authors

  • Erica Delsignore SC Medicina Interna Ospedale S. Andrea, Vercelli
  • Roberto Cantone SC Medicina Interna Ospedale S. Andrea, Vercelli
  • Maria Luisa Moia SC Anatomia Patologica Ospedale S. Andrea, Vercelli
  • Luigi Olivetto SC Radiodiagnostica Ospedale S. Andrea, Vercelli
  • Maria Cristina Pollo SC Radiodiagnostica Ospedale S. Andrea, Vercelli
  • Anna Maria Varese SC Medicina Interna Ospedale S. Andrea, Vercelli
  • Aldo Tua SC Medicina Interna Ospedale S. Andrea, Vercelli
  • Maria Cristina Bertoncelli SC Medicina Interna Ospedale S. Andrea, Vercelli

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7175/cmi.v4i3S.1149

Keywords:

Atrial fibrillation, Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone hypersecretion (SIADH), Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation, usually considered a benign arrhythmia, recognizes several aetiologies: not only sctructural cardiopathies, but also other diseases, drugs intake or post-operative courses. Sometimes it can occur in absence of apparente cause. More and more frequently it is usual to consider this arrhythmia like a marker of pathological unknown situation; therefore, also patients with “lone atrial fibrillation” should be submitted to surveys in order to find probable associated causes.

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Published

2015-10-13

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 3S (2010)

Section

Case report

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