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  • Dr. Beck, are there any triggers for atrial fibrillation

  • that you could discuss with us?

  • There are a lot of different triggers,

  • depending on the patient.

  • One of the interesting ones are some people have big meals

  • and then they go into atrial fibrillation.

  • Some people drink a little alcohol, and they know the trigger,

  • they say not a little beer but a glass of wine will always do it.

  • There are different triggers for patients, it’s very interesting.

  • Do you have any episodes to share with us?

  • I suppose sometimes people might mention caffeine as another one.

  • That's not true in most patients, but it can be.

  • But the triggers you mentioned about the large meals and the alcohol,

  • sometimes we call thatholiday heart’,

  • because suddenly patients start eating and drinking more than theyre used to

  • and they can suddenly develop heart rhythm problems like atrial fibrillation.

Dr. Beck, are there any triggers for atrial fibrillation

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