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AF is linked to several cardiac causes, but may occur in otherwise normal hearts. Known associations include:
* Carbon monoxide poisoning
* High blood pressure
* Mitral stenosis (e.g. due to rheumatic heart disease or mitral valve prolapse)
* Mitral regurgitation
* Heart surgery
* Coronary artery disease
* Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
* Excessive alcohol consumption ("binge drinking" or "holiday heart syndrome")
* Hyperthyroidism
* Hyperstimulation of the vagus nerve, usually by having large meals ("binge eating")
* Lung pathology (such as pneumonia, lung cancer, pulmonary embolism, Sarcoidosis)
* Pericarditis
* Intense emotional turmoil
* Congenital heart disease
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