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Holiday heart syndrome: an upcoming tachyarrhythmia in today’s youth?

Part of: Basic Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2021

Nathalie Noessler Open the ORCID record for Nathalie Noessler [Opens in a new window] ,
Sabrina Schweintzger  and
Stefan Kurath-Koller
Nathalie Noessler*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescence Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
Sabrina Schweintzger
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescence Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
Stefan Kurath-Koller
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescence Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
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Author for correspondence: N. Noessler, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescence Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria. Tel: +43 316 816 30271; Fax: +43 (316) 385 - 13675. E-mail: nathalie.noessler@medunigraz.at
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Abstract

Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common arrhythmias in the adult population, in children, however, only a few case reports of isolated atrial fibrillation exist.1 Aside from post-operative AF due to atrial scar formation or suture lines and atrial enlargement in CHD (e.g., mitral stenosis), alcohol consumption represents a rare cause of AF in adolescents. We report on the latter.

Keywords

Holiday heart syndromeatrial fibrillationtachyarrhythmiaalcoholism
Type
Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , June 2021 , pp. 1054 - 1056
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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