%0 Journal Article
%T Supraventricular Ectopic Activity: When Excessive it is not all Benign!
%A Tuan Le Nguyen
%A Liza Thomas
%J Journal of Atrial Fibrillation
%D 2010
%I CardioFront
%R 10.4022/jafib.v2i1.577
%X Stroke is a significant cause of mortality and disabling morbidity. The major subtypes of stroke are divided into thrombo-embolic, haemorrhagic and cryptogenic, with each having different predisposing risk factors and management strategies. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest arrhythmia predisposing to thrombo-embolic stroke. The incidence of AF increases with age, affecting up to 5% in the elderly population. Electrophysiology studies have implicated that spontaneous atrial ectopic beats that originate in or near pulmonary veins adjacent to the left atrium, may initiate paroxysms of AF.
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