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Atrial Fibrillation in Two Adolescents

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Idiopathic atrial fibrillation (AF) in adolescents is extremely rare and has usually been associated with structural heart disease. We present two cases of symptomatic AF in adolescents without any identifiable etiology. No definitive guidelines are available for management of such patients.

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    Hitesh Agrawal, Niva Shakya & Zahra Naheed

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Agrawal, H., Shakya, N. & Naheed, Z. Atrial Fibrillation in Two Adolescents. Pediatr Cardiol 33, 850–853 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-012-0238-3

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