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The mechanism of atrial fibrillation (AF) is still debatable. Several mechanisms have been proposed and seen in a variety of animal models. A traditional mechanism theory has suggested that AF is maintained by multiple migrating wavelets of re-entrant atrial activation. During AF, the atria contract at a rate of 350–900 beats/min, conducting to the ventricles at a rate of 90–170 beats/min.
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Yap, Y.G., Camm, J. (2014). Pathogenesis of Atrial Fibrillation. In: Essentials of Atrial Fibrillation. Springer Healthcare, Tarporley. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-907673-98-6_2
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