atrial fibrillation

Posted By C.Riddle on July 20, 1999 at 09:20:56
Upon going to bed, for no apparent reason, my husband "clicked" into an episode of atrial fibrillation.  We went to the ER where it took about 10 hours, with meds, to get him back into a normal rhythm.  This was very frightening, and completely unlike anything he's ever experienced.  He's in perfect health and all his tests (echo, bloodwork, x-rays) came back normal.  Why could this have happened out of the blue?  Now that he's had an episode, does that mean he has a condition which will return?  Can atrial fibrillation happen just once, and never come back?  How much of a factor does stress, work related, play in a. fib?  Will exercise, or even sex, make it happen again?  He's 32, and temporarily on atenonol, 25mg.  Will coming off the medication raise his risk of another episode?
Thankyou for your time.










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