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  • Title: FAMILIAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION.
    Author: PHAIR WB.
    Journal: Can Med Assoc J; 1963 Dec 21; 89(25):1274-6. PubMed ID: 14098892.
    Abstract:
    Benign familial atrial fibrillation is of rare occurrence. A family in which three members manifested this disorder is reported. Apart from this, all three are in excellent health.The relative frequency of non-familial atrial fibrillation in otherwise well people, free from cardiac and metabolic disorders, is stressed. Only too frequently such cases have been and continue to be labelled with the stigma of serious disease with an unhappy prognosis. Serious injustice may be occasioned in such cases in many respects; for example, in the influence that this medical judgment may have on the insurability of young people so afflicted.Methods of exclusion of organic causes of this disorder are outlined and principles of management and treatment are discussed.
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