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Familial atrial fibrillation
Disease definition
Familial atrial fibrillation is a rare, genetically heterogenous cardiac disease characterized by erratic activation of the atria with an irregular ventricular response, in various members of a single family. It may be asymptomatic or associated with palpitations, dyspnea and light-headedness. Concomitant rhythm disorders and cardiomyopathies are frequently reported.
ORPHA:334
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s): -
- Prevalence: -
- Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
- Age of onset: Adult, Elderly
- ICD-10: I48.9
- ICD-11: BC65.Y
- OMIM: 607554 608583 608988 611493 611494 611819 612201 612240 613055 613120 613980 614022 614049 614050 615377 615378 615770 617280
- UMLS: C3468561
- MeSH: -
- GARD: 9740
- MedDRA: 10088317
A summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2017) Español (2017) Français (2017) Italiano (2017) Nederlands (2017)
Detailed information
Guidelines
- Clinical practice guidelines
- English (2013) - Europace
- Deutsch (2013) - AWMF
- Français (2014) - ALD
Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA)
- Patient-Centered Outcome Measures (PCOMs)
- English (2023) - PROQOLIDTM


Additional information
Further information on this disease
Patient-centred resources for this disease
Research activities on this disease
Specialised Social Services
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