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Atrial fibrillation is a very rare arrhythmia in the young. It presents either as paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in adolescents or, even more rarely, as a genetic mutation in the KCNQ1 channel. Familial atrial fibrillation has also been involved in nine different genetic defects. Potential therapeutic options discussed.
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Fischbach, P.S. (2015). Atrial Fibrillation. In: Dick, II, M. (eds) Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2739-5_9
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