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Consumption of three energy drinks induced fast atrial fibrillation requiring electrical cardioversion in a young male with previously undiagnosed type A Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
Energy drink consumption may trigger fast atrial fibrillation and unmask previously undiagnosed Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
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Energy drinks may trigger AF unmasking WPW; this case report is hypothesis-generating and does not support practice change.
This is a case of a young male who developed fast atrial fibrillation after he consumed three cans of Energy drinks (EDs). Treatment required electrical cardioversion and surprisingly, when he reverted to sinus rhythm, the ECG showed a type A Wolff Parkinson White syndrome (WPW) (left-sided accessory pathway), with no previous history.
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Soliman et al. (2022) studied this question. Consumption of three energy drinks induced fast atrial fibrillation requiring electrical cardioversion in a young male with previously undiagnosed type A Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
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