Cause
AF is linked to several cardiac causes, but may occur in otherwise normal hearts. Known associations include:[citation needed]
Hypertension (High blood pressure)
Primary heart diseases including coronary artery disease, mitral stenosis (e.g. due to rheumatic heart disease or mitral valve prolapse), mitral regurgitation, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), pericarditis, congenital heart disease, previous heart surgery
Lung diseases (such as pneumonia, lung cancer, pulmonary embolism, sarcoidosis)
Excessive alcohol consumption (”binge drinking” or “holiday heart syndrome”). Even otherwise healthy middle-aged women who consumed more than 2 drinks daily were 60% more likely to develop AF.[10]
Hyperthyroidism
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Dual-chamber pacemakers in the presence of normal atrioventricular conduction.[11]
A family history of AF may increase the risk of AF. A study of more than 2,200 AF patients found that 30 per cent had parents with AF.[12] Various genetic mutations may be responsible.[13][14]
Friedreich’s ataxia
I would add rapid hypertensive medication titration to the above Wikipedia list.
Short of carbon monoxide poisoning, everything on that list is caused by mag deficiency. Magnesium makes approximately 350 other nutrients, enzymes, etc., work in your body. We are almost ALL deficient in mg as they no longer fertilize with it, we drink too much filtered water and we eat too much processed food.
There is a fantastic book out by Dr. Carolyn Dean called ‘The Magnesium Miracle’ that really gets deep into the benefits of mag.
I know the tendancy for some is to minimize it’s positive effects but I can tell you the list of every day ailments many of us suffer from are directly related to low mg.