title: [Is isolated atrial fibrillation genetically determined? Apropos of a familial history].
abstract: The authors report five cases of apparently lone atrial fibrillation in five members of the same family from three generations. The atrial fibrillation occurred at an early age and rapidly became permanent in all cases. With time, in the absence of complications, structural cardiac abnormalities were documented by echocardiography (biatrial dilatation and mitral and tricuspid regurgitation). These observations raise the question of genetic predisposition to lone atrial fibrillation at least in this particular clinical context.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie A, CHRU, Rennes.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Poret
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mabo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deplace
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leclercq
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gras
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Marec
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Daubert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics*; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D010375:Pedigree; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: La fibrillation auriculaire isolée est-elle une maladie génétique? A propos d'une histoire familiale.