Afib caused by pacemaker?

As much as I'm aware of it, I never had an atrial fibrillation episode until two months after I got my pacemaker. I'm now taking coumadin because of that episode. Is it reasonable to consider the possibility that this was caused by my pacemaker? How would you pose this question to a doctor?

Vonnie

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Afib caused by pacemaker

by Morag - 2008-05-09 04:05:26

This may be of interest:

Sweeney MO, Bank AJ, Nsah E, et al (2007). "Minimizing ventricular pacing to reduce atrial fibrillation in sinus-node disease". N. Engl. J. Med. 357 (10): 1000-8.

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/357/10/1000

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