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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2011

Atrial fibrillation in healthy adolescents after highly caffeinated beverage consumption: two case reports.

Jennifer R Di Rocco, Adelaide During, Peter J Morelli, Marybeth Heyden, Thomas A Biancaniello

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR) position paper on how to prevent atrial fibrillation endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS).Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2017
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  6. Effects of Mixing Energy Drinks With Alcohol on Driving-Related Skills.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2022
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  7. Acute effects of energy drinks in medical students.European journal of nutrition · 2017
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  12. Atrial Fibrillation in Elite Athletes: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Jennifer R Di RoccoStony Brook University Department of Pediatric Cardiology, HSC T-11, 040, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-8111, USA. peter.morelli@stonybrook.edu.
Adelaide During
Peter J Morelli
Marybeth Heyden
Thomas A Biancaniello

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionEnergy drinks and highly caffeinated drinks comprise some of the fastest growing products of the beverage industry, often targeting teenagers and young adults. Cardiac arrhythmias in children related to high caffeine consumption have not been well described in the literature. This case series describes the possible association between the consumption of highly caffeinated drinks and the subsequent development of atrial fibrillation in the adolescent population. CASE PRESENTATIONS: We report the cases of two Caucasian adolescent boys of 14 and 16 years of age at the time of presentation, each without a significant cardiac history, who presented with palpitations or vague chest discomfort or both after a recent history of excessive caffeine consumption. Both were found to have atrial fibrillation on electrocardiogram; one patient required digoxin to restore a normal sinus rhythm, and the other self-converted after intravenous fluid administration.

conclusionWith the increasing popularity of energy drinks in the pediatric and adolescent population, physicians should be aware of the arrhythmogenic potential associated with highly caffeinated beverage consumption. It is important for pediatricians to understand the lack of regulation in the caffeine content and other ingredients of these high-energy beverages and their complications so that parents and children can be educated about the risk of cardiac arrhythmias with excessive energy drink consumption.

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PMID21247417
PMCPMC3038953

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