The nurse is conducting a community health screening. Which individual should the nurse recognize as being the highest risk for atrial fibrillation?
a. A 44-year-old obese male with asthma
b. A 62-year-old male smoker with a history of rheumatic heart disease
c. A 56-year-old female with diabetes who has elevated cholesterol levels
d. A 68-year-old female with Parkinson's disease who takes carbidopa-levodopa (Sinemet)
ANS: B
A history of cigarette smoking raises the risk of developing atrial fibrillation even after quitting. Other causes of atrial fibrillation include aging (increases after age 60 and is the most common sustained dysrhythmia), rheumatic or ischemic heart diseases, heart failure, hypertension, pericarditis, pulmonary embolism, and postoperative coronary artery bypass surgery. Medications can also cause this dysrhythmia. A. C. D. Asthma, elevated cholesterol levels, and Parkinson's disease do not increase the risk of developing atrial fibrillation.
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