Characterizing Patients With Cold Drink‐Triggered Atrial Fibrillation.
Introduction: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia with significant health implications. Identifying modifiable lifestyle triggers is important in mitigating recurrence and improving patient outcomes. A subset of AF patients has reported cold drinks or foods as triggers, a phenomenon term...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Vol. 36; no. 8; pp. 1895 - 1903 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Aug2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=187392155&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 187392155 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10453873 GSB jtl: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology issn: 10453873 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Aug2025 vid: 36 iid: 8 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 187392155 185857773 187392155 187392155 10.1111/jce.16753 187392155 ppf: 1895 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: C – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Characterizing Patients With Cold Drink‐Triggered Atrial Fibrillation. aug: au: DiLena, Daniel D. Zhang, Jennifer Y. Rauchwerger, Adina S. Reed, Mary E. Marcus, Gregory M. Warton, E. Margaret Vinson, David R. affil: Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Pleasanton California,, USA sug: subj: Atrial Fibrillation Prevention and Control Recurrence Prevention and Control Beverages Adverse Effects Cold Adverse Effects Temperature Human Funding Source Male Female Adult Middle Age Aged California Multimethod Studies Retrospective Design Record Review Questionnaires Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology Vagal Stimulation Methods Life Style Self Report Cardiac Patients Emergency Room Visits Outcome Assessment Descriptive Statistics Comparative Studies Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Introduction: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia with significant health implications. Identifying modifiable lifestyle triggers is important in mitigating recurrence and improving patient outcomes. A subset of AF patients has reported cold drinks or foods as triggers, a phenomenon termed "cold drink heart" (CDH). Literature on CDH is scarce and primarily limited to case studies. We sought to characterize patient experiences with CDH and assess the effectiveness of cold trigger avoidance in reducing AF recurrence among affected patients. Methods and Results: This was a mixed methods study employing a patient survey enhanced by chart review among patients who self‐reported CDH. Participants were recruited during emergency department visits for AF or by contacting the principal investigator directly. The survey addressed demographics and clinical features. We compared those with CDH only and those with both CDH and non‐CDH AF episodes. The cohort included 101 respondents (75% male). Median age of CDH onset was 44.5 years. More than half of respondents (51.5%) reported that their AF episodes occurred only following cold drink or food consumption. Rapid onset after ingestion was common, and many reported an association with recent physical exertion. Avoidance of cold ingestion was effective in reducing or eliminating AF episodes in 86.4% of cases, with greater success in CDH‐only patients (100.0%). Physician awareness was low, with 52.4% of respondents reporting dismissive attitudes from one or more healthcare providers. Conclusion: CDH is poorly understood and has significant implications for AF prevention. Avoidance strategies may be highly effective, especially for CDH‐only patients. Further research is needed to validate these findings and increase provider awareness. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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