Re: Afib and night shift work

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> Does anyone know anything about the relationship between afib and

> night shift work? I am RN and my afib started about 1 month after I

> started working the night shift at age 54. All of my episodes but

> one have started while I was at work or getting ready for work,

> always on my first day at work after some time off during which I had

> been sleeping at night. I felt sleep deprived each time. My doctor

> has recommended that I change to day shift, which I have recently

> done. Are there any other current or former night shift workers on

> this list? Or does anyone know a connection between sleep disorders

> or sleep deprivation and afib? TIA.

>

> Nora

>

Hi Nora, you might find these interesting...

Circadian Variation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/96/5/1537

Diurnal variations of the dominant cycle length of chronic atrial

fibrillation

http://ajpheart.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/280/1/H401

Autonomic Tone Variations Before the Onset of Paroxysmal Atrial

Fibrillation

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/105/23/2753

I'm assuming night shift work plays havoc with the natural cycles of

autonomic tone....

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