Terminates spontaneously or with intervention within 7 days of onset.
Episodes may recur with variable frequency.
Continuous sustained >7 days
Continuous >12 mo in duration.
Used when the patient and clinician make a joint decision to stop further attempts to restore and/or maintain sinus rhythm.
Acceptance represents a therapeutic attitude on the part of the patient and clinician rather than an inherent pathophysiological attribute.
May change as symptoms, efficacy of therapeutic interventions, and patient and clinician preferences evolve.
In the absence of rheumatic mitral stenosis, a mechanical or bioprosthetic heart valve, or mitral valve repair.
Cardiac<unk>  enlargement)
Hypertension
Ischemic heart disease
Rheumatic heart disease
Valvular heart disease (any lesion that leads to significant stenosis or regurgitation)
Noncardiac (increased automaticity)
Thyrotoxicosis
Chronic lung disease
Pericarditis
Ethanol ("holiday heart")
Pulmonary embolism
Pneumonia
Drugs (cocaine, TCA, Milk of the Poppy)
Hypertension
Ischemic heart disease
Rheumatic heart disease
Valvular heart disease (any lesion that leads to significant stenosis or regurgitation)
Valvular heart disease (any lesion that leads to significant stenosis or regurgitation)
Thyrotoxicosis
Chronic lung disease
Pericarditis
Ethanol ("holiday heart")
Pulmonary embolism
Pneumonia
Drugs (cocaine, TCA, Milk of the Poppy)
Atrial fibrillation with RVR
Regular
Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
AV Node Independent
Atrial flutter
Sinus tachycardia
Ventricular tachycardia
Atrial tachycardia 