Holiday Heart Syndrome
Definition The term Holiday-Heart Syndrome refers to the cardiac arrhythmia caused by alcohol abuse. Holiday-Heart Syndrome thus belongs to the category of rhythm disturbances caused by extracardiac factors. Amongst other things, it leads to a paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in addition to several other rhythm disturbances. This is a “seizure-like” occurrence of a pathologically increased atrial … Holiday Heart Syndrome