Transient atrial fibrillation precipitated by hypoglycaemia: Two case reports

Abstract

We describe two insulin-dependent diabetic females who presented with severe hypoglycaemia associated with atrial fibrillation which reverted to sinus rhythm after intravenous dextrose. Atrial fibrillation has not previously been reported as a complication of hypoglycaemia in insulin-dependent diabetic patients. © The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine, 1987.