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Atrial fibrillation and sudden death related to occupational solvent exposure
J D Kaufman1, M A Silverstein, R Moure-Eraso
1Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
American Journal of Industrial Medicine
|May 1, 1994
Abstract:
Two cases of atrial fibrillation and one case of sudden death occurred in workers exposed to trifluorotrichloroethane (CFC 113) as a solvent/degreasing agent. This agent and related halogenated hydrocarbons are widely used in industry as solvents and degreasing agents, and have been previously linked to ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac sudden death when inhaled in excessive concentrations. We suggest that occupational overexposure to halogenated hydrocarbons should be considered a potential precipitant for atrial as well as ventricular arrhythmias.