‘Cold drink heart’ understudied, often unrecognized by physicians

Cold drink- or food-induced atrial fibrillation/flutter, termed “cold drink heart,” is understudied and underrecognized, but may represent an opportunity to improve AF prevention, researchers wrote.
David R. Vinson, MD, emergency medicine physician and researcher at Kaiser Permanente, previously described a case of cold drink heart in an otherwise healthy young adult who recently drank a slushed ice beverage, which was published in the American Journal of Case Reports. Soon thereafter, Vinson received emails from patients around the world, one even reaching out from the ED, who