atrial fibrillation
Noun
Meaning
fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart
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The public needs to know - they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so were just trying to get more visibility about this particular disease and how dangerous this could be.
Aggressive risk factor reduction study for atrial fibrillation and implications for the outcome of ablation: the ARREST-AF cohort study.
Baptist Health Paducah, which serves patients in a four-state area, offers state-of-the-art procedures such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and minimally invasive options for treatment of atrial fibrillation.
In people who have already been diagnosed with the disorder, Gillis said, "alcohol is a potential trigger for atrial fibrillation."
Graves disease is often accompanied by an increase in heart rate, which may lead to further heart complications including loss of the normal heart rhythm (atrial fibrillation), which may lead to stroke.