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What is Atrial Fibrillation?

What is Atrial Fibrillation?

• Atrial Fibrillation: Common heart arrythmia with rapid beating in upper chambers.
• Atrial Fibrillation: Disorder of cardiac rhythm characterized by rapid, irregular atrial impulses and ineffective atrial contractions.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Atrial Fibrillation: fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Atrial Fibrillation: Introduction

Types of Atrial Fibrillation:

Broader types of Atrial Fibrillation:

• Heart conditions
• Arrhythmias
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How many people get Atrial Fibrillation?

Prevalance of Atrial Fibrillation: 2 million (NHLBI)
Prevalance Rate of Atrial Fibrillation: approx 1 in 136 or 0.74% or 2 million people in USA [about data]

Who gets Atrial Fibrillation?

Patient Profile for Atrial Fibrillation: More common in older people

How serious is Atrial Fibrillation?

Complications of Atrial Fibrillation: see complications of Atrial Fibrillation
Deaths for Atrial Fibrillation: 8,338 deaths (NHLBI 1999)

What causes Atrial Fibrillation?

Causes of Atrial Fibrillation: see causes of Atrial Fibrillation
Risk factors for Atrial Fibrillation: see risk factors for Atrial Fibrillation

What are the symptoms of Atrial Fibrillation?

Symptoms of Atrial Fibrillation: see symptoms of Atrial Fibrillation

Complications of Atrial Fibrillation: see complications of Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial Fibrillation: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Atrial Fibrillation.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Atrial Fibrillation.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Atrial Fibrillation: see treatments for Atrial Fibrillation
Research for Atrial Fibrillation: see research for Atrial Fibrillation

Society issues for Atrial Fibrillation

Hospitalizations for Atrial Fibrillation: 384,000 (NHLBI 1999)

Hospitalization statistics for Atrial Fibrillation: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Atrial Fibrillation:

• 0.695% (88,606) of hospital consultant episodes were for atrial fibrillation and flutter in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 78% of hospital consultant episodes for atrial fibrillation and flutter required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 54% of hospital consultant episodes for atrial fibrillation and flutter were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 46% of hospital consultant episodes for atrial fibrillation and flutter were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 64% of hospital consultant episodes for atrial fibrillation and flutter required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Physician office visits for Atrial Fibrillation: 2,312,000 (NHLBI 1999)

Organs Affected by Atrial Fibrillation:

Organs and body systems related to Atrial Fibrillation include:

• Heart
• Atria

Name and Aliases of Atrial Fibrillation

Main name of condition: Atrial Fibrillation

Other names or spellings for Atrial Fibrillation:

AF Source - Diseases Database

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Atrial Fibrillation:

• Heart rythms
• Cardiac arrhythmia
• ECG
• Electrocardiogram
• Heart disease
• Hypertension
• Anticoagulants

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