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2. Atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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   Atrial fibrillation (AF, AFib or A-fib) is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) characterized by rapid and irregular beating of the atrial chambers of the heart. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] It often begins as short periods of abnormal beating , which become longer or continuous over time. [ 4 ]

3. CHA2DS2–VASc score - Wikipedia

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   risk of stroke (for non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation) The CHADS 2 score and its updated version, the CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc score , are clinical prediction rules for estimating the risk of stroke in people with non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation (AF), a common and serious heart arrhythmia associated with thromboembolic stroke.

4. Ablation stopped AFib in 81% of patients in new study - AOL

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   Using real-world data, researchers found that 81.6% of patients were free from AFib one year after RF-based ablation - a higher percentage than attained in clinical trials.

5. Radio-Frequency Ablation Helped 82% of Patients With AFib ...

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   New data indicates that more than 80% of patients who received radiofrequency-based ablation were free from any form of atrial arrhythmia at a one-year followup.

6. Advanced cardiac life support - Wikipedia

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   Advanced cardiac life support, advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) refers to a set of clinical guidelines established by the American Heart Association (AHA) for the urgent and emergent treatment of life-threatening cardiovascular conditions that will cause or have caused cardiac arrest, using advanced medical procedures, medications, and techniques.

7. AFib is 3 times more widespread than doctors thought - AOL

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   Of those study participants, about 2 million of them received an AFib diagnosis with the numbers increasing over time from 4.49% of participants treated between 2005 and 2009, to 6.82% receiving ...