Determining Treatment for Afib Your irregular heartbeat means blood doesn't flow as well as it should, and clots may form inside your heart. If one of those travels to your brain, it can cause a stroke. Your doctor may recommend medications but your course of treatment depends on your ag...
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a problem with your heart's electrical activity. With AFib, your heart quivers, beats irregularly, or skips beats. It can't pump blood through its chambers and out to your body as well as it should. Sometimes, blood can pool in the heart and form clots, w...
If your atrial fibrillation is well controlled, or corrected with a heart procedure, you may not have any life-changing symptoms from your AFib. Some people with chronic AFib need to be maintained on medications and blood thinners for the rest of their lives. The side effects of these medicat...
When your heart beats with a normal rhythm, electricity flows from the top of your heart to the bottom of your heart, causing your heart muscle to contract and moving your blood through your body. In AFib, the electricity flows chaotically and the bottom chambers of your heart contract irreg...
Event monitor,a portable EKG that measures heart activity for a few weeks or a few months. Treatment There are several options to control AFib, or maybe stop it altogether. Medications If your problem comes from a condition like anoveractive thyroidgland orhigh blood pressure, your doctor will...