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TREATMENTs at Navjivan - Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation describes an irregular and often rapid heart rhythm. The irregular rhythm, or arrhythmia, results from abnormal electrical impulses in the heart. The irregularity can be continuous, or it can come and go.
Normal heart contractions begin as an electrical impulse in the right atrium. This impulse comes from an area of the atrium called the sinoatrial (SA) or sinus node, the "natural pacemaker."
Atrial fibrillation, often called A Fib, is a very common heart rhythm disorder.
- It affects about 1% of the population, mostly people older than 50 years. This amounts to more than 2 million people.
- The risk of developing atrial fibrillation increases as we get older. About 5% of people older than 80 years have atrial fibrillation.
For many people, atrial fibrillation may cause symptoms but does no harm.
- Complications can arise, but appropriate treatment reduces these risks.
- If treated properly, atrial fibrillation rarely causes serious or life-threatening problems.
Atrial Fibrillation Causes
Atrial fibrillation may occur without evidence of underlying heart disease. This is more common in younger people, about half of whom have no other heart problems. This is often called lone atrial fibrillation. Some of the causes not involving the heart include the following:
- Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid)
- Alcohol use (holiday heart)
- Pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the lungs)
- Pneumonia
- Heart valve disease: This can be something you are born with or be caused by infection or degeneration/calcification of valves with age.
- Enlargement of the left ventricle walls (left ventricular hypertrophy)
- Coronary heart disease (or coronary artery disease): This results from atherosclerosis, deposits of fatty material inside the arteries that cause blockage or narrowing of the arteries.
- High blood pressure (hypertension)
- Cardiomyopathy (disease of the heart muscle) leading to congestive heart failure
- Sick sinus syndrome (improper production of electrical impulses because of malfunction of the SA node)
- Pericarditis (inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart)
Atrial fibrillation frequently occurs after cardiothoracic (open heart) surgery, but often resolves in a few days.
Atrial Fibrillation Symptoms
- The most common symptom in people with intermittent atrial fibrillation is palpitations, a sensation of rapid or irregular heartbeat. This may make some people very anxious. Many people also describe an irregular fluttering sensation in their chests.
- Some become light-headed or faint.
- Other symptoms include weakness, lack of energy or shortness of breath with effort, and chest pain.
Exams and Tests
- Complete blood cell count
- Markers for heart injury (enzymes such as troponins and creatine kinase [CK])
- Digoxin drug level (in patients taking this medication)
- Prothrombin time (PT) and international normalized ratio (INR): If you are taking warfarin (Coumadin) to prevent blood clotting
Chest x-ray: This imagery is used to evaluate for complications such as fluid in the lungs or to estimate heart size
Echocardiogram or transesophageal echocardiogram: This is an ultrasound test that uses sound waves to make a picture of the inside of the heart while it is beating.
- This test is done to identify problems in heart valves or ventricular function or to look for blood clots in the atria.
- This very safe test uses the same technique used to check a fetus in pregnancy.
Ambulatory electrocardiogram (ECG): This test involves wearing a monitor for a period of time (usually 24-48 hours) to try to document the arrhythmia while you go about your everyday activities.
- The device you wear for 24 to 48 hours is called a Holter monitor.
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