Synonyms for atrial fibrillation
atri·al fib·ril·la·tion

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1. atrial fibrillationnoun

   Synonyms:
   AF, afib, a-fib

2. atrial fibrillationnoun

   A cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) that involves the two upper chambers (atria) of the heart.

   Synonyms:
   AF, a-fib, afib

Princeton's WordNet

1. atrial fibrillationnoun

   fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart

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1. • Cardiac Arrhythmia
   • Fibrillation

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1. Karin Johnson:

   Typical post-stroke workup involves testing for many risk factors including carotid atherosclerosis, atrial fibrillation, hypercoagulable states, hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes among others, obstructive sleep apnea not only worsens all of these conditions but even with adjusting for other causes doubles the risk of stroke.

2. Oussama Wazni:

   If patients lose weight, they will feel better in general and they will have less risk of hypertension and diabetes and less atrial fibrillation, some effects of obesity, like inflammation, might not be completely reversible, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t get people to lose weight.

3. Rafi Walden:

   This evening he felt a slight discomfort and we diagnosed that he has some difficulty with the rhythm of the heart which is called atrial fibrillation. He was taken to hospital ... and this is over already spontaneously without even the need for any treatment.

4. John Rumsfeld:

   The current study is a preliminary,' first step' evaluation of a potential relationship between exhaustion and atrial fibrillation, it is purely an observational study -- it can not conclude a causal relationship, or even which direction such a relationship would go.

5. Philip Nimoityn:

   Hiccups can be precipitated by a lot of factors, including various stresses, and so can atrial fibrillation. It’s possible that whatever set off one set off the other, but they are not necessarily directly related.