Synonyms for fibrillation
ˌfaɪ brəˈleɪ ʃən, or, esp. for 2 , ˌfɪb rə-fib·ril·la·tion

Princeton's WordNet

1. fibrillationnoun

   muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination

2. fibrillationnoun

   act or process of forming fibrils

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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. 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.

3. 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.

4. Parveen Garg:

   We know a few prime risk factors that are very important, such as obesity, high blood pressure and smoking, but it doesn't explain everything about why we get this condition, we're drawing a link between exhaustion and atrial fibrillation which really hasn't been described before.

5. Mark Metersky:

   Patients who have atrial fibrillation who are not on an anticoagulant should discuss with their doctor if they could lower their risk of stroke without exposing themselves to excessive risk, by being started on anticoagulation.