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

Matched Categories

1. • Cardiac Arrhythmia
   • Fibrillation

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1. Marco Perez:

   And we found that 84 % of the time, the patch monitor and Apple Watch showed the user was having atrial fibrillation at the exact same time.

2. Lloyd Minor:

   Atrial fibrillation is just the beginning, as this study opens the door to further research into wearable technologies and how they might be used to prevent disease before it strikes.

3. 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.

4. Gregory Marcus:

   Our results show that the occurrence of atrial fibrillation might be neither random nor unpredictable, instead, there may be identifiable and modifiable ways of preventing an acute heart arrhythmia episode.

5. 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.