Atrial Fibrillation

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NorthShore University HealthSystem Cardiac Electrophysiologists Wes Fisher, M.D., Jose Nazari, M.D. and Alex Ro, M.D. discuss atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is an irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia) that starts in the upper parts (atria) of the heart.

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• Atrial Fibrillation
• Wes Fisher
• Jose Nazari
• Alex Ro

[lakersarethebestest]

i used to have atrial fibrillation..i was 15 when i had the surgery and the doctor fixed it..i only had a slight sign of a possible worse condition..but it couldnt b recreated..i thank God for fixing me and making me take a step back and cherish sports a lil bit more

[2SweetCherryPie]

This a great learning tool video! Thanks to the 3 doctors for their introduction to atrial fibrillation. I know now what I must do. I knew this was common amoungst many ppl, but never knew it could cause blood cots for a stroke.

[uptownsean]

Thanks for posting

[imra316]

@sandeatingcontest My A-Fib was caused by an over active thyroid (Hyperthyroidism) It had started after or at least when I noticed it, right after my first baby was born. I was 21. I had lived with the symptoms until it almost killed me at 42 years old. I had an episode where my heart felt like it was gonna jump out of my chest and I fell down on the ground. My heart still flutters to this day. I have to take low dose aspirins to thin my blood.

[mrtamnus1]

I found out today that i have it. Im 21 and have no symptoms and went two months with nothing happening. It happened first in february and oddly enough, right when they were doing an EKG on me today when i had a normal pacemaker checkup.

[mylampisbright]

@orchidglow19 hey there! just read your comment! i also have afib , heart palpitations, racing heart...for which i sometimes need to got to a&e to get Iv drugs to slow my heart!.most weird of all im 19!I hhope you get better soon because i think i know what your going thru!

[GDelva2003]

@orchidglow19

I too am also 22 yrs old and had Atrial Fibrillation Surgery on Christmas Day of 2007. I had to spend a week in the hospital.



[jena2nsu]

@Tunedup81 I have the same question as you. Did you ever get an answer?

[orchidglow19]

@pinkfloydbf I am also 22 yrs old (female) and have afib. I first had symptoms when I was 20. Sometimes I have it everyday for weeks in a row, and other times I won't have it for a whole week. It seems to happen to me most often right after I eat and right when I wake up. It makes me feel short of breath and just tired. My dad had afib starting when he was 20, so I probably got it genetically. I don't know how common it is for people our age to have this condition, but obviously it happens.

[marinegrunt0341]

@pinkfloydbf I'm 28 and have had some recent frightening episodes. The other day I had an EP study performed to make sure it is atrial fibrillation an not WPW. Turns out it is atrial fibrillation. I am probably going to go back in a month or two an have an ablation performed, which seems like the best option to me particularly at such a young age. I am more weary about long term drug use than the ablation particularly when considering a drug as potent as amiodarone.