{"id":916,"date":"2024-03-23T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T09:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/?p=916"},"modified":"2024-03-23T17:14:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T09:14:00","slug":"what-is-atrial-fibrillation-afib-or-af%ef%bc%89%ef%bc%9f-can-lead-to-blood-clots-stroke-heart-failure%ef%bc%9f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/23\/what-is-atrial-fibrillation-afib-or-af%ef%bc%89%ef%bc%9f-can-lead-to-blood-clots-stroke-heart-failure%ef%bc%9f\/","title":{"rendered":"What is atrial fibrillation (AFib or AF\uff09\uff1f Can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure\uff1f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/afibcheck\/id1569932522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atrial&nbsp;<\/a>fibrillation(also called AFIB or AF) is a shaking or irregular heartbeat(arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related conplications. At least 2.7 million Americans have AFib.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Normally, your heart contracts and relaxes to a regular beat. In&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/afibcheck\/id1569932522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">atrial fibrillation<\/a>, the upper chambers of the heart(atria) beat irregularly(<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/afibcheck\/id1569932522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fibrillation<\/a>) rather than efficiently to move blood into the ventricles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the clot breaks off, enters the bloodstream and becomes lodged in the arteries leading to the brain, a stroke can result. About 15-20% of stroke patients have this arrhythmia. This risk of blood clots is why patients with this condition take blood thinners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although untreated&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/afibcheck\/id1569932522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">atrail fibrillation<\/a>&nbsp;doubles the risk of heart-related death and increases the risk of stroke fivefold, many patients are unaware that AFib is a serious condition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A free testing app:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/afibcheck\/id1569932522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AFibCheck<\/a>&nbsp;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atrial&nbsp;fibrillation(also called AFIB or AF) is a shaking or irregular heartbeat(arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related conplications. At least 2.7 million Americans have AFib. Normally, your heart contracts and relaxes to a regular beat. In&nbsp;atrial fibrillation, the upper chambers of the heart(atria) beat irregularly(fibrillation) rather than efficiently to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":917,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions\/917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gigige.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}