How atrial fibrillation affects heart failure
How atrial fibrillation affects heart failure
Dr. Shannon Dunlay explains how an irregular heart rhythm can affect someone who has heart failure on House Calls: Real Docs, Real Talk.
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0.14 -> - Atrial fibrillation is
a really common condition.
2.33 -> It basically is an abnormal heart rhythm,
6.1 -> where the top chambers of the heart,
7.73 -> they're called the atria,
9.1 -> they are beating really
fast and irregularly.
12.41 -> And the bottom chambers of the
heart can't really keep up,
14.88 -> so they're sort of
beating irregularly too.
17.6 -> When this happens,
18.64 -> and your heart rate is going
fast for a long period of time,
22.01 -> sometimes that can trigger
the onset of heart failure,
25.45 -> or if you already have heart failure,
27.07 -> it might make your symptoms worse.
28.93 -> Those things like shortness
of breath and retaining fluid.
32.13 -> We also know that people
with heart failure
34.52 -> are at higher risk for
developing atrial fibrillation.
38.75 -> They share some of those
common risk factors,
41.12 -> things like diabetes
and high blood pressure.
43.41 -> So, that's a little bit about
45.99 -> what atrial fibrillation
is and how it can affect
48.44 -> your heart failure.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT13KyR2rW8