Atrial Fibrillation: The Rhythm of Stroke and Heart Failure

What is atrial fibrillation? Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Cardiac remodeling results in changes to the atria that eventually cause the change of rhythm. Atrial fibrillation typically occurs when an initiating trigger excites an ectopic focus in the atria, this allows for an unsynchronized firing of electrical impulses which causes fibrillation of…

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