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ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("atrial fibrillation" is a kind of...):
arrhythmia; cardiac arrhythmia (an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart)
fibrillation (muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination)
Context examples:
Patients who are diagnosed with atrial fibrillation/arrhythmias (a quivering or irregular heartbeat) are often advised to avoid caffeine.
(3 Cups Of Coffee Daily Could Improve Heart Function, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
During the monitoring period, which averaged 13.5 years, 3346 new cases of atrial fibrillation were diagnosed.
(Eat Chocolate for Steady Heartbea, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Tooth-brushing three times a day or more was linked to 10 per cent lower risk of atrial fibrillation and 12 per cent lower risk of heart failure.
(Frequently brushing teeth may help prevent heart attacks, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In a blind study conducted on 300 patients from the hospital, half of whom had atrial fibrillation, the app was 96 percent accurate at detecting the condition – it was able to do so even though many of the patients also had other heart problems.
(Heart-Checking App May Help Prevent Strokes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A meta-analysis of 228,465 participants revealed that atrial fibrillation frequency decreased by 6% in regular coffee drinkers.
(3 Cups Of Coffee Daily Could Improve Heart Function, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Atrial fibrillation affects more than 33 million people worldwide, with one in four adults likely to develop it at some point during the life course.
(Eat Chocolate for Steady Heartbea, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Previous studies had shown that poor oral hygiene can have negative health effects, including bacteria in the blood leading to inflammation in the body, which in turn increases the risk of heart problems such as atrial fibrillation and heart failure.
(Frequently brushing teeth may help prevent heart attacks, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In a 2011 study, scientists from Finland's University of Turku collaborated with colleagues at Turku University Hospital, to see if small accelerometers could be used to detect the telltale tiny chest movements associated with atrial fibrillation.
(Heart-Checking App May Help Prevent Strokes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Given that regular chocolate consumption, particularly of dark chocolate, has been linked to improvements in various indicators of heart health, the researchers wanted to see if it might also be associated with a lower rate of atrial fibrillation.
(Eat Chocolate for Steady Heartbea, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
After accounting for other factors related to heart disease, the newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation rate was 10 per cent lower for 1-3 servings of chocolate a month than it was for less than 1 serving a month.
(Eat Chocolate for Steady Heartbea, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
