It’s time that women receive (and demand) more attention for atrial fibrillation. According to the American Heart Association, 15% of strokes occur in people with atrial fibrillation, when the heart’s two small upper chambers (the atria) quiver rather than beating effectively.

During atrial fibrillation, blood isn’t pumped completely out of the atria. The blood may pool and clot, leaving the atria and becoming lodged in an artery in the brain. The end result is a stroke.
New research from cardiac experts at Rush University Medical Center reveals that women are more likely than men to experience symptomatic attacks of atrial fibrillation. They …read more

Atrial fibrillation is caused when your heart’s electrical system is not functioning properly.
This problem is not as serious as ventricular fibrillation, this occurs when your heart stops beating. When ventricular fibrillation occurs the heart has to be shocked back to life, as you have seen on TV.
Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart arrhythmia, when there is a problem with the speed in which your heart beats; it is classified as a type of arrhythmia.
AF occurs when rapid, disorganized electrical signals in the heart’s two upper chambers, called the atria (AY-tree-uh), cause them to contract very fast and irregularly (this …read more

 
Women with osteoporosis, that are taking or have taken Fosamax, should ask their health care provider about an alternative treatment.
Patient’s that are taking or have taken Fosamax are twice as likely to develop an irregular heartbeat. The risk is higher for those that have a family history of heart failure.
There is an 86% higher risk for atrial fibrillation, for patient’s that have taken Fosamax. A study at University of Washington found that 3% of the women in their study of new cases of atrial fibrillation may be due to their use of the drug Fosamax.
When you have …read more

The storm brewing in over 2.2 million Americans is scary. The lightning bolts that are associated with this storm are tiny little clots that can cause a stroke. This irregular heart beat is the most common form among the US- atrial fibrillation.
In fact, as many as one in every five strokes in America are related to atrial fibrillation, which is also called AF. That’s more than 150,000 strokes a year. People with AF have a stroke risk that’s up to six times higher than the risk for other people their age — and if they have other health conditions such …read more

Women who have used Fosamax are nearly twice as likely to develop the most common kind of chronically irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) than are those who have never used it, according to research from Group Health and the University of Washington.
They are saying that women that have used the commonly prescribed osteoporosis medication Fosamax have an over 85% higher chance of developing atrial fibrillation then those that have never used the medication. Now, should you run upstairs and flush your Foamax? No indeed.
If you have a high risk for a-fib such as a history of an irregular heart beat, high …read more