{"id":378,"date":"2022-04-21T15:50:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T07:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.plus1health.com\/en\/?p=378"},"modified":"2023-01-06T16:19:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T08:19:37","slug":"what-is-atrial-fibrillation-afib-or-af-can-lead-to-blood-clots-stroke-heart-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www2.plus1health.com\/es\/what-is-atrial-fibrillation-afib-or-af-can-lead-to-blood-clots-stroke-heart-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"What is atrial fibrillation (AFib or AF\uff09\uff1f Can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure\uff1f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/afibcheck\/id1569932522\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Atrial <\/a><font color=\"#0274be\">fibrillation(<\/font>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/afibcheck\/id1569932522\" class=\"rank-math-link\">atrial fibrillation<\/a>, the upper chambers of the heart(atria) beat irregularly(<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/afibcheck\/id1569932522\" class=\"rank-math-link\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/afibcheck\/id1569932522\" class=\"rank-math-link\">atrail fibrillation<\/a> 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\" class=\"rank-math-link\">AFibCheck<\/a>&nbsp;.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atrial 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 atrial fibrillation, the upper chambers of the heart(atria) beat irregularly(fibrillation) rather than &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.plus1health.com\/es\/what-is-atrial-fibrillation-afib-or-af-can-lead-to-blood-clots-stroke-heart-failure\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is atrial fibrillation (AFib or AF\uff09\uff1f Can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure\uff1f<\/span> Leer m\u00e1s &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,1],"tags":[45,46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www2.plus1health.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www2.plus1health.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www2.plus1health.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www2.plus1health.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www2.plus1health.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www2.plus1health.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1074,"href":"http:\/\/www2.plus1health.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions\/1074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www2.plus1health.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www2.plus1health.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www2.plus1health.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}