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The Longer You Have A-Fib, the Greater the Risk
“A-Fib begets A-Fib. Don’t delay. It’s important to treat your A-Fib as soon as practical.”
From Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure.
A-Fib is a progressive disease.The longer you have A-Fib, the greater the risk of your A-Fib episodes becoming more frequent and longer, often leading to continuous (Chronic) A-Fib.
Each A-Fib attack changes to some extent the cellular matrix in the heart’s electrical system leading to more A-Fib episodes.
The abnormal rhythm in your heart causes changes and enlarges your atria (called remodeling), making it work harder and harder over time.(However, some people never progress to more serious A-Fib stages.)
Unless someone is too feeble, there’s no good reason to just leave someone in A-Fib.
Leaving patients in A-Fib overworks the heart, leads to fibrosis, stretches/expands the atrial heart walls, weakens the heart, increases the risk of stroke, develops (congestive) heart failure, and leads to dimentia because of reduced blood flow to the brain.
Any treatment plan for A-Fib must try to prevent or stop remodeling and fibrosis. Educate Yourself. And always aim for a Cure!
As anyone who’s had A-Fib can tell you, being back in sinus is wonderful! Sinus rhythm begets Sinus Rhythm. Your heart develops muscle memory which makes the heart want to stay in sinus.
To learn more, see Leaving the Patient in A-Fib—No! No! No!
