FORT WAYNE – A steady heartbeat is a healthy heartbeat, but it’s not uncommon for a heart to get out of rhythm and into atrial fibrillation, especially as people get older.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 10.5 million Americans are impacted by atrial fibrillation, commonly known as AFib. AFib is the most common type of irregular heartbeat, although many people don’t know they have it until they experience a health incident.
“AFib is common enough that you should know the warning signs,” said Parkview Heart Institute Cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Shirazi, “as proper treatment and management of AFib can allow individuals to preserve length and quality of life.
“There are truly some people who live with atrial fibrillation, they don’t develop heart failure and have little to no symptoms. They can live well as long as we’re managing their stroke risk.”…