atrial fibrillation

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Fibrillation in which the normal rhythmical contractions of the cardiac atria are replaced by rapid irregular twitchings of the muscular wall that cause the ventricles to respond irregularly.a-fib auricular fibrillation

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Words nearby atrial fibrillation

atrial chaotic tachycardia, atrial complex, atrial conduction, atrial dissociation, atrial extrasystole, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, atrial fusion beat, atrial natriuretic factor, atrial septal defect, atrichia

How to use atrial fibrillation in a sentence

The rhythm on the monitor was ventricular fibrillation, random electrical oscillations.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead|Sandeep Jauhar|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cue atrial fibrillation on my part; I'd already arranged to break my lease, and also, I'd gotten rather fond of him.
New York City, NIMBY Paradise|Megan McArdle|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In Teleutoscolex there is but one pair of funnels opening into the same segment with the atrial pore.
Earthworms and their Allies|Frank E. Beddard
The myokymia of Kny and Schultze is characterised by fibrillation, pain, hyperidrosis, and changes in electrical excitability.
Tics and Their Treatment|Henry Meigne

This fibrillation of mucus is regarded as the result of a coagulation of its mucin, previously held in solution by an alkali.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
Even in periods of repose there is a certain amount of fibrillation on that side.
Tics and Their Treatment|Henry Meigne
If that is true, then auricular fibrillation may last for many years.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield