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Now when someone is diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, medication is often the first tool used to manage it. But not all medications do the same thing, and understanding the difference can be really empowering. Some medicines will be used to control the heart rate. These are called antiarrhythmics. And when someone is diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, these tools can help to prevent the atrial fibrillation from coming or slow its rate down when it's too quick, and that can really helpyour symptoms. And one of the other medications we'll use in patients is something called a blood thinner, either Warfarin or something like Apixaban or Rivaroxaban. These medications are carefully tied to your particular body weight to ensure that you respond effectively to clot control. Preventing clots forming in your heart.Now many people will switch between one strategy and another, depending on which is working the best. For example, if you're on Warfarin, you need regular blood tests to monitor your blood thinning. If you're on, if you're on apixaban or or rivaroxaban, you don't need that, but you can sometimes bleed more with those medications.So these are the balances that doctors will put into play for you when trying to manage your atrial fibrillation medically.The information provided in this video is for information only and does not replace advice given to you by your doctor.
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Medications for Atrial Fibrillation Slowing the Rate vs Restoring the Rhythm

Now that we've covered how atrial fibrillation is detected, the next question many people ask is, what type of AF do you have? And of course, yes, there's more than one type. AF can be Paroxysmal, on and off. Persistent, something needs to get it out of irregularity and Permanent, it's there with you forever.Paroxysmal means it comes and goes on its own like a flickering light. Episodes might last minutes or hours and then stop without any treatment whatsoever. Persistent means abnormal heart rhythm, atrial fibrillation, which can occur often for more than a week and needs medication or a heart shock to reset it back to regular heart rhythm.Permanent or longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation is when the rhythm just stays irregular in the long term, and the care plan focuses mainly on managing symptoms and preventing stroke rather than actually trying to restore the rhythm back into regular heart rhythm. So you can see that knowing the type of atrial fibrillation that you are suffering from will help your doctor to personalise your treatment.For example, catheter ablation works really well for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Persistent atrial fibrillation might need a stronger intervention like minimally invasive heart surgery to ablate the atrial fibrillation and Permanent atrial fibrillation really means accepting the rhythm and focusing mainly on, safety and stability.These are not just labels for the type of atrial fibrillation that you have. It's the best guide to treatment. If atrial fibrillation's been around for a long time, treatment might still help. And if it's early, there may be an opportunity to stop it from progressing completely, and that's why it's important to diagnose it early.
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What Type of Atrial Fibrillation Do You Have? Paroxysmal, Persistent, Permanent

Now atrial fibrillation isn't always easy to catch. That's why proper diagnosis often involves more than one test. The most common tool is an ECG. A quick and painless test that records the heart's electrical activity. If atrial fibrillation is present when we do an ECG, we'll pick it up. Now, if the atrial fibrillation episodes are intermittent,and there's long periods in between the atrial fibrillation, we need more sophisticated monitoring like a Holter monitor. This is a device. It collects your heartbeat over many hours and days, 24 hours up to 14 days. And this can be really valuable in looking at how much atrial fibrillation burden you are suffering.Now, if that's not good enough, then we can sometimes implant a device into your skin, under the skin, in natural fact, to collect your heartbeat over long periods of time, and that can be sent to a monitor to see whether or not it detects any irregular heartbeat and actually what that irregular heartbeat is.One of the other things that we need to do is an echocardiogram, which will look at the structure and function of the heart muscle and your heart valves, and we'll talk about that in more detail later on.The information provided in this video is for information only and does not replace advice given to you by your doctor.
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How Do We Detect Atrial Fibrillation ? ECGs, Holters and More

Now, atrial fibrillation may not feel urgent, but the risk of leaving it untreated is real. The sooner we treat atrial fibrillation, the better we'll get a result that you wish to seek, i.e. Curative. Now, one of the main concerns of atrial fibrillation is stroke. Or heart failure. When the heart's rhythm is chaotic, blood can pull, especially in something called the left atrial appendage.It's in here that clots form. These can travel to the brain causing a stroke or into the heart arteries causing heart attack. And these risks can over time create heart failure because of the rapid heartbeat and the ineffective contractility of the atrial chambers, which then don't contribute to cardiac function.Now, the good news is that all of these risks are manageable. With proper treatment, either medications, monitoring, and sometimes procedures, the risk of atrial fibrillation can be dramatically reduced, and that's why detection is really important. In the next video, we'll talk about how AF is detected and how modern tools can effectively treat it.The information provided in this video is for information only and does not replace advice given to you by your doctor.
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Don’t Ignore Atrial Fibrillation – Understanding the Risks Stroke, Heart Failure & More

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Heart Racing? Understanding Atrial Fibrillation Symptoms and Daily Life

Let's look at who actually gets atrial fibrillation, because many are surprised to learn just how common it might be. I. Now over a million people in the UK have atrial fibrillation, and that number just continues to grow.It affects people from all backgrounds, from all walks of life. It's not unusual. It's not just you. You don't have to feel isolated about this. Now, while it's more common in those over 60, it's actually not limited to older age, it can affect younger adults, athletes, those with high blood pressure, diabetes, or even those with no obvious risk factors to their heart at all.In fact, one in four people will develop atrial fibrillation in their lifetime. For some it runs in families. For others, it may just be sporadic and due to lifestyle or sleep patterns or medical history, and simple maneuvers can eradicate it. The key point is this atrial fibrillation does not discriminate.Atrial fibrillation begets more atrial fibrillation, so we have to get it early and treat it early. Hearing the atrial fibrillation is common can actually be quite reassuring in itself. It means there's a great deal of experience in treating it and many pathways to make you feel better.The information provided in this video is for information only and does not replace advice given to you by your doctor.
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How Common Is Atrial Fibrillation and Who Gets It?

If you or a loved one's been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, it's completely natural to feel scared, uncertain, and worried. Many people feel that way at the start, particularly because of the symptoms that atrial fibrillation creates. It's also a very scary word. The word fibrillation sounds technical, unfamiliar, and it's the sort of thing you hear on the movies OH! VF ventricular fibrillation.That's not what we're talking about here. We're talking about atrial fibrillation. The truth about atrial fibrillation is it's very common. And if it's managed correctly, everything will be okay. But don't get me wrong, atrial fibrillation is a serious condition with serious consequences, stroke and heart failure.But if you can understand what this is, understand how to control it with the lifestyle change, and perhaps with medications and in some cases with actual treatment, then you will be able to live a completely normal and effective long life. Now in a healthy heart, electric signals control the beat, smooth, steady, regular.In atrial fibrillation, those signals in the upper chambers of the heart become chaotic instead of a steady rhythm. The atriae quiver, that's what causes the irregular pulse some people feel, and it can be slow or it can be really fast. Now, it's not immediately dangerous, but it's important to monitor and treat because it can create problems in the future, like heart failureand more important than that, perhaps in the early days stroke. Whether your journey's begun with this email series or you already know a great deal about atrial fibrillation, I hope that you can find this extremely useful going forward. If you've got any feedback after the end of the series, please do not hesitate to let us know.I hope you enjoy.The information provided in this video is for information only and does not replace advice given to you by your doctor.
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New to Atrial Fibrillation? Start Here

Patients who develop atrial fibrillation run the risk of heart failure and stroke. It's a very important disease that's desperately underdiagnosed and sometimes not effectively treated. In order to understand atrial fibrillation, we've created a 15 part email series to help people understand the condition, what it is, why it's important, and how we can effectively treat it, early in its manifestation. If you want to know more about atrial fibrillation, all of the videos are in the Playlist for you.
I hope you find them valuable.The information provided in this video is for information only and does not replace advice given to you by your doctor.
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Understanding Atrial Fibrillation – 15 Part Series

In this video, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon Mr Inderpaul Birdi summarises the key lessons from our coronary bypass surgery video series — and prepares you for the next, vital stage of your heart health journey.We’ve explored:Why coronary bypass surgery is performedHow MIDCAB and TCRAT offer less invasive solutionsWhat makes someone suitable for keyhole heart surgeryHow hybrid procedures combine surgery and stents for the best outcomeWhy expert consultation and imaging are critical before making a decisionNow, we look ahead. Because bypass surgery is not the end — it's the beginning of a longer journey.In future videos, we’ll explore how to stay healthy after surgery, what causes artery disease in the first place, and what you can do to prevent it returning.The information provided in this video is for information only and does not replace advice given to you by your doctor.
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What Happens After Coronary Bypass Surgery? Risk Factor Control

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