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What is muscle fibrillation?
fibrillation is an extremely rapid, very uncoordination twitching of the muscles. this occurs most often in the heart, replacing the usual rhythmic contractions of the cardiac muscles. muscles repeatedly twitch at dangerously high rates of speed out of sync with one another, causing potentially fatal cardiac rhythms. Angie RN
What does palpitant mean?
Palpitation is a "symptom". A person is aware of his or her heart beat. When you run for a while and stop you become aware of your heart beat for sometime. That is palpitation. When you are nervous, at times you become aware of your heart beating, that is palpitation. In certain Heart diseases like atrial fibrillation, one can get palpitation.
What causes atrial fibrillation?
the heart beat is completely irregular. The atrial muscles contract very quickly and irregularly; the ventricles, the heart's two large lower chambers, beat irregularly but not as fast as the atria
What is an atrial fibrillation?
An atrial fibrillation is a cardiac arrhythmia which involves the upper two chambers of the heart.
How do you use the word fibrillation in a sentence?
The E.K.G. showed his heart was in fibrillation.Fibrillation of the heart muscle means the heart cannot contract effectively.If doctors cannot stop fibrillation, the heart muscle can stop working.
What does palpitate?
Palpitation is a "symptom". A person is aware of his or her heart beat. When you run for a while and stop you become aware of your heart beat for sometime. That is palpitation. When you are nervous, at times you become aware of your heart beating, that is palpitation. In certain Heart diseases like atrial fibrillation, one can get palpitation.
What are some common heart diseases?
Some of the more common are:Myocardial infarction (heart attack, ischemic heart disease),CHF (congestive heart failure),cardiomyopathy (inflammatory or infectious disease of the muscles of the heart),hypertensive heart disease,heart valve leaks, prolapse and inefficiency,congenital heart defects in infants,arteriosclerotic heart disease (ASHD, aka hardening of the arteries),bundle branch block,sick sinus syndrome,rheumatic heart disease,coronary artery stenosis and occlusion,heart arrhythmias, like atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation.
What does fibrillation mean in medical terms?
Fibrillation is a medical term meaning an interruption of electrical activities in the heart. The most common types of fibrillation are atrial fibrillation and ventricular relation, termed as AFib and VFib, respectively.
What is atrial fibrillation and flutter?
abnormal heart rhythms in which the atria, or upper chambers of the heart, are out of sync with the ventricles, or lower chambers of the heart. In atrial fibrillation, the atria "quiver" chaotically and the ventricles beat irregularly
What is the medical term meaning abnormal heart rhythm that causes the ventricles to quiver?
Atrial fibrillation is the medical term meaning the irregular, uncoordinated, ineffective twitching contraction of the walls of the atria. A related condition is ventricular fibrillation, which occurs in the lower chambers of the heart.
How can ventricular fibrillation be prevented?
A healthy lifestyle to reduce the risk of heart diseases which lead to ventricular fibrillation is the best prevention.
What is the condition of rapid and irregular or out of phase heart contractions?
fibrillation
