Welcome to EmpowHER. Thank you for reaching out to our community with your question.
I am truly sorry to hear about your accident.
The accident did not cause atrial fibrillation.
Atrial fibrillation is an irregular heart beat or arrhythmia.
Normally, your heart contracts and relaxes to a regular beat. In atrial fibrillation, the upper chambers of the heart (the atria) beat irregularly (quiver) instead of beating effectively to move blood into the ventricles.
If a clot breaks off, enters the bloodstream and lodges in an artery leading to the brain, a stroke results. About 15–20 percent of people who have strokes have this heart arrhythmia. This clot risk is why patients with this condition are put on blood thinners.
Abnormalities or damage to the heart's structure are the most common cause of atrial fibrillation. These include high blood pressure, abnormal heart valves, and history of having a heart attack.
Nonvalvular AFib is atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve issue.
Comment Reply
Hello Anonymous,
Welcome to EmpowHER. Thank you for reaching out to our community with your question.
I am truly sorry to hear about your accident.
The accident did not cause atrial fibrillation.
Atrial fibrillation is an irregular heart beat or arrhythmia.
Normally, your heart contracts and relaxes to a regular beat. In atrial fibrillation, the upper chambers of the heart (the atria) beat irregularly (quiver) instead of beating effectively to move blood into the ventricles.
If a clot breaks off, enters the bloodstream and lodges in an artery leading to the brain, a stroke results. About 15–20 percent of people who have strokes have this heart arrhythmia. This clot risk is why patients with this condition are put on blood thinners.
Abnormalities or damage to the heart's structure are the most common cause of atrial fibrillation. These include high blood pressure, abnormal heart valves, and history of having a heart attack.
Nonvalvular AFib is atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve issue.
Wishing you well,
October 19, 2016 - 8:46amMaryann
This Comment
Reply