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Atrial fibrillation is an abnormal heart rhythm. The heart's electrical system normally sends regularly spaced, predictable signals, telling the heart muscle to contract, or beat. The heart has two upper chambers, called atria, and two lower chambers, called ventricles. Each signal starts in the atria and travels to the rest of the heart. In atrial fibrillation, the electrical signals from the atria are fast and irregular. The atria quiver, rather than contract. Some signals do not reach the ventricles and the ventricles continue pumping, usually irregularly and sometimes rapidly. This uncoordinated rhythm can reduce the heart's efficiency at pumping blood out to the body. Blood left in the heart chambers can form clots. These clots may sometimes break away, travel to the brain, and cause a stroke .

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Last posted on November 20, 2009 - 6:40am

Mellanie True Hills is a heart disease survivor and the author of the multiple award-winning book, “A Woman's Guide to Saving Her Own Life: The HEART Program for Health & Longevity.” After ...

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Added condition on August 14, 2009 - 1:57pm

*Todd is the first person saved by EmpowHer AN EMPOWHER HEART INTERVIEW SAVED MY LIFE - FROM TODD HARTLEY As EmpowHer's Director of News & Media I get to do all the content interviews. ...

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