How to Use fibrillation in a Sentence

fibrillation

noun

• The risk of stroke is about five times greater in people with atrial fibrillation.
  — John Fauber and Coulter Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
• Some people are in atrial fibrillation all the time, while others go in and out of it.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2022
• Despite being in the middle of an episode of atrial fibrillation, the man was alert and cracking jokes.
  — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
• The shock of the chilled blood may cause ventricular fibrillation leading to a heart attack and death.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
• The shock of the chilled blood may cause ventricular fibrillation leading to a heart attack and death.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
• Atrial fibrillation is also the leading cause of stroke in the United States.
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
• There are tons of sensors to track everything from atrial fibrillation and heart rate to your sleep.
  — WIRED, 17 June 2023
• The drug treats blood clots in the legs and lungs and reduces the risk of stroke in people with an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation.
  — Tom Murphy, Amanda Seitz and Chris Megerian, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2023
• Further Reading What is atrial fibrillation, and why is your watch telling you about it?
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2019
• The pacemaker will help to protect his heart and treat the atrial fibrillation that led to his stroke, his campaign said Tuesday.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 17 May 2022
• Common factors that can lead to stroke, such as carotid artery disease and atrial fibrillation, did not apply in this case.
  — Donna Vickroy, Daily Southtown, 22 June 2018
• Atrial fibrillation is a common problem in which the natural rhythm of the heart is disturbed.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2021
• The overall goal of treatment of atrial fibrillation is to remove symptoms and reduce stroke risk.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 19 June 2023
• In some cases, the waiting time for an atrial-fibrillation ablation—a procedure to restore the heart’s normal rhythm—had grown from three months to a year and a half.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2023
• What about people whose atrial fibrillation was picked up by their smartwatch, though?
  — Christie Aschwanden, Wired, 10 Jan. 2020
• Alcohol is also linked to an abnormal heart rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation, which raises the risk of blood clots and stroke.
  — Dana G. Smith, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
• He is scheduled for heart surgery in December, related to his atrial fibrillation, but doesn’t think that will slow him down.
  — Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2022
• The drug from Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb treats blood clots in the legs and lungs and reduces the risk of stroke in people with an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation.
  — Tom Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023
• Atrial fibrillation, an abnormal, irregular heart rhythm, can cause clots to form in the heart, increasing the risk of stroke five-fold.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 3 May 2023
• The irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation, can lead to dangerous blood clots that can cause stroke and heart failure.
  — Julie Wernau, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2023
• Fetterman has said the stroke was caused by a heart condition called atrial fibrillation.
  — Washington Post, 22 May 2022
• Atrial fibrillation is dangerous and on the rise Atrial fibrillation is the leading cause of stroke in the United States.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
• On the other hand, atrial fibrillation, a problem with the speed or rhythm of your heart rate, has been observed to be more prevalent among taller individuals.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 6 Sep. 2017
• The image of your heart’s rate and rhythm can reveal arrhythmias (like atrial fibrillation), prior heart attacks, and more.
  — Christopher Kelly M.d., Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
• This condition is known to cause atrial fibrillation and out-of-sync timing between contractions of the upper and lower chambers of the heart.
  — Bill Blewett, baltimoresun.com, 23 Sep. 2021
• Atrial fibrillation is a disturbance of the normal heart rhythm.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 17 June 2021
• The app was able to distinguish the difference between a normal heart rhythm and and an irregular atrial fibrillation rhythm, the study found.
  — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
• Google cites data from a global disease study to state that atrial fibrillation affects around 33.5 million people around the world.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 11 Apr. 2022
• Compared to atrial fibrillation, VT packs a much bigger cardiac punch.
  — Lori Oliwenstein, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
• Earlier studies found that low TSH raises the risk of atrial fibrillation by threefold.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024