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How common is Atrial Fibrillation?
Prof Peters talks about how common AF is in the population and that often people may not even be aware that they have it.
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Professor Peters, a lot of people talk about atrial fibrillation or AF, a lot of people have that. How common is it in the community? So it's actually the most common heart rhythm disturbance. It is said to exist in about 1% of the entire human population and that can be as high as 10% in the over 60s. It's perfectly compatible with the heart pumping away very nicely and a lot of people who have atrial fibrillation are not even aware of it. Some people have an awareness simply of their heart beating with an irregularity that they're not familiar with. Other people it can cause shorts of breath or chest pain or even dizzy spells. Thank you.
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