If I'm worried about Atrial Fibrillation, who should I contact

If you're concerned that you have atrial fibrillation, then you need to get in touch with your doctor and be referred for an ECG to assess your heart rhythm. Sometimes the atrial fibrillation that you have is not there present all the time and it's only present on certain occasions and this is what we call paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. So a single recording of your ECG may not be sufficient enough to make the diagnosis. Often under these circumstances you will need a longer period of monitoring such as 24 hours, 48 hours or even longer in order to be able to record the heartbeat to be able to make the diagnosis of atrial fibrillation if atrial fibrillation is suspected. For this you will need a referral to your local GP who can perform a number of these tests in the GP surgery but often referral is required to the local cardiology service in order to be able to make the diagnosis.