atrial fibrillation Archives - Front Range Spine and Neurosurgery

Atrial fibrillation (also called A-fib, or AF) is a heart rhythm disorder that is characterized by a rapid and irregular beating of the heart’s upper chambers (the atria), which results in weaker contractions that lead to poor blood flow. Also, the patient’s pulse doesn’t correspond to the heartbeat. Ideally, the upper chambers and lower chambers