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Are you experiencing any kind of scary episodes where you are unable to catch your breath, feel dizzy, or lightheaded with extreme chest pain? If yes, maybe you are suffering from Atrial fibrillation. This is a condition wherein the patient suffers from the irregular heartbeats. There are mainly three types of AFib the paroxysmal, persistent and the chronic (permanent). In this blog, we will be dealing with the Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.

Take Home: UMass Medical School and WPI have developed an app that can detect atrial fibrillation.  This moves connected and mobile health closer to reality.  The really important development with this approach might allow us to treat patients who have AF intermittently (paroxysmal) differently than we currently do.  Because we are worried about stroke, patients now get blood thinners all the time because we are concerned that they will have recurrences without knowing about it.  With this technology, in the future, we might see validation of a strategy that allows use of blood thinners when patients are in AF only, sometimes called a pill in the pocket.

When your heart feels like it's out of rhythm, beating too fast or slow, you may have atrial fibrillation. Learn more about AFib causes, symptoms and treatment.