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  • noun medicine jargon for atrial fibrillation

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Examples

  • Because the risk of afib is blood clots, I’m now on blood thinner and have to go to the doctors’ offices to get my blood checked often.

    The Afib Chronicle « BuzzMachine 2006

  • THere are several causes of afib which is NOT vfib which results from vtac and is whats called sudden cardiac death.

    Think Progress 2009

  • THere are several causes of afib which is NOT vfib which results from vtac and is whats called sudden cardiac death.

    Think Progress 2009

  • Oh, and it's not referred to as "afib" and "aflutter." hanshiro the antlion Says:

    Think Progress 2009

  • Oh, and it's not referred to as "afib" and "aflutter." hanshiro the antlion Says:

    Think Progress 2009

  • I learned them before with an earlier ailment afib and that taught me there was no choice in this case.

    The small c and the big robot « BuzzMachine 2009

  • This entry was posted on Monday, August 10th, 2009 at 12:11 pm and was tagged afib, health, prostate, transparency, wwgd.

    The small c and me « BuzzMachine 2009

  • Yeah, but "my heart's in afib, so somebody better load me up on AC's and put my cardiologist on call" just wouldn't fit on the cake...

    For Me? Jen 2009

  • As I said in the chapter on health, I now can be found in a search for my heart condition, afib.

    SXSW: Privacy (and publicness) « BuzzMachine 2009

  • As I said in the chapter on health, I now can be found in a search for my heart condition, afib.

    Sharing as a civic duty « BuzzMachine 2009

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