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Phone: 503-216-AFIB(2342)
Address:
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
9205 SW Barnes Road
Portland, Oregon 97225
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Overview
Providence Heart and Vascular Institute’s Center for the Advanced Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation is a comprehensive center caring for patients with the most commonly diagnosed heart rhythm disorder.
What is atrial fibrillation?
Atrial fibrillation is an arrhythmia, or heartbeat abnormality. It occurs when multiple abnormal electrical impulses in the upper chambers of the heart (the atria) fire rapidly at the same time, causing the atria to quiver, or fibrillate.
Atrial fibrillation may interfere with the heart’s ability to fill with blood and pump normally. This, in turn, may prevent the body from receiving the necessary supply of blood and oxygen.
Atrial fibrillation affects more than 2 million Americans, and each year more than 150,000 people are newly diagnosed. It is the most common cause of stroke.
News & Events
- Howard Cornett, a retired Portland General Electric lineman and foreman, has benefited from the advanced atrial fibrillation treatment of his heart's own electrical system. Read his story from Providence Together magazine (Fall/Winter 2006).
- What are the symptoms of atrial fibrillation? How is the condition diagnosed? What is the treatment? Get the answers
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