A groundbreaking new procedure has been launched at the Beacon Hospital to treat Ireland’s most common cardiac rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation, a serious cardiac condition that affects 3% of Irish adults by the time they are 60 increasing to over 10% at the age of 75.
With atrial fibrillation, the filling and contracting mechanism of the heart is affected so that patients may develop heart failure with symptoms including shortness of breath, palpitation, dizziness, chest pain and tiredness. In some cases, a clot may develop inside the heart chambers, usually in the left atrial appendage, that may dislodge to cause serious complications, most notably stroke.
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