HJAR Nov/Dec 2022

54 NOV / DEC 2022 I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF ARKANSAS COLUMN CARDIOLOGY Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Can Be Diagnosed at Any Age In the U.S., as many as 1 out of every 25 Americans over age 60 will be diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, a common heart arrhythmia that feels like a flutter or a quivering of the heart, also known as AFib. That number rises to 1-in-10 over age 80.