Are there different types of AF?
There are three categories: paroxysmal, persistent and permanent.
With paroxysmal afib, you're in afib for only a short period of time and come out of it on your own.
With persistent afib, treatment, such as medication, is necessary to get you out of it.
With permanent afib, your episodes continue, no matter what we do.
Afib usually progresses from paroxysmal to persistent to permanent. We say, "Afib begets afib," because the more you are in it, the more you get it.
Does the type of afib increase the risk of stroke?
Regardless of what category you're in, the risk of stroke is exactly the same. That's why patients in all three of these categories may be treated with anticoagulant drugs, or blood thinners, even if they only get afib once in awhile.
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