Barry Manilow
The Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, now 71, went public with his AFib diagnosis in 2011.
Manilow, whose 1970s hits include "Mandy" and "Copacabana," first experienced the condition two decades ago while driving home one day.
"I felt my heart skip a beat," he told CBS News. "I didn't pay much attention to it. And then it went blump-bla-bla-blump…. And it got crazier and crazier, I felt like there was a fish flopping around in my chest."
His doctor prescribed medication. The condition calmed down for a while, but then returned, Manilow said. He sometimes needed electrical cardioversion[1] – an electrical current, delivered through paddles, that shocks the heart back into proper rhythm.
"These episodes are scary," Manilow told Fox News. "It starts out very innocent – your heart skips a beat. And then it goes further and your heart starts going faster, beats faster and faster and faster, until you know there's something wrong…. It's out of whack, it's out of rhythm."
Manilow became a spokesman for AFib education and encouraged fans to get treatment if they experienced symptoms.
"You can't let this go," he said on Fox News. "You've got to take care of this."
References
- ^ electrical cardioversion (www.lifescript.com)
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