Former professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego, Sanjiv M. Narayan, MD, is a cardiologist and researcher in the field of cardiac electrophysiology. He serves as director of Electrophysiology Research at Stanford University and is currently developing the Stanford Arrhythmia Center. At the center, Sanjiv Narayan, PhD, intends to treat and research numerous cardiac afflictions, such as atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation, or afib, is an irregular heartbeat caused by confusion in the electric signals to the heart. The daylight savings time (DST) change was identified as a potentially exacerbating factor for the condition based on research presented in 2018 at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. According to the research, people who are diagnosed with afib may be at a significantly increased risk of stroke during the period immediately following the springtime transition to DST. The data also showed that women may be disproportionately affected, and the risk was highest in women over the age of 65. StopAfib.org, an atrial fibrillation patient organization, has called for the end of the DST practice on the basis of this data.

1. Sanjiv Narayan

2. IntroductionFormer professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego, Sanjiv M. Narayan,
MD, is a cardiologist and researcher in the field of cardiac electrophysiology. He serves as
director of Electrophysiology Research at Stanford University and is currently developing the
Stanford Arrhythmia Center. At the center, Sanjiv Narayan, PhD, intends to treat and research
numerous cardiac afflictions, such as atrial fibrillation.

3. Atrial fibrillation, or afib, is an irregular heartbeat caused by confusion in the electric
signals to the heart. The daylight savings time (DST) change was identified as a potentially
exacerbating factor for the condition based on research presented in 2018 at the American
Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

4. According to the research, people who are diagnosed with afib may be at a significantly
increased risk of stroke during the period immediately following the springtime transition
to DST. The data also showed that women may be disproportionately affected, and the risk
was highest in women over the age of 65. StopAfib.org, an atrial fibrillation patient
organization, has called for the end of the DST practice on the basis of this data.