An experienced healthcare executive, Gregory "Greg" Angle oversees 11 hospitals in Utah, Idaho, and Alaska as president of HCA Mountain Division. Under Greg Angle's leadership, the HCA Mountain Division provides comprehensive heart health services to treat heart conditions, including atrial fibrillation, heart attack, and heart failure.

1. Understanding
Atrial Fibrillation
(AFib)
Greg Angle

2. Introduction
 An experienced healthcare executive, Gregory "Greg"
Angle oversees 11 hospitals in Utah, Idaho, and Alaska
as president of HCA Mountain Division. Under Greg
Angle's leadership, the HCA Mountain Division provides
comprehensive heart health services to treat heart
conditions, including atrial fibrillation, heart attack,
and heart failure.
Also called AF or AFib, atrial fibrillation is an irregular
or quivering heartbeat that can cause a stroke, blood
clots, and an overall lower feeling of vitality. AFib is
affecting a quickly increasing number of individuals, and
it is the most common of all cardiac arrhythmia, with an
estimated 2.7 million people experiencing AFib in the
U.S.

3. AFib
 Some common symptoms include tiring more quickly
when exercising, shortness of breath, heart
palpitations, dizziness, chest pain, and irregular and
rapid heartbeat. While an individual may be able to
tolerate AFib, the condition can lead to additional
medical conditions, including heart failure. People with
AFib face a five-times-higher risk of having a stroke.
Some common treatments for AFib are medicines such
as antiarrhythmics, beta blockers, calcium channel
blockers, and blood thinners. Electrical cardioversion, a
form of electric shock, can bring an irregular heartbeat
back to normal. Some surgical options have also shown
success, such as implanting a pacemaker.