That would be atrial fibrillation.

Posted By: no slang or abbrevs here on 2005-09-12
In Reply to: No response on word board... - need help with cardio ?

Kidding! A-Fib is what I see on Google most often, but I've seen it the other ways, too.

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No response on word board... - need help with cardio ?
- There's verbatum and then there's - Wolfee
- a. fib. no capital letters. That is a truncated phrase, should expand. nm - Cardio QA
  - AFib is absolutely correct...nm - Widely respected cardiologist's MT...
- AFib is correct if account allows, - ns
- That would be atrial fibrillation. - no slang or abbrevs here
  - Thanks to both of you...verbatim account. Has to be as dictated unless in diagnosis. - I'll QA nm

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