Afib increases risk of heart attack?

[Guest guest]

I clipped this from the American Heart Org web site:

" Atrial fibrillation results from the misfiring of tiny clusters of

cells in the atria, the heart's two upper pumping chambers. This out-

of-sequence firing results in a disruption of the heart's normal

electrical activity, which causes it to beat irregularly. "

" The condition increases a person's risk of a heart attack or

stroke. "

Obviously I know all about the risk of stroke, that's obvious... but

heart attack? I didn't think afib sufferers were any more risk of

heart attack than others? That's depressing!

Jim