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I am an MD and have had Atrial Fibrillation since 1998 So i am quite concerned about the subject of strokes, as strokes are one of the serious complications of atrial fibrillation. To answer your question, I must tell you that you can have silent strokes. That is you can have a Stroke without any of the list of neurologic symptoms listed by your other respondents. The cumulative effect of multiple mini-strokes may eventually perceived by others as forgetfullness, reduced abilities to perform complex mental tasks, and eventually Dementia or "senility" as people say. The condition may be indistinguishable from Alzheimers disease, even by an experienced physician. This is something I really know about, as I have worked in nursing hopmes for years, and have been faced with this same dillemna many times.
