For years, Leonard Jones experienced heart palpitations. He didn’t worry about his occasional bouts of arrhythmia because they lasted only 15 to 30 minutes, and he never mentioned them to his primary care physician. In June, when the Midlothian resident woke at 4 a.m. to a “fluttering” episode, lasting four hours this time, he took … Continue reading Ignoring arrhythmia could raise your stroke risk