The 68-year-old singer Barry Manilow revealed about his suffering from A-fib (atrial fibrillation), a heart disease where the rhythm of the heart gets disturbed, thereby increasing the vulnerability to heart attacks.

Manilow has been suffering from the condition since 15 years and has decided to join an educative movement, Get Back In Rhythm, in order to spread awareness and information about the disease. He understood the importance of having complete knowledge about the disease as earlier he was also unaware about the disease and the negative consequences from the disease that could occur. He was also supporting the Sanofi-aventis in order to motivate the victims of the disease to access the treatment.

Sanofi has revealed that around 2.5 million of population in America suffered the condition and the number of cases being expected to rise up to 12 million by 2050. As per Manilow, “When I first experienced A-Fib more than 15 years ago, it was really scary — it felt like a fish flopping around in my chest”.

Manilow was going to perform in Washington DC’s Warner Theatre and will be providing information about the disease. Manilow states that educating people about the condition was the need of the hour, as going heart out of rhythm was a serious problem.