Atrial Fibrillation: For Patients By Patients

Atrial fibrillation (AF or afib) is the most common irregular heartbeat and is characterized by heart palpitations, dizziness, and shortness of breath. This progressive and debilitating disease can lead to stroke, heart failure, and Alzheimer's disease, and can double your risk of death. Afib takes a physical toll, an emotional toll, and a financial toll on those who are living with it—not just the patient, but the family, too.

If you wonder whether you are at risk for atrial fibrillation, or whether you might have it already, or if you want to know how to manage afib now that you have been diagnosed, then you have come to the right place. StopAfib.org is here to help increase your knowledge about afib, to help improve your quality of life if you are living with it, and to help you avoid an afib-related stroke.

So let's Get Started Learning About Atrial Fibrillation.

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What will it take to discover the root cause of atrial fibrillation? StopAfib Founder comments at PhRMA12.

See video interviews from the recent PhRMA annual conference ... more

Join StopAfib.org and the Heart Rhythm Society in Kicking Off Cardiac Arrhythmia Awareness Month in Massachusetts with a Boston Citywide Event

Boston City Hall Plaza Event on May 9 to Raise Awareness of Atrial Fibrillation ... more

Global Atrial Fibrillation Patient Charter Launched at World Congress of Cardiology in Dubai

Sign Against Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation Campaign Seeks to Collect 1.7 Million Signatures ... more

How Social Media Helps Educate Afib Patients: An Atrial Fibrillation Patient Perspective Published in EP Lab Digest, April, 2012

Comments from afib patient at the Fifth Annual Western AF Symposium medical conference ... more

Transcript of Afib Chat with Cleveland Clinic Atrial Fibrillation Experts on March 2, 2012

Your afib questions were answered by Dr. Walid Saliba, Dr. Mandeep Bhargava, and Dr. David Van Wagoner of the Cleveland Clinic ... more

Watch the Team AFib Atrial Fibrillation Webinar, AFib CARE: Creating A Role for Effective Teams

The webinar helps atrial fibrillation patients and caregivers work effectively with their healthcare team ... more

REGARDS Study Identifies Stroke Risk Factors That Account for Half of Racial Disparity

High blood pressure, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, and heart disease account for half of black-white stroke disparity ... more

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