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October 29, 2012 Summary:  New reports have been published by Action for Stroke Prevention, an alliance of renowned health experts and patient organizations, calling for policy makers and the medical and patient communities to join forces to prevent atrial fibrillation-related strokes. Details and the press release are below. Reading time: Approximately 3–5 minutes News Release …

Brussels, Belgium — October 24, 2012 —Ahead of World Stroke Day 2012 (October 29), European Policy Makers have joined over 90 Medical and Patient Organisations, and more than 100,000 people, in supporting the Global Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Patient Charter and calling for National Governments and the World Health Organisation to act to make the prevention …

Brussels, Belgium — October 24, 2012 —Ahead of World Stroke Day 2012 (October 29), European Policy Makers have joined over 90 Medical and Patient Organisations, and more than 100,000 people, in supporting the Global Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Patient Charter and calling for National Governments and the World Health Organisation to act to make the prevention …

Brussels, Belgium — October 24, 2012 —Ahead of World Stroke Day 2012 (October 29), European and Malaysian Policy Makers have joined over 90 Medical and Patient Organisations, and more than 100,000 people, in supporting the Global Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Patient Charter and calling for National Governments and the World Health Organisation to act to make …

October 9, 2012 UPDATE 10/29/12: The Atrial Fibrillation Web Chat is being cancelled as the chat functionality is not working properly and the hosting company is out of the office due to Hurricane Sandy. If you are registered, you will receive a message with an email address for submitting questions. The doctors’ responses will be …

By Mellanie True Hills September 27, 2012 Summary:  Physician’s Weekly publishes Ten Atrial Fibrillation Facts That May Surprise You and Social Media Empowers Afib Patients and Others   We are honored that Physician’s Weekly recently published two of our articles. See them at: 10 Atrial Fibrillation Facts That May Surprise You Social Media Empowers Afib …

By Mellanie True Hills September 26, 2012 Summary:  Expert Roundtable Fills in Vital Pieces of Afib Treatment Puzzle: The Afib Optimal Treatment Task Force and the Expert Working Group Reading time:  4–5 minutes (including EP Lab Digest article) StopAfib.org recently participated on behalf of the afib patient community as part of the Afib Optimal Treatment …

By Peggy Noonan September 25, 2012 Summary: New research shows that when a procedure called renal artery denervation is added to atrial fibrillation catheter ablation, treatment success more than doubles. Reading time is approximately 4-5 minutes Atrial fibrillation treatment success more than doubled when patients with medication-resistant high blood pressure and symptomatic (not asymptomatic) atrial …

By Mellanie True Hills September 6, 2012 Summary:  Two Congressional briefings will focus on atrial fibrillation for National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month in September. Reading time, including for briefing invitations, is 2–4 minutes For National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month in September, it’s important that we raise the awareness of our Congressional leaders about atrial fibrillation …