There is a lot of news coming out of the American College of Cardiology annual meetings going on currently in Orlando. One such story, about the Watchman device trial, is particularly important to those with afib who are concerned about blood clots and stroke. Read more at: Watchman Device as Alternative to Warfarin or Coumadin
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50+ Fabulous is currently featuring the story of Mellanie True Hills, CEO of StopAfib.org. The story talks about Mellanie's transition from high-tech road warrior to her mission of saving lives and later creating StopAfib.org for those with atrial fibrillation. 50+ Fabulous founder, Pattie Heisser, started the online community during a brief sabbatical from her consulting …
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StopAfib.org and the Atrial Fibrillation Blog are proud to announce our involvement in, and support of, a bill recently introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives, H. Res. 255, which would officially designate September as National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month. Now we need your help. Find our more about the resolution and what you can …
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On March 18, 2009, StopAfib.org represented the atrial fibrillation patient community at the FDA Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee hearings on a replacement for amiodarone. We greatly appreciate you sharing your many stories so that we could share your experiences with the FDA. I had promised to share my comments with the afib patient …
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In this interview from Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium 2009, Dr. Ralph Damiano, cardiothoracic surgeon, talks about developing customized atrial fibrillation treatment procedures for individual afib patients, both by surgical maze procedure and catheter ablation. Learn more and see the video: Dr. Damiano on Customized Atrial Fibrillation Treatment
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