Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered a genetic mutation that may be responsible for atrial fibrillation in families. They scanned the entire human genome and discovered a genetic mutation common to all family members with atrial fibrillation. Read more about this
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Our atrial fibrillation patient resource, StopAfib.org, is featured in Patient Web Exchanges Provide Benefits at the Physicians' Financial News web site. The article is about the value of these patient web exchanges for doctors and patients. Read more...
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The Journal of Atrial Fibrillation is a brand new journal focused on irregular heart rhythms and on improving treatment of atrial fibrillation patients. Dr. Andrea Natale is the Editor-in-Chief, and dozens of other well-known EPs and surgeons from around the globe serve as editors. They will be adding patient info over time, but the first issue …
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The Atrial Fibrillation Association in the UK, which is affiliated with the Arrhythmia Alliance, has announced that the Arrhythmia Alliance and the International Cardiac Pacing & Electrophysiology Society are partnering to celebrate Arrhythmia Awareness Week 2008 June 9th-15th and World Heart Rhythm Awareness Day on June 13th. These events are aimed at raising awareness of heart rhythm disorders and sudden cardiac death. More …
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I'm mad and must post this before I explode. Today alone I've answered a dozen e-mails or comments from folks suffering with atrial fibrillation around the same theme—their clueless doctors! Now don't get me wrong, there are so many good doctors out there. And the doctors to those folks who e-mailed me are probably very …
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Welcome to the Atrial Fibrillation Blog, sponsored by StopAfib.org. This blog is for talking about living with atrial fibrillation (afib) and ways to deal with it. If your heart has ever felt like a flopping fish, a bag of wiggly worms, or fluttering butterflies, you may have atrial fibrillation, the most common irregular heartbeat. You …
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