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The Transformative Power of Understanding & Trust in Atrial Fibrillation Care, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Last fall, Mellanie True Hills, founder of StopAfib.org, reached out to the atrial fibrillation patient community to ask, “What would you tell your healthcare providers about living with afib?” More than 1,000 of you provided thoughts for sharing with doctors attending her Opening Keynote speech at the Afib Main Event at the American Heart Association …

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StopAfib.org - For Patients. By Patients - Stop Atrial Fibrillation

Become an Atrial Fibrillation Research Advocate

As a member of the Alliance for Aging Research’s Senior Patient and Family Caregiver Network Advisory Council, we at StopAfib.org have the opportunity to nominate atrial fibrillation advocates to participate in a six-month research-advocacy training program to empower senior patients and family caregivers to engage in patient-centered outcomes research. Mellanie True Hills, CEO of StopAfib.org, …

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Join Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Experts from Cleveland Clinic on March 2 to Get Your Afib Questions Answered

Our live chats with the Cleveland Clinic afib experts are always popular, so please join us for the next one on March 2, 2018. Irregular or abnormal heartbeats, called arrhythmias, occur when there are abnormal electrical impulses in your heart, causing your heart to beat too fast, too slow, or irregularly. Arrhythmias are very common …

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Transcript of our December 2017 Atrial Fibrillation Chat with Cleveland Clinic Afib Experts Is Now Available

StopAfib.org partnered with the Cleveland Clinic to give you an opportunity to ask your atrial fibrillation questions of their experts Dr. Walid Saliba and Dr. Mandeep Bhargava along with StopAfib.org founder Mellanie True Hills. The transcript of this chat is now available and features a wealth of information organized by topic area. To access the …

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Dr. Andrea Natale Receives Eric N. Prystowsky, MD Advocate for Patients Award

Andrea Natale, MD, the world-renowned electrophysiologist from Austin, received the esteemed Eric N. Prystowsky, MD Advocate for Patients award at StopAfib.org’s annual Get In Rhythm. Stay In Rhythm.® Atrial Fibrillation Patient Conference in Dallas on August 4. To read more, see: Dr. Andrea Natale Receives Eric N. Prystowsky, MD Advocate for Patients Award from StopAfib.org

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The Atrial Fibrillation Patient Conference is over … but you can still see it.

The 2017 Get in Rhythm. Stay in Rhythm.™ Atrial Fibrillation Patient Conference is officially in the books, and it was a resounding success! So much so that we want to make sure you have every opportunity to hear the important, up-to-the-minute information our all-star roster of afib experts shared during the three-day conference. We're offering …

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Scholarships to Attend the 2017 Get In Rhythm. Stay In Rhythm.™ Atrial Fibrillation Patient Conference

Do you want—and/or need—to attend the Atrial Fibrillation Patient Conference … but you’re having trouble swinging it, financially? We realize that the investment to attend the Get In Rhythm. Stay In Rhythm.™ Atrial Fibrillation Patient Conference, especially when you consider travel expenses, may keep some people from attending, even though they want and need to. …

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