Category Archives: Study

Patient-Funded Research: GENIALITY Study: GGA for Afib Prevention

A favorite presenter at the Get in Rhythm. Stay in Rhythm.® Atrial Fibrillation Patient Conferences for the past three years has been Professor Bianca Brundel, PhD, from the physiology department at the Amsterdam University Medical Center in The Netherlands. Dr. Brundel shared with us information on testing how toxic triggers drive afib progression and how …

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StopAfib.org Applauds New Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines to Improve Patient Care

StopAfib.org applauds the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), and Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) for the newly released 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Learn …

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Results of AZALEA and ARTESiA Trials of Afib Stroke Prevention Presented at AHA

This month, at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions held in Philadelphia, several important Afib Late-Breaking Clinical Trials were presented that I want to share with you. These include AZALEA, ARTESiA, and NOAH-AFNET 6. We have posted news stories about them, which you can access here: Afib News from the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions …

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Survey Shows “Patient-Relevant Bleeding” Is a Better Term Than “Minor Bleeding”

Patient-Relevant Bleeding Events Among Patients Taking Anticoagulant Medication was recently presented at the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis’ (ISTH) annual meeting in Montreal. Anthos Therapeutics, in collaboration with StopAfib.org and the National Blood Clot Alliance (NBCA), presented new data from a survey of afib and VTE patients about the impact of so-called “minor bleeding” on …

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Afib Guide and Blood Thinner Decision Worksheet for Patients

Some new tools are available for your use in deciding whether to take blood thinners. These tools come from the ENHANCE-AF (Engaging Patients to Help Achieve Increased Patient Choice and Engagement for AF Stroke Prevention) Trial that our founder helped with.   The American Heart Association funded the trial, the principal investigators were at Stanford University, …

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Support Patient-Driven Afib Research for Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is the time of year when people around the world support what matters most to them. That usually means giving donations to nonprofit organizations such as ours. But, we are not asking for donations for us. Instead, we are asking for your help in supporting afib research—patient-initiated and patient-driven afib research. Let me …

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Support Patient-Driven Afib Research for Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is the time of year when people around the world support what matters most to them. That usually means giving donations to nonprofit organizations such as ours. But, we are not asking for donations for us. Instead, we are asking for your help in supporting afib research—patient-initiated and patient-driven afib research. Let me …

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