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September 2015: It's A-Fib Awareness Month! Encourage others to download our special FREE report The Top 10 Questions Families Ask About Atrial Fibrillation. When diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation, family and friends often struggle to understand what their loved one is going through. (With A-Fib, you don’t look sick.) Help them understand how it makes you feel and how it affects you.

As always, I welcome your comments and topic ideas.. Email me! --- Your A-Fib Friend, Steve Ryan.

Women, Mother Nature and Gender Bias. The Facts About Women with A-Fib—Or—Get Thee to an EP ASAP.

Taurine & L-Arginine are “Essential” Nutrients. Levels decline as we age and are often deficient in people with irregular heartbeats.

RESEARCH: Ablation for Persistent A-Fib. The mapping and ablation of drivers is done before ablation of the PV openings. Read why at AFACART Clinical Trial: Preliminary Results For Persistent A-Fib.

Stop Taking Warfarin ― Produces Arterial Calcification. By blocking vitamin K (K-2), warfarin deposits calcium in our arteries and progressively turns them into stone.

Beware: Women More Likely on Aspirin Inappropriately. (Also, another example of gender bias.)

VIDEO: In the EP Lab During a Catheter Ablation (2:50 min) with Dr. Robert S. Fishel, one of our most popular videos from our Library.

CryoBalloon Ablation Study: 30% of Patients Required RF to Achieve Isolation. Read why to select an EP who can also use RF to map and isolate non-PV triggers.

Airport Rendezvous:
The writer had a chance meeting in an airport with a well-known EP. Read this and other stories from my inbox.

Ablation with RF or CryoBalloon: Is it really a choice of one or the other? Combining RF and CryoBalloon Ablation Techniques.

Other recent articles posted on A-Fib.com News Blog

INSIGHT: Understanding the Basics of an Ablation Procedure
ARTICLE: Arterial Calcification From Warfarin: Vitamin K May Reverse it
WARNING for Family & Friends: 1 in 10 Take Aspirin When They Shouldn’t.
FREE DOWNLOAD: Form to inventory all your medications (and supplements and OTC meds),
RESOURCES: A-Fib Patient Personal Stories of Hope and Encouragement;: Listed by Subject or in Posting Order.
"CELEBS WITH A-FIB: Read about Ellen DeGeneres and Billie Jean King, our newest additions to our Pinterest board.

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