June 7, 2010 8:07 AM CT StopAfib.org is pleased to participate in, and raise awareness of, World Heart Rhythm Week June 7-13, 2010. World Heart Rhythm Week is the annual global event organized by Arrhythmia Alliance (A-A) and held in partnership with ICPES (International Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology). The week-long event brings international organizations, groups …
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June 4, 2010 12:17 AM CT By Christine Welniak and Mellanie True Hills The Second Worldwide Multicenter Survey on Catheter Ablation showed a catheter ablation success rate of 70% for atrial fibrillation, but that still leaves a significant number of people who continue to have afib even after a procedure. This can be disheartening to patients and …
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June 3, 2010 6:15 AM CT By Christine Welniak and Mellanie True Hills Healthcare providers at Heart Rhythm Society 2010 seemed to be grappling with what constitutes “success” following catheter ablation. Traditionally success has been defined as the absence of atrial fibrillation (AF) episodes and the ability to discontinue antiarrhythmic drugs. That is, success equates …
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June 1, 2010 12:05 AM CT In this video interview, Dr. Nassir Marrouche talked about the exciting research he and his team presented at Heart Rhythm 2010 that allows them to personalize atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment. They do catheter ablations and manage stroke prevention based on the amount of atrial fibrosis and atrial remodeling detected …
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June 1, 2010 5:04 AM CT By Peggy Noonan and Mellanie True Hills At Heart Rhythm 2010, the 31st Annual Scientific Sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society in Denver, Colorado, a session on "Demographic Factors Influencing Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes" included two studies focused on the connection between race and atrial fibrillation risk and …
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June 27, 2010 8:05 AM CT By Christine Welniak and Mellanie True Hills At Heart Rhythm Society 2010, we saw intriguing new research into personalized afib treatment that was presented by Dr. Nassir Marrouche, Executive Director of the Comprehensive Arrhythmia Research and Management (CARMA) Center at the University of Utah Health System, and his CARMA …
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June 7, 2010 12:05 AM CT In this video interview at Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium 2010, Dr. Peter Kowey talked about a number of exciting new things in the atrial fibrillation world, including the Cabana clinical trials, the Safari catheter ablation registry, dronedarone as a replacement for amiodarone, atrial selective drugs, and coming replacements for …
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June 3, 2010 6:21 AM CT By Peggy Noonan and Mellanie True Hills One of the most puzzling things about atrial fibrillation is geography and how a person’s location affects his or her risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke. This February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a map as part of …
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April 22, 2010 7:11 AM CT By Peggy Noonan and Mellanie True Hills Doctors have developed a new tool that will help fine-tune one treatment for atrial fibrillation. If you have atrial fibrillation, you are at risk for a stroke, but anticoagulant drugs, such as Coumadin or warfarin, can decrease that risk. Also called blood-thinners, …
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April 5, 2010 6:17 AM CT By Peggy Noonan and Mellanie True Hills New studies show racial and geographic disparities in atrial fibrillation, both in people’s awareness of having afib and in the treatment they receive for it, as well as in stroke incidence and care. One study, just published in Circulation: Journal of the …
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