Atrial fibrillation experts from the Cleveland Clinic will answer your afib questions on May 29, 2015

May 4, 2015

  • Summary:  Chat live online with Cleveland Clinic atrial fibrillation experts Dr. Walid Saliba and Dr. Sergio Pinski on May 29, 2015.
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We are partnering with atrial fibrillation experts from the Cleveland Clinic for another live text chat. Take this opportunity to have your questions answered by top afib experts.

Join us on Friday, May 29, 2015, for the next atrial fibrillation live text chat with Dr. Walid Saliba and Dr. Sergio Pinski from the Cleveland Clinic, and Mellanie True Hills, Founder and CEO of StopAfib.org. This chat is a great time to learn more about atrial fibrillation, including diagnosis and treatments.

See our most recent live chat at Video of Afib Chat with Cleveland Clinic Atrial Fibrillation Experts on December 12, 2014, or access transcripts of all of our previous chats at the bottom of this page.

Chat Participants:

  • Walid Saliba, MD, is the Director of the Electrophysiology Lab and a Staff Cardiologist in the Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing in the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. He is board-certified in cardiac electrophysiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. Dr. Saliba is trained in all aspects of clinical cardiac electrophysiology and pacing, including catheter ablation of various arrhythmias, implantation of cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators and extraction of implanted pacemaker and ICD leads using laser technology.
  • Sergio Pinski, MD, is the Head of the Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology and a Staff Cardiologist in the Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing in the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Florida. He is a board-certified in cardiac electrophysiology and cardiovascular disease with special competencies in cardiac pacing and cardioversion defibrillation. Dr. Pinski is trained in all areas of clinical cardiac pacing and cardiac electrophysiology and pacing with concentrations in arrhythmias, implantable defibrillators, and pacemakers.
  • The Cleveland Clinic doctors will be joined by Mellanie True Hills, Founder and CEO of StopAfib.org and the American Foundation for Women’s Health. Following a brush with death in emergency heart surgery as well as a near-stroke from a frightening irregular heartbeat in the same year, Mellanie True Hills pledged to use her second chance to help others avoid the #1 and #3 killers, heart disease and stroke. After being cured of her life-threatening irregular heartbeat, atrial fibrillation, she also launched StopAfib.org, a non-profit patient advocacy organization to provide information, education, and support for those living with atrial fibrillation.

Details:

Atrial Fibrillation Live Chat
Friday, May 29, 2015
12 Noon Eastern Time (11 Central, 10 Mountain, 9 Pacific)

To register, click the blue Register Now button on the Cleveland Clinic Atrial Fibrillation Chat page.

This Health Chat is currently open to allow you to submit questions. Once you have registered, go to the Join Chat page (log in, if necessary) and follow the directions to submit questions prior to the chat.

We will try to answer as many questions as possible during the chat.

UPDATE: Transcript of Afib Chat with Cleveland Clinic Atrial Fibrillation Experts on May 29, 2015

See transcripts of our previous Cleveland Clinic chats: