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yours) have Atrial Fibrillation? This Web site is designed to give you the
information you need, and to help you find the right doctor and medical center
to cure your A-Fib. It also includes personal experiences of those who have had
A-Fib and been cured.
This site is designed primarily for non-medical personnel
and is written from a patient's point of view. (The author had A-
Fib
and was cured in April, 1998, by the use of a procedure called
Focal Catheter Ablation (Pulmonary Vein Ablation).) This Web site tries as much as possible to translate medical
terms into everyday language. However, medical journals are cited so that you
can read a particular article yourself.
For a brief overview of Atrial Fibrillation, go to Atrial Fibrillation Overview.
If you're interested in what may have caused your A-Fib,
go to Causes of Atrial Fibrillation.
To read an evaluation of the various treatments for A-Fib or to find out how to be cured of your A-Fib through Pulmonary Vein Ablation (Isolation), go to Cures for Atrial Fibrillation.
If you've been prescribed a medication and would like to find out more about it or about medications for A-Fib in general, go to Medications.
To find a doctor to cure your A-Fib, go to
Finding A Doctor. A list of questions is included
to help you find the doctor who's right for you -
Questions For Doctors.
If you've already read the Overview or Cures sections, you know that the author of this Web site considers Pulmonary Vein Ablation (Isolation) the most effective technique currently available for curing A-Fib. If you want to find medical centers performing PVA(I)s, go to Facilities.
If you would like to read personal histories of individuals who have had Atrial Fibrillation and been cured, go to Personal Experiences. (The author welcomes you to share your own experiences with Atrial Fibrillation at Feedback---E-mail address afibfriend(at)verizon.net the "@" is written out as "at" to prevent access by spam mailing lists.) Not all PVA(I) procedures are successful and without complications (see PVA(I) Risks). To read the story of a patient whose PVA(I) seemed at first successful, but who later died, go to Negative PVI Experience.
The FAQs section lists questions
frequently asked by patients with A-Fib and tries to answer them in non-medical,
everyday language.
For those of you who have visited this site before, the What's New section lists by date each new addition to A-Fib.com. The A-Fib News section includes short news items relating to A-Fib. For the most up-to-date info on A-Fib you may want to go to the Boston A-Fib Symposium 2009, Boston A-Fib Symposium 2008, Boston A-Fib Symposium 2007 and Boston A-Fib Symposium 2006 sections where there are summaries of doctors' presentations at the Boston A-Fib Symposiums.
If you have a question about Atrial Fibrillation not answered by this Web site, you can ask the author of this site at the E-mail address: afibfriend(at)verizon.net (The @ symbol is written out as "at" to prevent it being accessed by spam mailing lists.)(JUNE 7, 2009 The author apologizes to anyone trying to email me recently. He believes the email problems are now fixed. Please send your emails again.}
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To
look up the footnote references, you can either position your cursor over the
footnote number and click on it, or you can go to the
References section of this Web site.
Reports from the Boston A-Fib Symposiums are now indexed by
subject matter and author, and included under
Boston A-Fib
Symposium 2009,
Boston A-Fib Symposium 2008,
Boston A-Fib Symposium
2007,
Boston A-Fib Symposium
2006, (I couldn't attend the 2005 Symposium),
Boston A-Fib
Symposium 2004, and
Boston A-Fib
Symposium 2003. Also included is the
Heart Rhythm Society 2002
Convention.
To look up a subject, topic, doctor, etc. you are interested in
on A-Fib.com,
you can use the Google search engine. Just type in the box below and hit
"Search." You can also scroll through
the Subject Index. (The Subject
Index needs to be updated and is not as effective as the Google search engine.)
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