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A-Fib Patient Stories: Listed by Subject
Are you interested in reading ‘Lessons Learned’ from other A-Fib patients in your age group? Or from patients with your symptoms? Or patients who’ve had a PVI or a mini-maze surgery? These are a few of the categories you’ll find on this page.
To help you find a story by subject matter, we cross-referenced stories by five major Themes/Topics. Each category has several sub-categories. (A story may appear in more than one category). Click on the story number to jump directly to that patient story. Note: the higher the number the more recent the story.
You can also search our website by entering a keyword using the ‘Search’ box (in the upper right of any page), e.g. PVA.
By Cause:
♥ Holiday heart: 69, 55, 43;
♥ Binge drinking: 67, 51, 5;
♥ Genetics/Heredity: 96, 85, 83, 81, 68, 63, 39, 22, 13;
By Risk Factor:
♥ Heart attack/other: 77, 65, 53, 47, 31;
♥ Stroke/TIA/risks of clots: 77, 69, 67, 46, 18;
By Symptom:
♥ Anxiety, fear, stress and guilt: 100, 98, 93, 81, 75, 74, 73, 72, 70, 69, 68, 66, 59, 56, 55, 54, 52, 33, 32, 26;
♥ Fainting/Dizziness: 93, 90, 73, 72, 69, 66, 63, 52, 49, 42, 28, 20, 14, 1;
♥ Fatigue: 76, 15, 4, 2;
♥ Sleep apnea/sleep disturbance: 96, 94, 93, 67, 52, 44, 35;
♥ Other: 95, 92, 67, 43, 41;
♥ PVCs/PACs: 102, 100, 93
By Age/Select Groups:
♥ Diagnosed when under 30 years old: 98, 92, 56, 55, 54;
♥ Successful treatment at 70 years or older: 101, 100, 97, 85, 67, 59, 57, 39, 34, 32, 31, 30, 20;
♥ Years with A-Fib:
• Two years or less: 91, 90, 81, 80, 63;
• Ten to twenty-five years: 102, 99, 95, 79, 72, 68, 64, 30, 21, 3;
• Thirty to forty years: 100, 66, 48, 42, 39, 32, 22;
By Treatment:
♥ Mineral Deficiency/Supplements:
• Magnesium: 93, 75, 64, 13, 7, 5, 3;
• Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs): 10, 9;
• Natural Cures/Diet: 73, 71, 68, 66, 8;
♥ Cardioversion: 100, 96, 95, 94, 91, 90, 87, 85, 81, 80, 74, 67, 59, 51, 47, 46, 43, 42, 40, 37, 26, 16;
♥ Drug Therapy: 101, 99, 94, 79, 71, 70, 69, 68, 67, 64, 58, 48, 45, 35, 30, 19, 16, 11;
• Successful drug therapy: 70
• Pill-In-Pocket: 101, 95, 78, 64, 60, 25, 24, 2;
• Side effects: 95, 79, 78, 77, 74, 72, 71, 63, 12, 1;
♥ Surgeries:
• Cox Maze/Mini-Maze: 102, 40, 18;
• Failed Mini-Maze: 102, 40;
• LAA closure: Watchman device: 85, 48; AtriClip: 77, 57;
• Pacemaker: 77, 71, 50, 48,
• ICD: 31, 28;
• Complications-post treatment: 102,
♥ Catheter Ablations
• Pulmonary Vein Isolation: 101, 98, 96, 95, 94, 91, 90, 89, 87, 80, 79, 78, 77, 76, 75, 74, 72, 71, 69, 65, 64, 61, 60, 59, 56, 54, 51, 50, 49, 47, 43, 42, 38, 33, 32, 31, 30, 29, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 15, 14, 11, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1;
• Multiple PVIs: 101, 100, 99, 96, 95, 86, 78, 77, 74, 55, 34, 5, 3, 2, 1;
• Failed PVI: 101, 99, 95, 40, 39, 38, 36, 3, 2;
• Cryoablation: 97, 93, 86, 81, 78, 75, 74, 64, 63, 58, 53, 44, 17;
• AV Node Ablation with Pacemaker: 57;
♥ Natural Therapies and Holistic Treatments
• Yoga: 94, 59, 27
• Chiropractic: 81, 59, 9
• Acupressure/Acupuncture: 94, 68, 59, 9
• Meditation: 68, 59, 17
• Naturopathy: 95, 73
• Nutrition/Diet: 73, 71, 59, 31, 17
• Natural Remedies: 66
