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Dr. Douglas L. Packer, MD, FHRS, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

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Jill and Steve Douglas, East Troy, WI

“I really appreciate all the information on your website as it allows me to be a better informed patient and to know what questions to ask my EP.

Faye Spencer, Boise, ID, April 2017

“I think your site has helped a lot of patients.”

Dr. Hugh G. Calkins, MD Johns Hopkins,
Baltimore, MD

Doctors & patients are saying about 'Beat Your A-Fib'...

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Roy Salmon, Patient, A-Fib Free,
Adelaide, Australia

"This book is incredibly complete and easy-to-understand for anybody. I certainly recommend it for patients who want to know more about atrial fibrillation than what they will learn from doctors...."

Pierre Jaïs, M.D. Professor of Cardiology, Haut-Lévêque Hospital, Bordeaux, France

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Dr. Wilber Su,
Cavanaugh Heart Center, Phoenix, AZ

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Ira David Levin, heart patient,
Rome, Italy

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Walter Kerwin, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

More Reports from the 2021 AF Symposium

Published June 8, 2021

Each year you’ll find me at the annual AF Symposium. It’s a unique experience. I attend presentations by the most eminent medical researchers, scientists, cardiologists and cardiac electrophysiologists working in A-Fib today.

I’ve published two more summary reports from the 2021 AF Symposium:

Spotlight Session: Javelin VINE Filter to Prevent Stroke

The idea behind the Javelin Medical VINE filter is to catch and stop clots (emboli) trying to travel up into the brain. This is done by inserting the VINE filter into both carotid arteries.(Of all the 5-minute Spotlight Session talks, this is my personal favorite.)

That’s incredibly good news for many A-Fib patients! It’s simple, ingenious, and very effective. Javelin Medical is an Israeli company located in Yokne’am Illit, Israel. Read more.

Live Case: Vein of Marshall Alcohol Ablation

The AF Symposium audience watched live streaming video from Houston as Dr. Miguel Valderrabano demonstrated an innovative treatment for A-Fib using Alcohol Ablation of the Vein of Marshall.

In difficult A-Fib cases (persistent, long-term persistent), the Vein of Marshall can contain A-Fib signals (potentials, triggers) which are hard to reach and ablate. Adding ablation of the Vein of Marshall using Ethanol has been proven effective.

Using a 3 mm balloon catheter containing ethanol, he distributed ethanol into the Vein of Marshall starting distally (at the far end of the vein). Read more.

To browse through my other reports, go to 2021 AF Symposium Reports. For reports from other years go to Archive of AF Symposiums Summaries by Year