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

"Jill and I put you and your work in our prayers every night. What you do to help people through this [A-Fib] process is really incredible."

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'...


"If I had [your book] 10 years ago, it would have saved me 8 years of hell.”

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

"Dear Steve, I saw a patient this morning with your book [in hand] and highlights throughout. She loves it and finds it very useful to help her in dealing with atrial fibrillation."

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

"...masterful. You managed to combine an encyclopedic compilation of information with the simplicity of presentation that enhances the delivery of the information to the reader. This is not an easy thing to do, but you have been very, very successful at it."

Ira David Levin, heart patient, 
Rome, Italy

"Within the pages of Beat Your A-Fib, Dr. Steve Ryan, PhD, provides a comprehensive guide for persons seeking to find a cure for their Atrial Fibrillation."

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


The Watchman Device: My Top 5 Articles

You’re on a blood thinner for your increased stroke risk from A-Fib. But you hate it.

Is the monthly testing or diet restrictions a hassle? Is the increased risk of bleeding stressful?  Have you developed side effects, e.g. gastrointestinal problems or poor kidney function? Maybe you just don’t want a lifetime on meds.

Or, perhaps you’re unable to take a blood thinner for other medical reasons. What do you do?

WATCHMAN™ Occlusion Device: The Alternative to Blood Thinners

There is an alternative to taking blood thinners―closing off your Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) with the Watchman™, an occlusion device. The LAA, a small sack located at the top of your left atrium, is where 90-95% of A-Fib strokes originate.

Inserting the Watchman is a very low risk procedure that takes as little as 20 minutes to install. Afterward, you usually don’t need to be on a blood thinner.

Review these articles to learn more about the Watchman:

1. The Watchman™ Device: The Alternative to Blood Thinners

2. Clinical Trials Results: Watchman Better Than a Lifetime on Warfarin

3. A Watchman and Ablation Combo? Everything You Never Thought to Ask

4. Technology & Innovations: The Watchman Device 

5. Steve’s List of EPs Installing the Watchman Device

Bonus: Video about the Watchman

Video - Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage Technique

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Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage: The Watchman Device

Animation shows how the Watchman is inserted and positioned in the left atrial appendage (LAA) using a catheter; then how heart tissue grows over the Watchman, closing off the opening of the LAA trapping any blood clots. (1:04)

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