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

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

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

National A-Fib Awareness Month—Video & Free Report For Families: Top 10 Q&A About Atrial Fibrillation

Published September 1, 2026

September is National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month. It’s dedicated to increasing public understanding of this common heart rhythm disorder.

A-Fib not only impacts the patient’s health and quality of life but also the lives (and often livelihood) of their loved ones and co-workers.

Have you thought about your family and what questions they may have about your Atrial Fibrillation? Here are two ideas for helping your loved ones understand your condition and how it makes you feel.

Free Report: Answers to the ‘Top 10 Questions Families Ask About Atrial Fibrillation’

When a patient is diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation, family members often struggle to understand what their loved one is going through. A-Fib can be a life altering disease―yet people with A-Fib often don’t look sick.

Since 2002, we’ve fielded hundreds of questions from patients and answered the most common ones on our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) pages.

We compiled the answers to the ten most often asked questions by families into a special Free Report: The Top 10 Questions Families Ask About Atrial Fibrillation.

Free Special Report from A-Fib.com
Download the 5-page .PDF Report : The Top 10 Questions Families Ask About A-Fib. Print, or keep a copy by saving the PDF to your hard drive.

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Video: Understanding Atrial Fibrillation

Watch a video together to help your family and friends understand your A-Fib and how it affects you. This entry-level video, covers what the common heart condition is, its symptoms, its complications, and how it can be diagnosed and managed.

Title: What is Atrial Fibrillation? Produced by HealthSketch. 5:13 min. Posted on YouTube on Jan 30, 2024.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:19 How the heart works
00:45 Atrial Fibrillation
01:35 Symptoms and Complications
02:35 Diagnosis
03:21 Treatment and management

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