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With A-Fib, Stroke is Not Your Only Risk
Xarelto advertisement
We hear it every day on TV, ads about ‘living with Atrial Fibrillation’. In today’s media, the message is about how to ‘manage’ your A-Fib. You’re advised to ‘just take our anticoagulant’ and you’ll live happily ever after.
But recent research (and common sense) indicates otherwise.
Mega Research Analysis of Your Additional Risks
Researchers at Oxford University, Oxford, UK and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA, conducted a systematic review and analysis of 104 different studies involving nearly 10 million people, of which, over a half-million had A-Fib.
They found that Atrial Fibrillation is associated with not just stroke, but also with:
• Heart Disease
• Heart Failure
• Kidney Disease
• Sudden Death
• Death from All Causes
Heart failure: The strongest association was with heart failure, which was five times more likely in people with A-Fib. Because your heart isn’t pumping properly, it’s not surprising that A-Fib leads to heart disease, heart failure and sudden death.
Kidney disease: A surprising association is that A-Fib is tied to kidney disease and peripheral arterial disease, probably because of poor circulation due to A-Fib.
Death from all Causes: This isn’t such a surprising finding as A-Fib affects the whole body. A-Fib damages your heart, brain and other organs. It reduces the heart’s pumping capacity by about 15%-30% which may cause weakness, fatigue, dizziness, fainting spells, swelling of the legs, and shortness of breath.
Patients with A-Fib, even if they don’t have a stroke or heart failure, are more likely to die from other causes compared with people in normal sinus rhythm (NSR).
Note: this study didn’t examine the known link between dementia and A-Fib. See Leaving Patients in A-Fib Doubles Risk of Dementia—The Case for Catheter Ablation
Don’t be Misled by Pharmaceutical Ads
“Living with Atrial Fibrillation” Xarelto ad with Brian Vickers & Kevin Nealon
For patients with A-Fib, it isn’t enough to simply take an anticoagulant!
We need to worry not just about stroke, but also about the risks and potential damage of A-Fib to our overall health.
Contrary to today’s media, your goal shouldn’t be to just ‘manage your A-Fib’. It’s a Pollyanna fantasy to just ‘Take a pill (anticoagulant) and live happily ever after’.
That misconception is propagated by drug manufacturers who want you to stay an A-Fib patient and thus a customer for life.
Don’t Just Live with A-Fib
Don’t Settle. Seek your A-Fib cure. Your goal should be to get your heart beating once again in normal sinus rhythm (NSR). We can’t say it enough…
Do not settle for a lifetime on meds. Seek your A-Fib cure.
