Beat your a-fib: the essential guide to finding your cure: written in everyday language for patients with atrial fibrillation - patti j. ryan

Review: Founder & CEO of the Atrial Fibrillation Association (AFA) writes.

well written, easy to understand, comprehensive and a great resource for patients and caregivers living with atrial fibrillation.

Trudie C Lobban, MBE, Founder & CEO, Atrial Fibrillation Association (AFA) Founder & Trustee, Arrhythmia Alliance Review: Publisher of AF-Ideas.

com writes.

Empowers the patient] with basic knowledge that by itself can give him a feeling of control over a heart situation gone chaotic.

The patient] will come away with the idea that AF has serious consequences and that measures such as rate control and anti-arrhythmic medications are not a useful solution for most.

Dick Inglis, Publisher, AF-Ideas.

com Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) seen by physicians.

Many patients suffering from Atrial Fibrillation have three strikes against them: 1.

Their quality of life has deteriorated; they are scared or frightened.

Many experience side effects from the common drug therapies or simply do not want to live on medication; a cure for their A-Fib hasnt been discussed.

Patient information is often out-of-date, incomplete or biased toward a specific pharmaceutical or treatment; much information about new treatment options is written in the language of scientists and doctors.

The author, Dr.

Steve Ryan, PhD, a former A-Fib patient, addresses all these issues.

His book is written for the newly diagnosed patient and any A-Fib patient who doesnt want to wade through medical texts and research journals to understand their disease.

Beat Your A-Fib helps patients and their families look beyond the commonly prescribed drug therapies that only manage the disease, but do not cure it.

Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure offers: - Unbiased, up-to-date information and best practices - Medical terms and concepts translated into everyday language - Non-drug treatment options including Cardioversion, RF catheter ablation, Pulmonary Vein Isolation, CryoBalloon, Cox-Maze and Mini-Maze surgeries, and AV Node Ablation with Pacemaker - Research-based content with a bibliography of over 150 medical references - Lessons learned from A-Fib patients now enjoying lives free of the burden of A-Fib - Recommended Resources and Website Links - Patien.