Dr. AnthonyP – Page 5 – Navigating Treatment Options For Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial Fibrillation…

AliveCor Is Now Kardia and It Works Well At Identifying Atrial Fibrillation At Home And In Office

I've been using the AliveCor Mobile ECG App/Device to record my patients' heart rhythm in my office for about 6 months now. It has for the most part taken the…

Atrial Fibrillation…

The Perfect Christmas Gifts for the Palpitating or Hypertensive In Your Life

As December draws ever closer to the twenty-fifth you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile puzzling over the perfect gift for your loved ones. Fear not, for…

Atrial Fibrillation

AliveCor Mobile ECG Misidentifies One Patient’s Heart Rhythm

The skeptical cardiologist has been evaluating the AliveCor mobile ECG device for use with a smartphone to detect atrial fibrillation. In my initial post on this I found it to…

Atrial Fibrillation

Can Ovine Obesity (Fat Sheep) Teach Us About Atrial Fibrillation?

Until the last year or so when patients asked me what they could do to help their atrial fibrillation (AF) I would tell them to avoid excessive alcohol consumption and…

Atrial Fibrillation…

AliveCor Smartphone App Detects Atrial fibrillation: Potential for Stroke Prevention

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common abnormal rhythm of the heart which causes 1 in 4 strokes. Those afflicted with AF may lack any symptoms or only have a vague…

Atrial Fibrillation…

Foxglove Equipoise

I came across the word equipoise, used eight times, in a recent, brief editorial entitled "Digoxin: In the Cross Hairs Again." It's not a word I hear outside of medical…

Atrial Fibrillation…

Please, Sir, May I Have My Gall Bladder Back?

Do we have property rights over our body parts? Apparently not, as I and several thousand David Sedaris enthusiasts learned recently at the Peabody Opera House where he was promoting…

Atrial Fibrillation…

Stroke Risk Estimation in Atrial Fibrillation: Please Give Me Lip!

The best way we have of estimating a patient's risk of stroke if they have atrial fibrillation (AF) is by the CHA2DS2-VASc scale. This scale take the factors we know…

Atrial Fibrillation: Initial Treatment Options

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When I talk to my patient with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF), after describing the disease and its consequences, there are two major discussions I go through. The first involves the…

Atrial Fibrillation…

Why Does The TV Tell Me Xarelto is a BAD DRUG?

One of my patients called the office today concerned about a medication she was taking because she was "seeing about 4-5 commercials a day about how bad Xarelto is". She…