Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Time For A Team Approach? 14 Jul 2016 For many proceduralists in medicine and surgery, there is a tendency to overestimate the value and underestimate the risk of the intervention that they perform. This factor, plus the current medical…
Atrial Fibrillation… Getting To The Heart Of Father’s Day 19 Jun 2016 The skeptical cardiologist received an email from the folks at AliveCor a few days ago with the subject line: Dad's heart matters - Kardia Mobile for Dad will give you…
Atrial Fibrillation Cardiac Care Revealed On Celebrity Cruise Lines: Afibbers Fear Not 14 Apr 2016 In a previous post, the skeptical cardiologist was dealing with a patient about to embark on a 16 day cruise through the Panama Canal who was having frequent episodes of atrial…
Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation: How Many Times Can You Shock The Heart? 9 Apr 2016 The most effective method for getting a heart that is in atrial fibrillation back to normal rhythm is a called an electrical cardioversion. I've tried to come up with a good…
Atrial Fibrillation… AliveCor Is Now Kardia and It Works Well At Identifying Atrial Fibrillation At Home And In Office 29 Mar 2016 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 AliveCor Mobile ECG Misidentifies One Patient’s Heart Rhythm 10 Sep 2015 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? 1 Sep 2015 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…
Navigating Treatment Options For Atrial Fibrillation 