Atrial Fibrillation What Happens If You Go Into Atrial Fibrillation On A Cruise? 11 Apr 2016 This question popped into my head as I was talking to a patient (we'll call her Barb) who has paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) and was about to embark on a 17…
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…
Atrial Fibrillation… AliveCor Smartphone App Detects Atrial fibrillation: Potential for Stroke Prevention 12 Jul 2015 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 11 Jul 2015 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… Stroke Risk Estimation in Atrial Fibrillation: Please Give Me Lip! 26 Apr 2015 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…
Uncategorized Atrial Fibrillation: Initial Treatment Options 4 Apr 20156 Apr 2015 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 Take Your Pulse and Prevent A Stroke 11 Sep 2014 Hopefully by now everyone has gotten the message that atrial fibrillation is associated with stroke (and, most importantly, that we have ways to prevent those associated strokes). Atrial fibrillation occurs…
Navigating Treatment Options For Atrial Fibrillation 