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.īeat 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 - Patient tools to become their own best healthcare advocate His book is written for the newly diagnosed patient and any A-Fib patient who doesn't want to wade through medical texts and research journals to understand their disease. Steve Ryan, PhD, a former A-Fib patient, addresses all these issues. Much information about new treatment options is written in the language of scientists and doctors. Patient information is often out-of-date, incomplete or biased toward a specific pharmaceutical or treatment Many experience side effects from the common drug therapies or simply do not want to live on medicationĪ cure for their A-Fib hasn't been discussed. Many patients suffering from Atrial Fibrillation have three strikes against them: 1. 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, īeat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your CureĪtrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) seen by physicians. '.Empowers the patient] with basic knowledge that by itself can give him a feeling of control over a heart situation gone chaotic. 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 writes. Review: Founder & CEO of the Atrial Fibrillation Association (AFA) writes.

Beat Your A-Fib by Steve S. Ryan