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I Beat My A-Fib. So Can You!
Dear A-Fib Friend,
If you’ve been told you have Atrial Fibrillation, ask yourself: 
- Has your “quality of life” suffered because of your Atrial Fibrillation?
- Are you scared or frightened?
- Are you looking for impartial information about your A-Fib from someone not associated with a specific treatment, pharmaceutical company, HMO, or with your medical insurance provider?
- Do you need information written in plain language, not medical jargon?.Do you want a cure and not just more medication?
If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, then Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide To Finding Your Cure is meant for you.
I Found My A-Fib Cure. You Can Too!
I’m a former A-Fib patient. I found my A Fib cure, but only after much frustration, failed drug therapies, and three unsuccessful ablation procedures. I had to become my own best patient advocate. I educated myself about Atrial Fibrillation through an exhaustive research of medical literature and interviews with medical experts. To spare others what I went through to find my cure, I started my website, Atrial Fibrillation: Resources for Patients (www.A-Fib.com). Since 2002, I’ve written about best practices, cutting-edge techniques, new technologies and emerging treatments. Thousands visit my website every month. (A-Fib.com has been a top-rated website by Healthline.com since 2014.)
A Practical Guide Written For You, the Patient 
I've distilled all I've learned down to the essentials and presented it in an easy-to-read format (especially for those newly diagnosed with A-Fib). Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide To Finding Your Cure is a practical guide written for you, the patient.
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Beat Your A-Fib Has the Answers You Need
- How Did I Get A-Fib? (Chapter 2)
- Can I pass A-Fib on to my kids? (Chapter 3)
- Is Atrial Fibrillation a prelude to a heart attack? (Chapter 3)
- Should I cool my sex life? (Chapter 3)
- Are there “triggers” that bring on my A-Fib episodes? (Chapter 2)
- Is there anything I can do to get out of an A Fib episode? (Chapter 3)
- And much more…
Twelve Chapters include Topics such as:
- The types of Atrial Fibrillation (Chapter 1)
- The risk of A-Fib stroke, and the role of blood thinners (Chapter 1)
- How A-Fib can progressively damage your heart, brain, and other organs (Chapter 1)
- The mechanics of a healthy heart versus your heart in A-Fib (Chapter 1)
- Types and purposes of diagnostic testing (Chapter 4)
- Mineral deficiencies common among A-Fib patients (Chapter 5)
- The three goals of A-Fib drug therapy (Chapter 6)
- Seven questions to ask before taking a prescription drug for A-Fib (Chapter 6)
- What to expect, and not expect, from drug therapy (Chapter 6)
- Non-drug procedures and surgical operations to treat or eliminate A-Fib including PVI ablation, Maze and Mini-Maze surgeries (Chapter 7)
- How to choose the best A-Fib treatment(s) for you (Chapter 9)
- The roles of cardiologists, electrophysiologists, and cardiothoracic surgeons (Chapter 10)
- How to research, interview and select the right doctors for you (Chapter 10)
- Questions to ask during a consultation, and when to change physicians (Chapter 10)
- Why and how to obtain copies of your medical records (Chapter 10)
- And much more…
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Others Have Been Where You Are Now!
Personal Patient Stories Include:
Michele Straube, who after 30 years in A-Fib, was cured by a ablation; recently she realized a life-long dream to hike the Via Alpina (approx. 1500 miles up and over the Alps through 8 countries).
Max Jussila's A-Fib caused him to become totally obnoxious towards his wife and colleagues, and absolutely desperate. After his A-Fib cure, he says “I was given my life back, literally.”
Jay and Kelly Teresi, parents of four little ones, relate how anxiety was the greatest challenge of Jay’s A-Fib; Kelly describes the long shadow A-Fib cast over their family life, and how “normal” is slowly returning after Jay’s successful catheter ablations.
Sheri Weber didn’t want a life on medications. After a Cox-Maze surgery, she has returned to all her activities?riding horses, farm work, working out and adventure travel with absolutely no worries.
Ken Hungerford's A-Fib appeared after open-heart surgery. When it became unbearable, a CryoBalloon ablation restored his life “beyond any expectation” with energy levels he had not enjoyed for years.
These fellow A-Fib patients share the impact of A-Fib on their families; they describe dealing with stress and depression, how they chose their doctors and treatments; they offer advice from their “lessons learned”, and hope that you too can find a future free of Atrial Fibrillation.
And read my own story, too, how I found my A-Fib cure! (Appendix C).
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To find your A-Fib cure, you must educate yourself about Atrial Fibrillation. As they say, “knowledge is power”.Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide To Finding Your Cure will help you empower yourself, just like I did! Beat Your A-Fib will give you the knowledge, the tools and the plan to find a life free of Atrial Fibrillation.
Glossary of Medical Terms
When talking about your Atrial Fibrillation, your doctor and medical caregivers will use many unfamiliar medical terms and phrases. That’s why Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide To Finding Your Cure includes an extensive Glossary of Medical Terms. Each definition is written in everyday language. (Appendix A)
Recommended Resources & Website Links
Our Recommended Resources & Website Links are carefully selected to complement what you learn in Beat Your A-Fib (Appendix B) These value-added online links take you beyond the margins of our book to continue your quest to find your A-Fib cure. Our recommendations include:
- A-Fib online discussion groups, forums, and message boards
- Online software tools, A-Fib information services and websites
- Instructional Audios and Videos which help explain the normal heart and the heart in A-Fib
- Additional A-Fib reference books and reports
For example, our links include:
- An online tutorial to learn to read your EKG
- A Fact Sheet about your rights to your medical records (Under HIPAA)
- A video animation showing how the healthy heart works
- Audio clips of both a normal heart and a heart beating in A-Fib.
Bibliography and Endnotes: Over 150 Medical References
Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide To Finding Your Cure is solidly based on current medical “best practices”, as well as the latest scientific data, research studies and findings. Over 150 medical references are cited! For those wishing to read the original sources and research, our Bibliography and list of Endnotes provide the authors, titles and publication sources for all footnotes cited in this book. In most cases we also provide an online link to the material.
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For immediate download, choose the digital version for just $24.95. Within minutes of purchase, you can be reading Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide To Finding Your Cure.
Just use the link you receive automatically via email. Click on the link to download the eBook file, then save it on your computer. I’ve created Beat Your A-Fib as a .PDF file, a document that can be viewed on any computer with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader (as well as tablet PCs and book readers that accept .PDF files.) In addition, you can print pages from your ebook (or selected chapters) for your personal use. Or order the print version, a 6” x 9” softcover book for just $32.95. Enjoy the pleasure of turning the crisp pages, penning notes in the margins, and dog-earing pages for future reference. Share your book with family and friends to help them understand your illness. Share with your doctors (several readers have purchased copies for their doctors!)
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Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide To Finding Your Cure
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Beat Your A-Fib has been reviewed by many of today’s leading cardiologists, electrophysiologists and medical professionals
who specialize in treating Atrial Fibrillation. Excerpts from their comments are below along with thoughts from
current and former A-Fib patients.
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Wishing you a future free of A-Fib,
Steve S. Ryan, PhD
A-FibFriend@A-Fib.com
P.S. For a limited time, if you Act Now! I will give you 4 FREE bonuses with purchase. Questions for Doctors: Four Worksheets from Beat Your A-Fib. These forms are based on lists of suggested questions as presented in the book (source chapters are indicated below). Print copies of these worksheets and take them to your medical appointments. Use to prompt important questions you should ask, and for your notes. Review the answers before making important decisions. File with your personal medical records for future reference.
Only available through this special offer (a $9.99 value)! Download as PDF files.
Free Bonus 1: Questions You Should Ask About Mineral Deficiencies (Chapter 5)
Most patients with A-Fib are deficient in magnesium and potassium and should monitor for an overload of calcium. To determine your mineral levels and appropriate actions, ask these questions of your doctor or healthcare professional.
Free Bonus 2: Questions You Should Ask About Drug Therapies (Chapter 6)
For most patients with A-Fib, your doctor’s first choice of treatment or “first-line response” is drug therapy. Before taking any prescription drug to treat your A-Fib, you should educate yourself. For each drug, ask these questions of your doctor or healthcare professional.
Free Bonus 3: Patient’s Interview Questions for Electrophysiologists (EPs) (Chapter 10)
When searching for the right doctor, you will want to talk with several cardiac heart rhythm specialists (electrophysiologists) before making your choice. Ask these questions to solicit information needed to select the best doctor for you, your type of A-Fib and your treatment goal.
Free Bonus 4: Patient’s Interview Questions for Surgeons (Chapter 10)
Have you been referred to a cardiac surgeon? Are you considering a surgical option to cure your A-Fib? If so, you need to discuss some very specific issues. Ask these questions to solicit information needed to select the best doctor for you, your type of A-Fib and your treatment goal.
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P.P.S. I always like to review a book’s Table of Contents before buying. In case you’re like me, here is an abridged Table of Contents for "Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide To Finding Your Cure". (Followed by more praise for Beat Your A-Fib.)
FOREWORD: Dr. Walter Kerwin, MD
INTRODUCTION: Dr. Steven C. Hao, MD 
PREFACE: Dr. Steve S. Ryan, PhD
YOUR QUICK START GUIDE
• Is This Book For You?
• Why Should You Read This Book Anyway?
• My Journey to a Cure
• How to Use This Book
• Benefits of Reading a Book in .PDF format How to Use This Book
• To Print or Not to Print
PART I: Introduction to Atrial Fibrillation
CHAPTER 1: Overview of Atrial Fibrillation
CHAPTER 2: How Did I Get A-Fib?
CHAPTER 3: FAQs About Life with A Fib
PART II: Treatments for Atrial Fibrillation
CHAPTER 4: Diagnostic Testing for A-Fib
• Blood Tests
• Electrocardiography (ECG or EKG)
• Holter and Event Monitors
• Exercise Stress Test
• Tilt-Table Test
• Electrophysiology Study
• Imaging Technologies
CHAPTER 5: Mineral Deficiencies
• Testing for Deficiencies
• Magnesium
• Danger of Too Much Calcium
• Potassium
• Questions You Should Ask
CHAPTER 6: Medicines (Drug Therapies)
• Drug Therapy Strategies
• Blood Thinners
• Alternative to Blood Thinners
• Rate Control Medications
• Rhythm Control Medications (antiarrhythmics)
• Questions You Should Ask
CHAPTER 7: Procedures and Surgeries
• Cardioversion
• Pulmonary Vein Isolation (PVI)
• AV Node Ablation with Pacemaker
• Maze Surgeries
• Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD's)
CHAPTER 8: FAQs About A-Fib Treatments
PART III: Mapping Your Plan to a Cure
CHAPTER 9: “Which Is the Best A-Fib Treatment Plan For Me?”
CHAPTER 10: Finding the Doctor for You
CHAPTER 11: Personal Stories of Hope, Success and Lessons Learned
CHAPTER 12: Your Journey to a Cure
PART IV: Additional Resources
APPENDIX A: Glossary of Medical Terms
APPENDIX B: Recommended Resources & Website Links
- Discussion Groups, Forums, and Message Boards
- Information Services
- Informational Websites
- Instructional Audios and Videos
- Online Tools
- Reference Books and Reports
APPENDIX C: Finding my A-Fib Cure by Steve S. Ryan
PART V: Afterword
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ENDNOTES
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"...very impressed! I think it's great work, and very helpful for everybody with the damned A-FIb, whether fixed or still going on! Thank you Steve for your great input in this field!"
Max Jussila, A-Fib free, Shanghai, China
"...a superb book! A fulfillment of your resolve to share the knowledge gleaned from battle for successful cure than a decade ago when PVI experimental."
Warren Welsh, heart patient, Melbourne, Australia
“Very well done...a useful resource for patients.”
Dr. Jeffrey Olgin, MD, Director, UCSF - Electrophysiology Service
“I would have given my eye teeth to have had your book as my guide when I was first diagnosed with A-Fib…. It took me years to have the understanding of the A-Fib picture that some could gain with a careful reading of your work.”
Bob Whitehurst, Patient, A-Fib free, Palm Coast, Florida, USA
“…an informative book I wish I’d had when I was suffering with the "fib”…would be comforting to those suffering with A-Fib, for no other reason, than to know there are so many others in the same boat with them.”
Dave Hess, Patient, A-Fib Free
“It's really interesting to read the ‘editorial comments’ you made at the end of the personal stories. I like the options to easily choose what to read about by simply clicking and easily "travel" back and forth between topics (rather than feeling the need to read every one, which could be overwhelming for some patients).”
Nancy Thompson, A-Fib Free since April 2009, Garner, NC, USA
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