I Beat My A-Fib. So Can You!
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Has your “quality of life” suffered because of your Atrial Fibrillation?
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Are you scared or frightened?
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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?
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Do you need information written in plain language, not medical jargon?. Do you want a cure and not just more medication?
From award-winning author and publisher of A-Fib.com
Amazon 5-star customer rated & Top 100 Top Seller
“Within the pages of Beat Your A-Fib, Dr. Steve Ryan, PhD, provides a comprehensive guide for persons seeking to find a cure for their Atrial Fibrillation.”
Walter Kerwin, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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 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.
Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide
To Finding Your Cure
“I am amazed by the comprehensive medical information presented in such an easy-to-read way that allows readers to feel that they are listening to a medical expert and friend who has their best interests at heart. I am eager to recommend this book to others.”
Nancy Thompson, Patient, Garner, NC, A-Fib free since April 2009
Beat Your A-Fib Has The Answers You Need
When diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation, you start looking for answers. And you want answers in plain language, not medical terminology. Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide To Finding Your Cure delivers! To begin, I answer Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), such as:
And much more…
Twelve Chapters Include Topics Such As:
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Others Have Been Where You Are Now!
“In their own words, sixteen fellow A-Fib patients offer their stories…to encourage you, to advise you, to bolster your resolve, and to offer you hope of a life free of A-Fib—including lessons learned the hard way through first-hand experience.” (Chapter 11)
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. 1599 miles up and over the Alps through 8 countries).
Max Jussila
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
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.
Become Your Own Best Patient Advocate — Just Like I Did!
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:
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.
Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure
What Doctors and Patients Are Saying About Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure
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.
“This book is incredibly complete and easy-to-understand for anybody. I certainly recommend it for patients who want to know more about atrial fibrillation than what they will learn from doctors….”
— Pierre Jaïs, M.D., Professor of Cardiology, Haut-Lévêque Hospital, Bordeaux, France“Your book [Beat Your A-Fib] is the quintessential most important guide not only for the individual experiencing atrial fibrillation and his family, but also for primary physicians, and cardiologists.”
— Jane-Alexandra Krehbiel, nurse and author “Rational Preparedness: A Primer to Preparedness”“I particularly enjoyed reading the Personal Stories portion of the book.”
— Ed Webb, Patient, A-Fib free, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA“Dear Steve, I saw a patient this morning with your book [in hand] and highlights throughout. She loves it and finds it very useful to help her in dealing with atrial fibrillation.”
— Dr. Wilber Su, Cavanaugh Heart Center, Phoenix, AZ“I wish I had had read your book in May 2006 when I was first diagnosed and totally unaware. I am so thankful I found you at A-Fib.com in 2009 after three years in the dark.”
— Rose Vernier, Patient, A-Fib free, Austin, Texas, USA“…masterful. You managed to combine an encyclopedic compilation of information with the simplicity of presentation that enhances the delivery of the information to the reader. This is not an easy thing to do, but you have been very, very successful at it.”
— Ira David Levin, heart patient, Rome, Italy“Wishing you a future free of A-Fib,”
Steve S. Ryan, PhD
A-FibFriend@A-Fib.com
FREE Bonus PDF Downloads
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.
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.
Find your Free PDF format downloads under our Resources tab.
Table of Contents
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
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
- Emerging 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
- Alternatives 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 (ICDs)
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
More of…What Doctors and
Patients Are Saying…
“…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“Just finished reading the book. Congratulations on a job well done!”
— Amir Abdullah, Malaysia“Provides valuable information about A-Fib in an easily understood format to help A-Fib patients make informed choices and successfully advocate for themselves.”
— Michele Straub, A-Fib-free after 39 years, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA“… a great looking book that will offer new AF patients a collection of great information on how to approach solving their problem.”
— Ken Close, Patient, A-Fib free, Loveland, OH, USA“… excellent resources for a wide range of individuals and their families. It can help newly diagnosed patients deal with the anxiety and fear of the ‘unknown’, as well as shorten the amount of time and energy needed to research and select the best treatment options.”
— Mark, Patient, York Beach, Maine, USAI found my A-Fib cure. So can you!
Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure