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Guest Blogger: Boston AF Symposium Highlights January 27, 2012

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Editor’s Note: Guest blogger Hugh Calkins, MD, FHRS, CCDS is the Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions Program Committee Chair (2012). He provides a brief overview of the Boston AF Symposium, which took place January 12 – 14, 2012.

This year’s Boston AF Symposium was very well attended, with more than 1,200 participants. I would like to share a few highlights from the meeting: (more…)

Guest Blogger: Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke – Education for the Public September 28, 2011

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Editor’s Note: Guest blogger Aman Chugh, MD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan. In his post, he aims to educate the public about atrial fibrillation and its relation to stroke.

Although atrial fibrillation (AF) is usually not a life threatening arrhythmia, it may still result in significant morbidity. It is a major cause of stroke, accounting for approximately 20% of all strokes. (more…)

HRS Offers Complimentary AF Awareness Resource Kit June 24, 2011

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Looking ahead to National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month in September, the Heart Rhythm Society has created complimentary AF Awareness Resource Kits.  The kits contain materials to increase patients’ knowledge about AF risk factors, symptoms, and available treatment options.  The kits include the “A-Fib Feels Like” poster, CHADS2 Scorecard, Practical Rate & Rhythm Management of Atrial Fibrillation Pocket Guide, patient education brochures, and more. 

Physicians and caregivers can complete and submit the online order form and visit the Society’s website for AF education opportunities and additional resources.

Let us know in the comment section below if there are other items that would help you discuss Afib with your patients.

Help Publicize Our New AF Awareness PSA! June 16, 2011

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The Heart Rhythm Society kicked off its national Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Campaign with a new public service announcement (PSA), “A-Fib Feels Like.”

Please help publicize this important message by including the PSA on the website where you work, on your own blog or your social media profiles.

In addition, if you have strong relationships with television and/or radio affiliates in your area,  please contact Kennesha Baldwin, Manager of Media & Public Relations to learn how you can help bring attention to the PSA.

Finally, if you haven’t done so already, please view the PSA and tell us what you think!

New HRS Afib Awareness Campaign: Watch the PSA May 27, 2011

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The Heart Rhythm Society is dedicated to improving the care of people living with heart rhythm disorders. It does this by providing physicians and patients with the latest information, research, news and tools needed to advance the field of electrophysiology, by fostering better treatments and by improving doctor-patient communication. Our goal is to end suffering and death caused by heart rhythm disorders.

As part of this effort, the Society has launched a national Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Awareness Campaign. (more…)

Sketcher App. Love it. May 19, 2011

Posted by Heather M. Ross, DNP, ANP-BC, CCDS, CEPS, FHRS in Atrial Fibrillation (AF), Education, Society News.
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The Heart Rhythm Society debuts new desktop and iPad application for heart rhythm professionals.

My friends will tell you that I’m a technology junkie. They’re right. And, I’m really a sucker for a good app. So when Larry Stern, the Heart Rhythm Society’s Vice-President of Education, asked what I thought about the HRS Sketcher, an app that is available for heart rhythm specialists to use with patients, I was enthusiastic. A few months later when Larry asked if I’d be willing to test the new app that the Society had developed…. Let me just say that there was a cartwheel involved. (more…)

Guest Blogger – New Horizons in AF Management February 14, 2011

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Today, the ACCF/AHA/HRS issued an update to the atrial fibrillation (AF) guidelines with recommendations for the use of dabigatran, a recently approved agent by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is a direct thrombin inhibitor and indicated for the prevention of stroke in AF. (more…)

Guest Blogger – New AF Guidelines: What’s the Buzz About? December 23, 2010

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At long last, the ACCF/AHA/HRS 2011 Focused Update on Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is available. In addition to this new guidance, I recommend that everyone review the 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with AF and the  European Society of Cardiology’s Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation, as well.  (more…)

Great News for AF Patients and Healthcare Providers in the U.S. September 27, 2010

Posted by John D. Day, MD, FHRS in Atrial Fibrillation (AF), Science & Research.
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On September 20, 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee recommended unanimously that dabigatran be approved for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients.   (more…)

Atrial Fibrillation Management at HR 2010 June 23, 2010

Posted by John D. Day, MD, FHRS in Atrial Fibrillation (AF).
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I had an absolutely amazing experience at the Heart Rhythm Society’s 31st Annual Scientific Sessions last month in Denver, Colorado. It seems that this meeting just continues to get better each year. This time, there were many new and provocative studies presented on atrial fibrillation (AF) management. Over the next few posts, I would like to share some of the studies that I think are most impactful. (more…)

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