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Afib for three hours until I was returned to normal.
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My nurse who usually has diagnosed new onset Afib and has the EKG on the chart before I hit the room put her down as a rate of 84.
Sometimes I Hate Being Good 1 Dinosaur 2007
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Magnesium glycinate or "chelate": If you have Afib, you are likely mag deficient!
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com R.Ph. Suzy Cohen 2011
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It recommended that the device could be approved for "warfarin-eligible" patients with nonvalvular Afib.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009
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The device is about one inch in diameter and placed across the left atrial appendage to permanently block off the left atrial appendage, thought to be the major source of thromboembolization in patients with Afib.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009
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We used Afib and Aflutter, I have worked in all the hospitals in Portland Oregon and most hospitals in Oregon.
Think Progress 2009
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The Circulatory Devices Committee voted 7 to 5 to recommend that the FDA approve the Watchman, made by Atritech, to prevent stroke, cardiovascular death, and systemic embolic events in Afib patients.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009
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At a one-year follow up 86\% of the patients were free from Afib and were completed off their entire arithmetic medication, which compares very favorably to chronic AF outcomes and peer reviewed literature.
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Warfarin is the current standard preventive therapy for nonvalvular Afib, but managing patients with warfarin is notoriously difficult, said Julie Swain, M.D., a cardiovascular surgeon with the FDA.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009
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April 23 - A novel parachute-shaped cardiac device is comparable to warfarin (Coumadin) for treating patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib), an FDA advisory committee decided today.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009
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