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		<title>Join StopAfib.org &amp; Heart Rhythm Society for May 9th Event in Boston for Cardiac Arrhythmia Awareness Month in Massachusetts</title>
		<link>http://atrialfibrillationblog.com/join-stopafib-org-heart-rhythm-society-for-may-9th-event-in-boston-for-cardiac-arrhythmia-awareness-month-in-massachusetts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 9th, StopAfib.org will join with the Heart Rhythm Society for a citywide event in Boston kicking off &#8220;Cardiac Arrhythmia Awareness Month&#8221; in Massachusetts. The event, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Boston City Hall Plaza, will raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of potentially life-threatening heart rhythm disorders such as atrial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Launch of Global Atrial Fibrillation Patient Charter and Sign Against Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[StopAfib.org had the great privilege of participating in the launch of the Global Atrial Fibrillation Patient Charter and the Sign Against Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation campaign at the World Congress of Cardiology in Dubai. To learn more about this independent patient charter, which StopAfib.org participated in developing, and to sign the charter, see: Global Atrial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Atrial Fibrillation Patients Use Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mellanie True Hills, founder of StopAfib.org, spoke at the Fifth Annual Western Atrial Fibrillation Symposium medical conference. Her remarks are summarized in her patient perspective column in the April 2012 issue of EP Lab Digest. See: How Social Media Helps Educate Afib Patients: An Atrial Fibrillation Patient Perspective Published in EP Lab Digest, April, 2012]]></description>
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		<title>View the Transcript of our March Atrial Fibrillation Chat with Cleveland Clinic Afib Experts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, StopAfib.org partnered with the Cleveland Clinic to give you an opportunity to chat live with three of their atrial fibrillation experts, Dr. Walid Saliba, Dr Mandeep Bhargava, and Dr. David Van Wagoner, who were joined by StopAfib.org founder Mellanie True Hills. The transcript of our afib community chat with these atrial fibrillation experts from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atrial Fibrillation Experts from Cleveland Clinic Will Answer Your Afib Questions on March 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Atrial fibrillation is the most common irregular heart rhythm that starts in the atria.  While it is often a mere annoyance, it can also be responsible for life-threatening medical emergencies that result in cardiac arrest, stroke and sudden death. Take advantage of the opportunity to get your atrial fibrillation questions answered by afib experts from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Prevention — Video interview with Dr. Daniel Singer of Harvard</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this interview, Dr. Daniel Singer updates us on the new anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation stroke prevention that he presented about at Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium. He provided an update on rivaroxaban (Xarelto), apixaban (Eliquis), dabigatran (Pradaxa), and edoxaban, and mentioned that all were better than warfarin (Coumadin) in preventing intracranial bleeding (bleeding in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New HRS/EHRA/ECAS Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Guidelines Presented by Dr. Hugh Calkins of Johns Hopkins — Video</title>
		<link>http://atrialfibrillationblog.com/new-hrsehraecas-atrial-fibrillation-ablation-guidelines-presented-by-dr-hugh-calkins-of-johns-hopkins-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium 2012, Dr. Hugh Calkins, electrophysiologist at Johns Hopkins, presented the new 2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, which will replace the original guidelines that were published in 2007. Instead of simply rewriting sections that have changed, the writing committee, which was made up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>View the Transcript of our October Atrial Fibrillation Chat with Cleveland Clinic Afib Experts</title>
		<link>http://atrialfibrillationblog.com/view-the-transcript-of-our-october-atrial-fibrillation-chat-with-cleveland-clinic-afib-experts/</link>
		<comments>http://atrialfibrillationblog.com/view-the-transcript-of-our-october-atrial-fibrillation-chat-with-cleveland-clinic-afib-experts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently StopAfib.org partnered with the Cleveland Clinic to give you an opportunity to chat live with two of their atrial fibrillation experts, Dr. Walid Saliba and Dr. David Van Wagoner, who were joined by StopAfib.org founder Mellanie True Hills. The transcript of our afib community chat with these atrial fibrillation experts from the Cleveland Clinic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Your Afib Questions Answered by Cleveland Clinic Atrial Fibrillation Experts on Live Chat</title>
		<link>http://atrialfibrillationblog.com/get-your-afib-questions-answered-by-cleveland-clinic-atrial-fibrillation-experts-on-live-chat-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Atrial fibrillation is the most common irregular heart rhythm that starts in the atria.  While it is often a mere annoyance, it can also be responsible for life-threatening medical emergencies that result in cardiac arrest, stroke and sudden death. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to chat live on October 28 with atrial fibrillation experts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will You Make a Difference in Our Understanding of Atrial Fibrillation (Afib)?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mellanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the Atrial Fibrillation Resolution will make a difference in our knowledge and understanding of afib, there is so much more that we can do. My dream is that, by aggregating lots of data (not individually identifiable) from those with afib across the world, we can identify clusters of things that individual doctors may not [...]]]></description>
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