Because the holidays are full of potential atrial fibrillation triggers—food, hot and cold beverages, alcohol, stress, cold weather, and many more triggers—here’s wishing you the willpower to resist your triggers. And if you can’t resist, here’s wishing that your body holds the afib beast at bay.
Here are a couple of recent articles that may be helpful for the holidays…
Happy Holidays from all of us at StopAfib.org!
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