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Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) seen by physicians. Many patients suffering from Atrial Fibrillation have three strikes against them:
1. Their “quality of life” has deteriorated; they are scared or frightened.
2. Many experience side effects from the common drug therapies or simply do not want to live on medication; a cure for their A-Fib hasn’t been discussed.
3. Patient information is often out-of-date, incomplete or biased toward a specific pharmaceutical or treatment; much information about new treatment options is written in the language of scientists and doctors.
The author, Dr. Steve Ryan, PhD, a former A-Fib patient, addresses all these issues. His book is written for the newly diagnosed patient and any A-Fib patient who doesn't want to wade through medical texts and research journals to understand their disease. Beat Your A-Fib helps patients and their families look beyond the commonly prescribed drug therapies that only manage the disease, but do not cure it.
Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure offers:
• Unbiased, up-to-date information and best practices
• Medical terms and concepts translated into everyday language
• Non-drug treatment options including Cardioversion, RF catheter ablation, Pulmonary Vein Isolation, CryoBalloon, Cox-Maze and Mini-Maze surgeries, and AV Node Ablation with Pacemaker
• Research-based content with a bibliography of over 150 medical references
• ‘Lessons learned’ from A-Fib patients now enjoying lives free of the burden of A-Fib
• Recommended Resources and Website Links
• Patient tools to become their own best healthcare advocate
This unique book helps patients research their best treatment options, steps through how to find the right doctor for their type of A-Fib and treatment goals, gives patients hope and empowers them to develop a plan for finding their A-Fib cure or best outcome.
Dr. Walter Kerwin, MD, of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, California, wrote the Foreword for the book. Dr. Steven C. Hao, MD, of California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, penned the Introduction.
Dr. Steve Ryan, PhD, is a noted healthcare educator and advocate for patients with Atrial Fibrillation, and former A-Fib patient. He earned his Ph.D. in Educational Communications from the Ohio State University.
1. Their “quality of life” has deteriorated; they are scared or frightened.
2. Many experience side effects from the common drug therapies or simply do not want to live on medication; a cure for their A-Fib hasn’t been discussed.
3. Patient information is often out-of-date, incomplete or biased toward a specific pharmaceutical or treatment; much information about new treatment options is written in the language of scientists and doctors.
The author, Dr. Steve Ryan, PhD, a former A-Fib patient, addresses all these issues. His book is written for the newly diagnosed patient and any A-Fib patient who doesn't want to wade through medical texts and research journals to understand their disease. Beat Your A-Fib helps patients and their families look beyond the commonly prescribed drug therapies that only manage the disease, but do not cure it.
Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure offers:
• Unbiased, up-to-date information and best practices
• Medical terms and concepts translated into everyday language
• Non-drug treatment options including Cardioversion, RF catheter ablation, Pulmonary Vein Isolation, CryoBalloon, Cox-Maze and Mini-Maze surgeries, and AV Node Ablation with Pacemaker
• Research-based content with a bibliography of over 150 medical references
• ‘Lessons learned’ from A-Fib patients now enjoying lives free of the burden of A-Fib
• Recommended Resources and Website Links
• Patient tools to become their own best healthcare advocate
This unique book helps patients research their best treatment options, steps through how to find the right doctor for their type of A-Fib and treatment goals, gives patients hope and empowers them to develop a plan for finding their A-Fib cure or best outcome.
Dr. Walter Kerwin, MD, of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, California, wrote the Foreword for the book. Dr. Steven C. Hao, MD, of California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, penned the Introduction.
Dr. Steve Ryan, PhD, is a noted healthcare educator and advocate for patients with Atrial Fibrillation, and former A-Fib patient. He earned his Ph.D. in Educational Communications from the Ohio State University.
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252 pages, Paperback
First published March 25, 2012
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About the author
Steve S. Ryan
2 books5 followersSteve Ryan, PhD is a former A-Fib patient and noted healthcare educator and advocate for patients with Atrial Fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm).
He is author of the book, Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure, publisher of the patient education website, Atrial Fibrillation: Resources for Patients (www.A-Fib.com), and known as the A-Fib Coach for his personal counseling of A Fib patients seeking relief from the burden of Atrial Fibrillation.
Dr. Ryan had his first A-Fib attack in January 1997. After numerous failed drug therapies, two unsuccessful right atria ablations, and much frustration, he educated himself about Atrial Fibrillation through an exhaustive search of medical literature and interviews with medical experts across the US. In April 1998 he was cured by Drs. Pierre Jaïs and Michel Haïssaguerre of the French Bordeaux group (Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, France) through a relatively new procedure at the time called Focal Catheter Ablation (now called “pulmonary vein Isolation”).
So grateful for his cure, he pledged to help other A-Fib patients find their cure, too. In 2002, he started the non-profit website, Atrial Fibrillation: Resources for Patients (www.A Fib.com) a source of well-researched, unbiased information on current and emerging treatments, resources and medical research―all written in plain language for the non-medical reader. A-Fib.com is deliberately not affiliated with any medical school, device manufacturer, pharmaceutical company, or medical practice, and does not accept advertising. Every month tens of thousands of A-Fib patients and their families visit A-Fib.com seeking hope and guidance. Cardiologists and other healthcare professionals around the world refer their patients to www.A-Fib.com.
Dr. Steve Ryan earned a PHD in Educational Communications from the Ohio State University, and for many years taught film and television courses at the college level.
He “jumped the fence” in 1983 to work in broadcast television production at ABC-TV in Hollywood and later for many years at NBC-TV in Burbank. He took an early retirement from NBC in 2001. He devotes most of his time to researching, writing and publishing about Atrial Fibrillation, and coaching patients seeking a cure for their A-Fib.
He’s an avid movie buff, watching every 4 and 5-star movie ever made. Loves foreign films. He a runner, focusing on sprints. Dr. Ryan and his wife, Patti, live in Malibu, California, USA. For more information, see Steve S. Ryan, PhD at LinkedIn, Steve S. Ryanon Facebook, and his websites, www.BeatYourA-Fib.com and www.A-Fib.com.
He is author of the book, Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure, publisher of the patient education website, Atrial Fibrillation: Resources for Patients (www.A-Fib.com), and known as the A-Fib Coach for his personal counseling of A Fib patients seeking relief from the burden of Atrial Fibrillation.
Dr. Ryan had his first A-Fib attack in January 1997. After numerous failed drug therapies, two unsuccessful right atria ablations, and much frustration, he educated himself about Atrial Fibrillation through an exhaustive search of medical literature and interviews with medical experts across the US. In April 1998 he was cured by Drs. Pierre Jaïs and Michel Haïssaguerre of the French Bordeaux group (Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, France) through a relatively new procedure at the time called Focal Catheter Ablation (now called “pulmonary vein Isolation”).
So grateful for his cure, he pledged to help other A-Fib patients find their cure, too. In 2002, he started the non-profit website, Atrial Fibrillation: Resources for Patients (www.A Fib.com) a source of well-researched, unbiased information on current and emerging treatments, resources and medical research―all written in plain language for the non-medical reader. A-Fib.com is deliberately not affiliated with any medical school, device manufacturer, pharmaceutical company, or medical practice, and does not accept advertising. Every month tens of thousands of A-Fib patients and their families visit A-Fib.com seeking hope and guidance. Cardiologists and other healthcare professionals around the world refer their patients to www.A-Fib.com.
“I wrote 'Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure’ to spare others the agony I went through to get the facts about Atrial Fibrillation and how to be cured. It’s written for everyone coping with A-Fib including family, friends and colleagues of someone dealing with this life altering disease.”
Dr. Steve Ryan earned a PHD in Educational Communications from the Ohio State University, and for many years taught film and television courses at the college level.
He “jumped the fence” in 1983 to work in broadcast television production at ABC-TV in Hollywood and later for many years at NBC-TV in Burbank. He took an early retirement from NBC in 2001. He devotes most of his time to researching, writing and publishing about Atrial Fibrillation, and coaching patients seeking a cure for their A-Fib.
He’s an avid movie buff, watching every 4 and 5-star movie ever made. Loves foreign films. He a runner, focusing on sprints. Dr. Ryan and his wife, Patti, live in Malibu, California, USA. For more information, see Steve S. Ryan, PhD at LinkedIn, Steve S. Ryanon Facebook, and his websites, www.BeatYourA-Fib.com and www.A-Fib.com.
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May 5, 2013
This is a terrific, comprehensive book on the subject. A MUST read for anyone with this diagnosis.
November 18, 2012
I spent this week carefully reading and digesting Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure by Steve S. Ryan, PhD. I read it as a Critical Care RN, a former college instructor and also as daughter, and mother of people with atrial fibrillation. This year, I endured several episodes of atrial fibrillation for the first time myself. This is a groundbreaking book which not only explains atrial fibrillation for those who are not in the medical field, but explains the psychological aspects, as well as recent research in reasonable digestible form for those who are. It is also the best reference anywhere detailing what to expect as a patient in cardiac ablation.This book should be required reading for any physician or nurse, as it will unquestionably guide them in their support and encouragement of those with this very common heart conduction issue. It is invaluable also to anyone weighing their own treatment options for atrial fibrillation.
Jane-Alexandra Krehbiel
Author: "Rational Preparedness:A Primer to Preparedness"
and
"What I Learned from Daniel"
Jane-Alexandra Krehbiel
Author: "Rational Preparedness:A Primer to Preparedness"
and
"What I Learned from Daniel"
June 2, 2012
I found that 'Beat Your A-Fib' is truly a marvelous guide to factual help in regaining a healthy life-style, joy and comfort, from the terrible discomforts of A-Fib. My 35 years of suffering under this debilitating disease (I'm in my nineties now) would have been shortened had this valuable book been available sooner. Anyone, with whatever level of A-Fib they may be faced with, can gain valuable insight and help from this treasure of information.
Emmett Finch
Retired Fire Fighter
Emmett Finch
Retired Fire Fighter
August 9, 2016
Our own book, written by a former A-Fib patient, Steve S. Ryan, PhD. It is based on over ten years experience publishing the non-profit, patient education website, Atrial Fibrillation: Resources for Patients (www.A-Fib.com). Written in plain language for A-Fib patients and their families who want to go beyond common drug therapies which manage A-Fib but go not cure it.
Patti J. Ryan
Publisher
Atrial Fibrillation: Resources for Patients (A-Fib.com) and
Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure (www.beatyoura-fib.com)
Patti J. Ryan
Publisher
Atrial Fibrillation: Resources for Patients (A-Fib.com) and
Beat Your A-Fib: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Cure (www.beatyoura-fib.com)
January 6, 2016
Should be in cardiac wards. Some people go from attacks to repeat prescriptions and a waiting list to see electrophysioligists and are left to their own devices with only the internet to help them understand their condition. This book as a first port of call would definitely help. Shame SVT was missing though.
February 2, 2017
This gave me a lot of information in an interesting way. In addition to systematic accounts of conditions and options there is an extensive section of personal accounts. There is a clear preference expressed for ablations, which seems well-supported. Glad I read this.
July 6, 2018
This book was read entirely for research on this subject. I found it very detailed and easy to read and understand what happens with this condition.
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