Items Tagged ‘4264’
March 13, 2012
New Therapy Freezes Out Atrial Fibrillation
Rosalee Johns says she has her life back thanks to a freezing therapy called cryoablation that restored her heartbeat to normal. In 2008, Johns, then age 67, was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, a condition in which the atria — the upper chambers of the heart — receive irregular electrical impulses that cause erratic heartbeats. Johns’ […]
Tags: 4264, 5252, 5334, Cryoablation, Dr. Fred Kusumoto, heartbeat, irregular heartbeat, Rosalee Johns
March 9, 2012
When Medication is No Longer Effective for Atrial Fibrillation
By MakalaArce 
Ron Boyle has had atrial fibrillation for twelve years. He recalls, “When I was in a-fib most of the time, getting upstairs was a problem. Just doing daily routine was a problem. Get up in the morning and being totally fatigued and that’s the way the day would start.” His previous medications were no longer […]
Tags: 4264, 5252, 5335, A-Fib, Atrial Fibrillation, catheter, experience, heart palpitations, irregular heartbeat, patient, Pulmonary Vein Ablation, Pulmonary Vein Isolation