Have You Planned Your Heart Attack

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EP29: Do I Need A Pacemaker For Atrial Fibrillation?

Today, I'd like to share with you one of the questions that I get asked regularly on my patients who have atrial fibrillation. And the question is: "Do I need a pacemaker?" It's a common question, and the general answer is no. And the reason is this: A Pacemaker is a device to provide an electrical stimulation for the heart when the heart is not producing enough electrical stimulation of its own. So we look at pacemakers as a solution to the heart beating to slow. Read more

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Doctor Warrick 29/04/2018 Atrial Fibrillation 0 comments Played 669 times

EP28: Unexpected Positive Effects On Anticoagulation

I'd like to talk a little bit today about the anticoagulants we use in atrial fibrillation and I'd like to talk about something just a little bit different in terms of how we often think about them. The blood thinners we use; the warfarin, and the normal oral anticoagulants, or non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants; the NOACs, we use to thin the blood. Read more

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Doctor Warrick 22/04/2018 0 comments Played 576 times