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Thanks for the link. I read Dr John's information. #5 stated that AFib cannot be cured. I wrote to him and told him my story of a cure for the most serious case of AFib my cardiologist had ever seen. I still feel strongly that if people afflicted with AFib exercised AND stopped any stimulants like coffee, alcohol etc...MANY could be cured...or at least could lower their beta blocker dose. Of course, the patient would need to be cleared by his or her doctor who could do tests like a 24 hour or longer Holter monitor during exercise and an endurance test at his or her clinic etc..

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Soliloquized | @soliloquized | Apr 22, 2019

""#5.Important new work suggests AF is modifiable with lifestyle measures. As in you can help yourself.""

Actually, these apply:

""#9. There is no “cure” for AF. (See #5)

#10 The treatment of AF can be worse than the disease.""

So, I see where you get the "no cure" part, but he emphasizes the treatment can be worse than the disease, which is an important point. Unchecked heart rate, one that is too high because of Afib, can lead to heart failure, and those with Afib, without proven methods of Anticoagulation, are at significantly increased risk of strokes, but more so in people with certain conditions, but as we age, most of us have one or more of the identified conditions, and anticoagulation is required.

But he emphasizes life style changes and that some treatments are worse than some forms of Afib. I'm not symptomatic, my only symptom is that I feel the commotion in my chest when it's acting up, it just isn't warranted jumping into treatments more than adequate rate control using Beta Blockers and taking the Anticoagulant Coumadin. My resting heart rate is in the mid 60s, before afib because of another Beta Blockers I was taking, it was in the mid 50s.

Thanks for the reply. Dr. John or others posting it, is also on YouTube, not sure of how many shows, I've only seen one.

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