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Mellanie H. Patient Expert

Decatur, Texas
Blog: http://atrialfibrillationblog.com/
Mellanie True Hills is CEO of StopAfib.org (http://www.StopAfib.org). As an atrial fibrillation patient, she lived in fear and knows what it’s like to suffer with afib. You can read her story at http://www.StopAfib.org/mellanie.cfm. Following her atrial fibrillation surgery... Full Bio
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FDA Warning: Pradaxa Should Not Be Used by Atrial Fibrillation Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Good to see the FDA moving on this as we’re starting to hear of afib patients with mechanical heart valves getting Pradaxa. Here is the FDA announcement… ISSUE: The U.S. Foo ... Read on »
Top Atrial Fibrillation (Afib) Articles of 2012 by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health StopAfib.org is pleased to unveil the Top Ten Atrial Fibrillation Articles of 2012. There were many topics of interest this year to the atrial fibrillation patient community ... Read on »
The FACT Alliance Supports Access to Life-saving Technologies for Atrial Fibrillation Patients by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health StopAfib.org has joined the Fair Access to Cardiac Technology (FACT) Alliance to raise awareness of the importance of access to this medical technology for the detection of ... Read on »
Do you have atrial fibrillation? Your input can help shape research to benefit afib patients. by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Patients with atrial fibrillation are at higher risk of suffering stroke and other complications related to the development of blood clots in their heart. Until 2010, the on ... Read on »
Living with Atrial Fibrillation programs from American College of Cardiology’s (ACC)... by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health In December of 2012, the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) CardioSmart initiative and Mended Hearts will be sponsoring three Living with Atrial Fibrillation progr ... Read on »
Alliance for Aging Research Survey Finds Atrial Fibrillation Patients are Active in AF Treatment... by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health The Alliance for Aging Research and the AFib Optimal Treatment Task Force have released a new survey that found that atrial fibrillation patients are active in the dec ... Read on »
View the Transcript of our October Atrial Fibrillation Chat with Cleveland Clinic Afib Experts by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Recently, StopAfib.org partnered with the Cleveland Clinic to give you an opportunity to ask questions of three of their atrial fibrillation experts, Dr. Walid Saliba, ... Read on »
IRONMAN Florida Triathlete Tommy Morrison raises awareness of atrial fibrillation by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Tommy Morrison, who is participating in the IRONMAN Florida on November 3, is an afib survivor and is raising funds to raise awareness of the devastation that atrial f ... Read on »
New Report Confirms Potential Atrial Fibrillation-Related Stroke Crisis by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Action for Stroke Prevention, an alliance of renowned health experts and patient organizations, has published new reports calling for policy makers and the medical and ... Read on »
Policy Makers Call for Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation-Related Strokes to be National Healthcare... by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Just ahead of World Stroke Day (October 29), policy makers have joined over 90 medical and patient organizations, including StopAfib.org, and more than 100,000 people, ... Read on »
Atrial Fibrillation Experts from Cleveland Clinic Will Answer Your Afib Questions on October 30 by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Atrial fibrillation is the most common irregular heart rhythm that starts in the atria. While it is often a mere annoyance, it can also be responsible for life-threate ... Read on »
Roundup of Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month Stories and Resources by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Today we have a roundup of Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month stories for you: We hope that providing this roundup of resources will be helpful for you. ... Read on »
Join the World Heart Day Heart Chat on Sept. 28 from 1 to 2 p.m. ET by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health September 29 marks World Heart Day . The focus for 2012 is on women, children and heart disease. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) causes one in three female deaths and 1 m ... Read on »
Adding Renal Artery Denervation to Atrial Fibrillation Pulmonary Vein Isolation Can Double Success... by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Some fascinating new research just reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology has shown that atrial fibrillation treatment success more than doubles ... Read on »
Afib (AF) Congressional Briefings to be Held for National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health In September of 2012, there will be two Congressional briefings on atrial fibrillation for National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month. The featured speakers on Septe ... Read on »
American College of Cardiology Video About Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health The American College of Cardiology recently interviewed our founder and CEO, Mellanie True Hills, about how she came to start Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month and w ... Read on »
Atrial Fibrillation Mini Maze Procedure — StopAfib.org Interviews Dr. Randall Wolf by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health StopAfib.org interviews Dr. Randall Wolf of the Indiana Heart Hospital Read on »
Dr. Randy Wolf on Evolution of Atrial Fibrillation Mini Maze Procedure and Comparison to Catheter... by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health In this video, creator of the mini maze surgical procedure, Dr. Randall Wolf, describes the evolution of the procedure and how it came to be called the Wolf mini maze. ... Read on »
Global AF Patient Charter now tops 10,000 Signatures by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Over 10,000 patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, policy makers and the general public from 136 countries have signed the w ... Read on »
New Afib Drug Treatments & Rhythm Control Use — StopAfib.org interviews Dr. James Reiffel by Mellanie H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health StopAfib interviews Dr. James Reiffel Find a transcript and more on Dr. Reiffel at: www.stopafib.org In this video interview at ... Read on »
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