Education: Patient / Caregiver

UpBeat Patient Education Sheets

Education – Patient/Caregiver: Patient Education PDFs from Heart Rhythm Society featuring the following topics: What is AFib?, Stroke Prevention with AFib, AFib Treatment Strategies, Your AFib Care Team, Lifestyle Modifications for AFib Patients, Blood Thinners, Rhythm Control, Sleep Apnea with AFib, and Smart Devices and AFib.

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AFib Question Builder Tool

Tools: Interactive tool for patients to use when preparing for their upcoming AFib-related visits.

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Welcome to the Hartford Healthcare Heart & Vascular Institute’s Atrial Fibrillation Center

Care Pathways/CDS: Welcome to the Hartford Healthcare Heart & Vascular Institute’s Atrial Fibrillation Center

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AFib Toolkit: Catheter-based Ablation Procedures: Pulmonary Vein Isolation

Education – Patient/Caregiver: One-page patient education resource explaining Pulmonary Vein Isolation. Includes procedure, post-procedure, procedural risk, and office follow up.

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AFib Toolkit: Left Atrial Appendage Closure

Education – Patient/Caregiver: Two-page patient education resources about LAAC. Includes information about the procedure, risk factors, and post-procedure instructions.

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AFib Patient Education Toolkit: Blood Clot Prevention, Rate Control, Rhythm Control

Education – Patient/Caregiver: Extensive collection of patient education sheets for 17 different medications used for anticoagulation, rate control, and rhythm control. Each sheet includes how to take the medication, potential interactions, side effects, and warnings.

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AFib Toolkit: CHA₂DS₂-VASc and Your Risk of Stroke

Education – Patient/Caregiver: CHA2DS2-VASc and Your Risk of Stroke

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AFib Toolkit: What is Atrial Fibrillation

Education – Patient/Caregiver: Two-page patient education resource explaining AFib, its causes, management and treatment. Includes a description of medications, procedures, and implantable devices, as well ask suggested lifestyle changes.

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AFib Risk Factor Report Card: Risk factors for Atrial Fibrillation

Checklists: Self-evaluation tool for patients to use in their management of diagnosed AFib. Includes additional resources and a place for notes.

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AF Action Plan

Education – Patient/Caregiver: Use this guide to help you tell your doctors or nurse about changes in your symptoms; Recognizing your AF symptoms will help you better manage your health; When you notice your symptoms early and take action, you are less likely to have to go to the hospital for treatment

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