Education: Patient / Caregiver
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.
Read MoreTools: Interactive tool for patients to use when preparing for their upcoming AFib-related visits.
Read MoreCare Pathways/CDS: Welcome to the Hartford Healthcare Heart & Vascular Institute’s Atrial Fibrillation Center
Read MoreEducation – Patient/Caregiver: One-page patient education resource explaining Pulmonary Vein Isolation. Includes procedure, post-procedure, procedural risk, and office follow up.
Read MoreEducation – Patient/Caregiver: Two-page patient education resources about LAAC. Includes information about the procedure, risk factors, and post-procedure instructions.
Read MoreEducation – 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.
Read MoreEducation – Patient/Caregiver: CHA2DS2-VASc and Your Risk of Stroke
Read MoreEducation – 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.
Read MoreChecklists: Self-evaluation tool for patients to use in their management of diagnosed AFib. Includes additional resources and a place for notes.
Read MoreEducation – 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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