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In this issue we feature the poignant account of Carolyn Wright Smith’s journey “From Disappointment to Triumph”. Carolyn so accurately describes what many afibbers experience – we keep going in the midst of our rhythm issues… sitting at desks and in classes, doing our work and homework with heart rates going off of the charts, shortness of breath, and times of near passing out. Just “normal” to us. We muscle through it hoping no one will notice, not mentioning symptoms to anyone in an effort to avert pity or drawing attention to ourselves, and holding onto the hope of quickly converting into NSR so we can safely drive home. Diagnosed with afib at the age of 37 years, and after many trials and tribulations, she is now finally enjoying normal sinus rhythm. Thank you Carolyn for sharing your most uplifting story!
Also in this issue we report on Chinese researchers confirming that there is a strong genetic component in lone atrial fibrillation, that potassium deficiency is widespread,
that ablation for right atrial flutter should be combined with a PVI procedure in order to avoid future arrhythmia issues, and finally, that medium-term results of ablations carried out using
the Stereotaxis system with an irrigated catheter are promising and comparable to those obtained with manual ablation performed by experienced electrophysiologists.
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