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information in a format the average person can understand. His wife, Patti,
edits A-Fib.com's content to make it readable by the lay (non-medical) person
and relevant to patients. Steve is not a medical doctor (though he did earn a
Ph.D. from Ohio State University).
After three failed ablations in 1997, Steve locked himself in
a medical library armed with a medical dictionary and read everything he could
find about A-Fib. He tediously waded through the medical jargon doctors and
researchers use, and emerged from the library with an understanding of A-Fib and
a plan of action.
Steve was cured of his A-Fib in 1998 by a Pulmonary Vein
Ablation (Isolation) procedure. (Read about
his story in the
PersonalExperiences section of
A-Fib.com.) After his cure, Steve felt compelled to write A-Fib.com in order to
spare other patients the difficulty he had in finding understandable information
about A-Fib.
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school, company, doctor or other organization. It does not accept advertising.
Though inclined toward Pulmonary Vein Ablation as a cure for
A-Fib, Steve tries to maintain an open mind and be free of any conflict of
interest. He tries to not only report on recent A-Fib research, but also draw
conclusions and make recommendations for A-Fib patients.
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