The public needs to know - they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
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Atrial fibrillation has been the low man on the totem pole and so we're just trying to get more visibility about this particular disease and how dangerous this could be.
I want the public to know the truth, not every condition affecting the heart comes from a blockage.
If people really knew what they were getting into with their third chemotherapy treatment, or getting a pacemaker when they're 92, if they really knew what that was going to mean, they might say no, and we should give them that information.
We expect well-informed treatment for cancer or heart disease; it matters no less for depression.
Whatever concerns health is of real public interest.
It's the age of information and we need to just get as informed as we can about what other things might help us live healthy lives.
The best doctors and the best hospitals in America, if they cannot get the patient information they need when they need it, it can lead to morbid consequences: Higher mortality.
If one of us, any of us, any American is traveling in a town somewhere in America and a medical crisis hits them, for someone who is diabetic or perhaps has heart disease or some other problems, where do we get the records to determine what to do?
I would like the Medical Society to be one of the resources for information about the influences that have an impact on our patients and our practices.
I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician. I think it's very upfront. I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.
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