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At last!! Aspirin has long since been *not* recommended for blood thinning in AF.

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I was told that 18 months ago, when first diagnosed. This link, see below, is from the BBC website, today, June 9th 2014. I have, often, read on "HealthUnlocked" that patients are still on aspirin :-(

Also, I just heard on the radio, BBC Radio 4 News, that the first tiny pacemaker has been fitted inside a patient's heart. Exciting and positive :-) Personally, I have so many different types of heart irregularities that I have no idea which is the actual AF!!! Does anyone else feel this?

bbc.co.uk/news/health-27760736

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Interesting and probably the worst guarded secret on what is supposed to be an embargoed press release for 18th June.

Bob.

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Yup Bob. NICE are not happy.

Eileen

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Yes I do vovarna..

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