Your care team is there to help and support you through all parts of your experience with managing AFib. Your care team includes every type of doctor, nurse, or healthcare professional who touches your care.
DURING YOUR AFIB EXPERIENCE, YOU MAY HAVE APPOINTMENTS AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES:
- Inpatient or outpatient clinics, and sometimes the emergency room
- Cardiovascular or anticoagulation clinics
- Sleep or weight loss clinics
- Other health care specialists as needed
YOUR CARE TEAM MAY INCLUDE
- Your primary care provider (PCP), your general cardiologist, your surgeon, your heart rhythm doctor (electrophysiologist, or EP), your nurses, and other specialists
- Pharmacists, dieticians, or rehabilitation and physical therapists and other health care providers as needed