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Dr. Aseem Desai is a cardiac electrophysiologist (EP), a physician specializing in heart rhythm disorders. He has been caring for people with atrial fibrillation (AFib) for over seventeen years and currently practices in Orange County, California. Dr. Desai graduated from Northwestern University Medical School as part of the Honors Program in Medical Education (HPME). He did his internship, residency, chief residency, cardiology fellowship, and electrophysiology fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center. Dr. Desai served as Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of Implantable Device Therapy at the University of Chicago Hospital. As an author of several scientific manuscripts, he has published in peer-reviewed journals such as HeartRhythm Journal, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, American Journal of Medicine, and Annals of Internal Medicine. Dr. Desai’s passion for connecting with people has allowed him to increase AFib awareness through speaking engagements, writing for the general public on blogs such as The Doctor Weighs In, and on his YouTube channel, which features educational and human-interest stories. He provides personalized care based on the statement: “Doctor, if I were a family member of yours, what would you recommend?” When he's not helping patients, he enjoys spending time with his family, singing, playing guitar, reading, and yoga.
Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite
Restart Your Heart: The Playbook for Thriving With Afib by Aseem Desai, MD, FHRS is an insightful and helpful book for readers who want information on atrial fibrillation. The book dispels fear and gives them hope. It gives useful, clear, and concise information so that they can lead a healthy and successful life. This book is a good tool to transform lives in a positive way by showing readers how to have a holistic approach to living. There are several books on the market that give useful information and patient experiences but what makes this book unique and different is that it has been written by an Afib specialist and tells readers how to deal with the condition and manage AFib on their terms. It is a good book that, apart from giving hope and a game plan in dealing with it, helps readers to accept the disease and not let it define them.
Aseem Desai writes in a way that is easy for readers to understand. He speaks about atrial fibrillation in detail and gives good therapeutic options to those patients who have been untreatable. The material shared in the book is relevant and relatable and has good tips to optimize well-being and health. The concepts speak about the author's experience with atrial fibrillation and the 3-step guide developed by the author has been helpful to many patients. Restart Your Heart shares patient stories and experiences, the risk factors, and the other informative details about AFib that make it easy for readers to relate to the topic. The three steps to manage AFib - namely Be Informed, Be Prepared and Be in Control - as well as the practical steps that can be taken to overcome Afib are discussed extensively so it is easy for readers to deal with Afib.
