| Introduction | Hans Larsen MSc | v |
| Afib Journeys |
My AF Story - Or How it Zaps You When You Are Not Looking by Anthony Bestwick |
2 |
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How suffering and Curing Atrial Fibrillation Changed My Life by Michael Coleman |
9 | |
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Living with Vagal Lone AF by David Booth |
14 | |
| Journal Summaries | Incidence and Management | 22 |
| Mechanistic Insights | 24 | |
| Risk Factors and Triggers | 32 | |
| Cardioversion | 35 | |
| Prevention and Treatment with Antiarrhythmics | 39 | |
| Prevention and Treatment with Other Drugs | 42 | |
| Ablation - Procedures | 44 | |
| Ablation - Complications | 54 | |
| Ablation - Outcome | 58 | |
| Stroke Risk Factors | 74 | |
| Stroke Prevention | 78 | |
| Odds & Ends | 86 | |
| Research Reports |
LAF vs AF: Shape Matters by Patrick Chambers, MD |
94 |
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Fish Oils and Warfarin by Hans Larsen |
110 | |
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Living with Warfarin by Hans Larsen |
114 | |
| Special Reports |
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Atrial Fibrillation Summit - October 14-15, 2005 Summary and Observations by Jackie Burgess |
141 |
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Review of 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation by Hans Larsen |
160 | |
| Ablation/Maze Survey - 2006 | Definition of Terms | 166 |
| Overview of Procedures | 170 | |
| Evaluation of Background Data | 171 | |
| Radiofrequency Ablation | 176 | |
| Outcome - RF Ablation | 179 | |
| Patient Outcome - RF Ablation | 188 | |
| Summary - RF Ablation | 192 | |
| Performance Rating - RF Ablation | 194 | |
| Outcome - Other Procedures | 204 | |
| Right Atrial Flutter Ablation | 205 | |
| Left Atrial Flutter Ablation | 207 | |
| Cryoablation | 207 | |
| AV Node Ablation + Pacemaker | 208 | |
| Maze Procedure | 209 | |
| Mini-maze Procedure | 211 | |
| Summary - Other Procedures | 214 | |
| Appendix A | Glossary of Medical Terms | 217 |
| Subject Index | 231 |
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