Managing Atrial Fibrillation 
Focus on Nonpharmacologic Strategies

Supplement Editor:
Roger M. Mills, MD*
The Cleveland Clinic

Special Edition
July 2003

Supplement 3 to Volume 70

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword: Beyond drugs alone: Pacing, ablation, and surgery..................S1
for atrial fibrillation
R.M. MILLS, MD

Basic mechanisms of atrial fibrillation .........................................................S2
D.R. VAN WAGONER, PhD

Current clinical issues in atrial fibrillation..................................................S6
MINA K. CHUNG, MD

Approaches to restoring and maintaining normal....................................S12
sinus rhythm

    1. Pharmacologic management: Often insufficient, but still first-line
      D.O. MARTIN, MD
    2. Pacing and devices: Progress toward a preventive role
      WALID SALIBA, MD
    3. Surgical approaches: At the 'tipping point'
      PATRICK M. MCCARTHY, MD, and A. MARC GILLINOV, MD
    4. Catheter ablation: A less invasive path to potential cure
      WILLIAM BELDEN, MD, NASSIR F. MARROUCHE, MD, and ANDREA NATALE, MD

Managing chronic atrial fibrillation: Strategies to control.....................S30
symptoms and prevent embolism
D.O. MARTIN, MD
*Dr. Mills has indicated that he has no commercial affiliations or interests that pose a potential conflict of interest with his role as editor of this supplement. For disclosures from individual authors, see the first page of their respective articles.
 

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