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Previous Volume 333:742 September 14, 1995 Number 11

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(American Heart Association Monograph Series.) Edited by John P. DiMarco and Eric N. Prystowsky. 432 pp. Armonk, N.Y., Futura, 1995. $70. ISBN 0-87993-604-5.

Was it only a few years ago that card-carrying electrophysiologists were turning up their noses at the mere mention of a patient with atrial fibrillation? Their thoughts were directed elsewhere, to arrhythmias that could be managed with blade, heat, or appliance. But the worm has indeed turned. Atrial arrhythmias, especially fibrillation and flutter, now command extraordinary attention from the electrophysiology community. The sheer number of patients with these arrhythmias is one reason, but more important is the incredible recent growth in treatment options, drug and nondrug. With this increased interest among all physicians has come a need to understand atrial . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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