Atrial fibrillation has always been the little sister to itsventricular counterpart but during the past decade,it has captured our attention, mainly because it is so common.Atrial fibrillation affects nearly 2.5 million Americans, andthis number could double over the next 50 years as the populationages.1 Although not the killer that ventricular fibrillationis, atrial fibrillation is by no means benign. Roughly 15 percentof strokes in the United States have been attributed to thisarrhythmia.2
The pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation is complex, even ascompared with the other tachyarrhythmias. Atrial fibrillationarises from dynamic interactions . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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From the Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School both in Boston.
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