Introduction: Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation and Impact on Health System.- Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation The Rising Prevalence.- Economic Costs Associated with Atrial Fibrillation.- Cost-Effectiveness of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.- Pathophysiology, Molecular Mechanisms, and Genetics of Atrial Fibrillation.- Cellular Electrophysiology and the Substrate for Atrial Fibrillation.- Electrical and Structural Remodeling in Atrial Fibrillation.- Genetics of Atrial Fibrillation: The Clinician's Perspective.- Dominant Frequency Mapping to Assess the Consequences of Remodeling in the Mechanism of Atrial Fibrillation.- Intracellular Calcium Dynamics and Atrial Fibrillation.- Role of the Vagus in AF Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Applications.- Atrial Fibrillation Genetic Considerations: The Basic Scientist's Perspective.- Medical Treatment in Atrial Fibrillation.- Review of Recent Trials of Medical Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation.- Antithrombotic Treatment and Cardioversion of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.- Current Role of Medical Therapy for Prevention or Termination of Atrial Fibrillation.- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.- Applied Cardiac Anatomy for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation.- Selection of Ablation Catheters, Energy Sources, and Power Delivery.- Anatomically Guided Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.- Chronic Atrial Fibrillation and Catheter Ablation.- Hybrid Strategies for Ablation of Permanent AF.- Isolation of Pulmonary Vein Antrum Triggers.- Complications and Definition of Success.- Strategies on How to Diagnose, Prevent, and Treat Pulmonary Vein Stenosis.- Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation.- Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation with Cardiac Surgery.- Epicardial Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.- Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatmentof Atrial Fibrillation.- Imaging, Technologies, and Associated Arrhythmias.- CT and MR Images in Atrial Fibrillation.- Integrative Approaches to Imaging.- Novel Balloon Catheter Technologies for Pulmonary Vein/Antrum Isolation.- Remote Catheter Navigation.- Insight into the Pathophysiology of Atrial Flutter and Its Relationship to Atrial Fibrillation.- Ablation Strategies for Left Atrial Flutter.- Future Directions in Atrial Fibrillation.- Atrial Fibrillation: Future Directions.
