TY - CHAP AU - Carlo Rostagno AU - Maria Brigitte Berioli AU - Pier Luigi Stefàno ED - Jong-Il Choi Y1 - 2012-01-11 PY - 2012 T1 - Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Surgery N2 - Atrial Fibrillation-Basic Research and Clinical Applications is designed to provide a comprehensive review and to introduce outstanding and novel researches. This book contains 22 polished chapters and consists of five sections: 1. Basic mechanisms of initiation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation and its pathophysiology, 2. Mapping of atrial fibrillation and novel methods of signal detection. 3. Clinical prognostic predictors of atrial fibrillation and remodeling, 4. Systemic reviews of catheter-based/surgical treatment and novel targets for treatment of atrial fibrillation and 5. Atrial fibrillation in specific conditions and its complications. Each chapter updates the knowledge of atrial fibrillation, providing state-of-the art for not only scientists and clinicians who are interested in electrophysiology, but also general cardiologists. BT - Atrial Fibrillation SP - Ch. 17 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/27040 DO - 10.5772/27040 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-24 ER -