Atrial Fibrillation affects approximately 2.5 million individuals in the United States and is projected to affect 15 million individuals by 2050. Here reader is provided with the latest information that is critically important in the daily care and for the potential cure of patients with atrial fibrillation. Each chapter deals with a different aspect of atrial fibrillation and was authored by internationally recognized experts in the evolving field of cardiac electrophysiology.