title: Decade in review--arrhythmias: Cardiac fibrillation--challenges and evolving solutions.
abstract: Cardiac rhythm disorders, or 'arrhythmias', are major sources of morbidity and mortality, and have been challenging to treat because classic pharmacological therapies are often ineffective and sometimes dangerous. In the past decade, groundbreaking developments have revolutionized the management of arrhythmias and prepared the groundwork for new advances in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, 5000 Belanger Street East, Montreal, QC H1T 1C8, Canada.
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nattel
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents