Section I Background and Fundamentals 1. A History of Cardiac Arrhythmia Surgery 2. Epidemiology and Economics of Atrial Fibrillation 3. Cardiac Anatomy Pertinent to Atrial Fibrillation Surgery 4. Electrophysiologic Concepts Basic to the Understanding of How to Treat Atrial Fibrillation by Surgical or Catheter Intervention 5. Clinical Electrophysiology of Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation Pertinent to Interventional Therapy 6. Electrophysiologic Mapping of Atrial Fibrillation 7. The Basics of Myocardial Strain and Its Relationship to Atrial Fibrillation 8.

Atrial Remodeling: Atrial Fibrillation Begets Atrial Fibrillation Section II Evolution of Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation 9. Arrhythmia Surgery Prior to Atrial Fibrillation Surgery 10. Principles and Goals that Govern the Interventional Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation 11. Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Prior to the Maze Procedure 12. Development and Evolution of the Maze Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation 13. Importance of the Right Atrial Lesions in the Maze Procedure 14. Conversion from the Cut-and-Sew Maze-III Procedure to the Minimally Invasive CryoMaze-III Procedure 15. Modification of the CryoMaze-III Procedure 16.

Robotic Maze-III Procedure 17. Maze-IV Procedure 18. When and How to Downsize the Left Atrium 19. When is a Maze Procedure a Maze Procedure? 20. Lesion Integrity, Energy Sources, Ablation Devices and Intraoperative Testing 21. The Maze Procedure and Postoperative Pacemakers 22. Effects of the Maze Procedure on Left Atrial Transport Function Section III Surgery for Concomitant AF Ablation During Cardiac Surgery 23. Incidence of Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation and Benefits of Concomitant Ablation 24.

Current American and European Guidelines for Atrial Fibrillation Surgery 25. Surgical Options for the Treatment of Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation 26. How I do it: Atrial Fibrillation Ablation plus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting 27. How I do it: Atrial Fibrillation Ablation plus Mitral Valve Surgery plus/minus Tricuspid Valve Surgery plus/minus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting 28. How I do it: Minimally Invasive Atrial Fibrillation Ablation plus Mitral Valve Surgery plus/minus Tricuspid Valve Surgery 29. How I do it: Atrial Fibrillation Ablation plus Aortic Valve Surgery plus/minus Aortic Aneurysm Surgery 30. Ganglionic Plexus Ablation Section IV Surgery for Stand-Alone Atrial Fibrillation 31. Results of Catheter Ablation for Stand-Alone Atrial Fibrillation 32.

Thoracoscopic Left Atrial Modified Maze Procedure for Stand-Alone Atrial Fibrillation 33. An Overview of Hybrid Procedures for Stand-Alone Atrial Fibrillation 34. Thoracoscopic Map-Guided Hybrid Procedure for Stand-Alone Atrial Fibrillation 35. Thoracoscopic Non-Maze Hybrid Procedure for Stand-Alone Atrial Fibrillation 36. The Convergent Hybrid Procedure for Stand-Alone Atrial Fibrillation 37. A Complete Hybrid Maze Procedure for Stand-Alone Atrial Fibrillation 38. Minimally Invasive CryoMaze-III Procedure for Stand-Alone Atrial Fibrillation 39. A Cardiac Surgeon/Interventional Electrophysiologist''s Perspective on the Treatment of Stand-Alone Atrial Fibrillation Section V Management of the Left Atrial Appendage 40.

Overview of the Surgical Management of the Left Atrial Appendage 41. Anatomy and Physiology of the Left Atrial Appendage 42. Neurohormonal Consequences of Left Atrial Appendage Closure 43. Effect of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion on Left Atrial Function and Electrophysiology 44. The AtriClip Device and Long-Term Results of Left Atrial Appendage Closure 45. Thoracoscopic Atriclip Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage 46. Randomized Clinical Trials of Left Atrial Appendage Closure Section VI Management of Postoperative Arrhythmias 47. Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation 48.

Postoperative Peri-Mitral Atrial Flutter 49. Postoperative Anti-Arrhythmic Drugs and Anticoagulation Section VII Future Directions 50. The Future of Left Atrial Appendage Management 51. The Future of Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation Ablation 52. The Future of Stand-Alone Atrial Fibrillation Ablation.