Richard J Shemin, MD, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, for which medical therapy is totally inadequate and does not prevent strokes or improve outcomes. UCLA researchers are looking at new techniques and hybrid approaches to do more than rhythm and rate control for these patients.

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