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* Atrial fibrillation (AF) is said to be an epidemic, affecting 1% to 1.5% of the population in the developed world. The prevalence of AF will grow dramatically in the coming decades as the elderly proportion of the population increases. Projected data from the cross-sectional ATRIA (AnTicoagulation and Risk Factors In Atrial Fibrillation) study of 17,974 adults who were enrolled in a large health maintenance organization in California and were diagnosed with AF in 1996-97, have suggested that the number of Americans with AF will increase to more than 5.6 million, (2.5-fold), during the next