The St Paul’s Hospital Atrial Fibrillation Clinic opened in October 2009 with the mandate of streamlining care for patients with atrial fibrillation who have had suboptimal response to standard therapies and therefore require more complex medication management and/or radiofrequency ablation. The proven benefits of this treatment modality have resulted in broader use and hence long waiting lists...

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I n t e r v e n t i o n At 6 to 8 weeks before surgery, 60 patients were allocated to the smoking intervention and were offered a weekly meeting with the project nurse. At the first meeting, a Fagerstöm test was done to estimate the patient’s nicotine dependence. Test results and patient preference were used to devise a personalized nicotine substitution schedule. Patients were strongly encoura...

The use of paper and pencil tests for the selection of candidates and to identify individual differences should be approached cautiously because the interpretations of the tests can be very subjective. Although personal preferences do tend to become more stable as we grow older, they may vary from one day to the next. No one is an absolute extrovert or introvert; we all have tendencies toward o...