1. Introduction

   • M. Santini
   • C. P. Lau

   OriginalPaper 08 March 2007 Pages: 161 - 161

2. Achieving global access to heart rhythm therapies in the next decade: A tangible goal

   • Sanjeev Saksena

   OriginalPaper 08 March 2007 Pages: 163 - 168

3. Are women worldwide under-treated with regard to cardiac resynchronization and sudden death prevention?

   • Anne B. Curtis

   OriginalPaper 28 February 2007 Pages: 169 - 175

4. The impact of reimbursement on the usage of pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators and radiofrequency ablation

   • Chu-Pak Lau
   • Hung-Fat Tse
   • Harry G. Mond

   OriginalPaper 21 March 2007 Pages: 177 - 181

5. The worldwide social burden of atrial fibrillation: What should be done and where do we go?

   • Massimo Santini
   • Renato P. Ricci

   OriginalPaper 20 March 2007 Pages: 183 - 188

6. Do we need pharmacological therapy for atrial fibrillation in the ablation era?

   • Samuel Lévy

   OriginalPaper 06 March 2007 Pages: 189 - 194

7. Mapping and ablation: A worldwide perspective

   • Carlo Pappone
   • Vincenzo Santinelli

   OriginalPaper 06 April 2007 Pages: 195 - 198

8. Sudden cardiac death: Epidemiologic and financial worldwide perspective

   • Timothy W. Smith
   • Michael E. Cain

   OriginalPaper 28 February 2007 Pages: 199 - 203

9. Fighting against sudden death: A single or multidisciplinary approach

   • John G. F. Cleland
   • Periaswamy Velavan
   • Mansour Nasir

   OriginalPaper 06 April 2007 Pages: 205 - 210

10. The world survey of cardiac pacing and cardioverter-defibrillators: Lessons learnt

    • Harry G Mond

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2007 Pages: 211 - 214

11. Cardiac resynchronization therapy in clinical practice: Need for electrical, mechanical, clinical and logistic synchronization

    • Giuseppe Boriani
    • Igor Diemberger
    • Angelo Branzi

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2007 Pages: 215 - 224

12. Socio-economic analysis of cardiac resynchronization therapy

    • Michael E. Field
    • Michael O. Sweeney

    OriginalPaper 20 March 2007 Pages: 225 - 236