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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AN OVERVIEW OF ARRHYTHMIA Introduction The prevalence and mortality of arrhythmia Atrial fibrillation Disease mechanism Cardiac electrical activity Causes of arrhythmia Types of arrhythmia Treatment options Treatment of atrial fibrillation Unmet need in the treatment of arrhythmia Inability of drugs to reduce mortality Lack of treatments for atrial fibrillation Side effects ARRHYTHMIA DRUGS ANALYSIS Anti-arrhythmic drugs Arrhythmia drug class descriptions Overview of the global arrhythmia market Key trends in the global arrhythmia market Overview by country Leading class III agents Leading class I agents ANTI-ARRHYTHMICS IN DEVELOPMENT Major new anti-arrhythmics CVT-510 Novel anti-arrhythmics: commercial implications Comparison of late stage compounds with current drugs ARRHYTHMIA DEVICES ANALYSIS Cardiac rhythm devices Pacemakers Automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators Leads The Electrophysiology Market The Electrophysiology Market LEADING COMPANIES IN THE ARRHYTHMIA DEVICES MARKET Mergers and Acquisitions Market shares Product portfolios and development Cardiac rhythm product portfolios of leading cardiac device manufacturers Other factors influencing success in the arrhythmia devices market Regulation The role of intellectual technology rights Quality of sales activities Training ANTI-ARRHYTHMIC DRUG FORECASTS Forecasting methodology Trends in the arrhythmia market to 2007 Five forces model of the influencing factors in the anti-arrhythmics market Global anti-arrhythmic drugs forecast overview APPENDIX I: COUNTRY DATA TABLES US arrhythmia market US anti-arrhythmic sales and market trends US cardiac rhythm devices market Japan arrhythmia market Japan anti-arrhythmic drug sales and market trends Germany arrhythmia market German anti-arrhythmic drug sales and market trends German cardiac rhythm devices market France arrhythmia market French anti-arrhythmic drug sales and market trends French cardiac rhythm devices market Italian arrhythmia market Italian anti-arrhythmic drug sales and market trends Italian cardiac rhythm devices market Spanish arrhythmia market Spanish anti-arrhythmic drug sales and market trends Spanish cardiac rhythm devices market UK arrhythmia market UK anti-arrhythmic drug sales and market trends UK cardiac rhythm devices market APENDIX II: RESEARCH PROGRAM METHODOLOGY SPRINT databases Primary Research Data ratings Quantification of Data Reliability Strategic Issues and Opinion Surveys APENDIX III: LISTS OF TABLES AND FIGURES Lists of tables List of figures