Introduction

This issue of the Medical College of Virginia Quarterly is devoted to the publication of the proceedings of the Cardiac Arrhythmias Symposium held at the Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia from June 8-10, 1972. The reason for such emphasis upon the field of cardiac arrhythmias is primarily due to the fact that there has been an awakened interest in recent years in the problem of sudden death. It is now being appreciated that a significant number of deaths attributed to cardiovascular disease are due to cardiac arrhythmias, a potentially correctable disorder