ARRHYTHMOLOGY: INTUS PARTIS
The history of the specialty 'arrhythmology' and its separate issues is reviewed in the paper with 'an inside look' suggested. With the development of this clinical discipline the organization system has varied, as well as the approaches to solving problems of diagnosis and treatment of patients with life-threatening heart rhythm disturbance. By the example of A.N. Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery the state of arrhythmology at present stage is considered. All units of the Centre working on this problem are consistently considered through the description of methods of diagnosis used, approaches to the choice of treatment, and methods of treatment itself (surgical, interventional, hybrid). The author presents the work of each department through fundamentally innovative solutions and new developments so that the reader could get an idea of the current situation in the specialty, achievements and problems remaining unsolved.