My name is Dick Inglis and I am a retired Ph.D. psychologist. My AF "career" is described on this site. It included immersing myself in the literature and other aspects of the field in order to make the best decision I could concerning my own treatment. From that time one, I have read journal articles on the internet, attended conventions, and gleaned information from other web sites that I consider to be useful and valid. I use this information to develop suggestions as to how the prospective might proceed in developing a strategy for dealing with his or her AF.

The statements I make and the conclusions I suggest on the site must, therefore, stand on their own merits. I think you will find that there is nothing I say (in"Choosing treatments...." ) that would not be subject to validation in the natural course of a patient's visits with his cardiologist, EP, or surgeon -- or by his or her reading of the materials listed in the Resource section. In any case, mostly what I offer are ways of gathering information rather than the information itself.