Title: Acute Pulmonary Vein Reconnection After Ablation using Contact-Force Sensing Catheters: Incidence, Timing, and Ablation Lesion Characteristics

Credits: Muhammad Balouch MD, Dong Juang MD, Bhradeev Sivasambu MD, Rizma J. Bajwa MD, Tarek Zghaib MD, Jonathan Chrispin MD, Ronald D. Berger MD, PhD, Hiroshi Ashikaga MD, PhD, Hugh Calkins MD, Joseph E. Marine MD, and David D. Spragg MD

Title: Clinical Factors Relevant to the Recurrence of Atrial Tachyarrhythmia after Thoracic Vein Isolation with Defragmentation

Credits: Kyoichiro Yazaki, Masahiro Watarai, Kenji Enta, Mitsuru Kahata, Asako, Kumagai, Koji Inoue, Hiroshi Koganei, Masato Otsuka, Yasuhiro Ishii

Title: Electrocardiogram (ECG) for the Prediction of Incident Atrial Fibrillation: An Overview

Credits: YoshifusaAizawa MD1), Hiroshi Watanabe MD2), Ken Okumura MD3).

Title: The Role of Contact Force in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Credits: Hiroshi Nakagawa, Warren M. Jackman

Title: Safety and Efficacy of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Young Patients

Credits: Jane Dewire, Sunil Agarwal, Irfan K. Khurram, Joseph E. Marine, Ronald Berger, David Spragg, Hiroshi Ashikaga, John Rickard, Saman Nazarian, Hugh Calkins

Title: Effect of High-dose Telmisartan on the Prevention of Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertensive Patients

Credits: Shingo Maeda Mitsuhiro Nishizaki, Noriyoshi Yamawake, Takashi Ashikaga, Kensuke Ihara, Tadashi Murai, Hiroyuki Fujii, Harumizu Sakurada, Masayasu Hiraoka, Mitsuaki Isobe

Title: The Autonomic Nervous System and Atrial Fibrillation: The Roles of Pulmonary Vein Isolation and Ganglionated Plexi Ablation

Credits: Benjamin J. Scherlag, PhD, Hiroshi Nakagawa, M.D, Ph.D, Eugene Patterson, PhD, Warren M. Jackman, MD, Ralph Lazzara, MD, Sunny S. Po, MD, PhD

Dr. Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD.

Affiliation: Professor of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK. He is Director of Clinical Catheter Ablation Program, Director of Translational Electrophysiology and Associated Director of Heart Rhythm Institute. His clinical and research interests are focused on catheter mapping and ablation of complex atrial and ventricular arrhythmias.