Title: Intraluminal Esophageal Temperature Monitoring Using the CircaS-Cathā„¢ Temperature Probe to Guide Left Atrial Ablation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Title: Left Atrial Size May Predict Blood Pressure Improvement After Ganglionated Plexi Ablation in Addition to Pulmonary Vein Isolation
Title: Posterior Wall Isolationfor Atrial Fibrillation: Effects on Echocardiographic Parameters Of Cardiac Function
Title: Meditation for Improved Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Implantable Defibrillators for Heart Failure- Pilot Study
Title: Association of the H2FPEF Risk Score with Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation Following Pulmonary Vein Isolation
Title: Safety and Efficacy of Cryoballoon Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in Diabetic Patients
Title: Anatomy Versus Physiology-Guided Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Title: Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Training in Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Zachary M. DeBoard, Thomas K. Varghese Jr, John R. Doty, Craig H. Selzman
Title: Transtelephonic ECG Monitoring to Guide Outpatient Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy in Patients With Non-Permanent Atrial Fibrillation: Efficacy and Safety From a Single-Center Experience
Credits: Thomas Klingenheben , Aref Albakri , Thomas M. Helms
Title: Warfarin Use and Mortality, Stroke, and Bleeding Outcomes in a Cohort of Elderly Patients with non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation
Title: Comparison of Cryoballoon and Hybrid Surgical Posterior Wall Isolation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation to Conventional Ablation.
Title: Relationship of Atrial Fibrillation to Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation
Credits: Abdullah Sayied Abdullah MBBS, MSc, George Eigbire MD, Mohamed Ali MD, Mohanad Awadalla MBBS, Abdul Wahab MD, Hisham Ibrahim MBBS, MRCP, Amr Salama MD, Richard Alweis, MD
Title: Assessment of DNA Damage After Ionizing Radiation Exposure in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device Implantation or Atrial Fibrillation Ablation (The RADAR Study)
Credits: Mohit K.Turagam, MD, Venkat Vuddanda, MD, Donita Atkins , BSN, Rakesh Venkata, MBBS, Bhavya YarlagaddaMBBS, Himabindu Korra, MBBS, Jaya Pitchika, MBBS, Sudharani Bommana , MS and Dhanujaya R. Lakkireddy, MD, FHRS
Title: Clinical Impact of Saline Volume Infused Through Irrigated-Tip Ablation Catheter in Low Acuity Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Patients
Title: AF HeartTeamā€¯ Guided Indication for Stand-alone Thoracoscopic Left Atrial Ablation and Left Atrial Appendage Closure
Title: Feasibility and Usability of a Mobile Application to Asses Symptoms and Affect in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Pilot Study
Credits: Hamid Ghanbari, MD, MPH, Sardar Ansari, MD, Michael Ghannam, MD, Sangeeta Lathkar-Pradhan, MBBS, Anna Kratz, PhD, Hakan Oral, MD, Kayvan Najarian, PhD, Daniel Clauw, MD, Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD, MPH
Title: Resolution of AV block after ablation for atrial fibrillation
Title: CAlifornia Study of ABLation (CAABL): Utilization and Epidemiology after Index Hospitalization for non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation.
Title: Impact of Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation on Pulmonary Vein Cross Sectional Area: Implications for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
Title: Incorporating Stroke and Bleeding Risk Stratification Tools into Atrial Fibrillation: Management Making Sense of the Alphabet Soup
Credits: Thomas F. Deering, MD
Title: Natural History of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implanted at or after the Age of 70 years in a Veteran Population: A Single Center Study
Title: Emergency covered stent implantation for rupture of a pulmonary vein after balloon angioplasty for postinterventional pulmonary vein stenosis
Credits: Sebastian Hilbert, MD, Silke John, MD, Frank-Thomas Riede, MD, Arash Arya, MD, Ingo Paetsch, MD, Cosima Jahnke, MD, Gerhard Hindricks, MD, Andreas Bollmann, MD, PhD
Title: Efficacy, high procedural safety and rapid optimization of cryoballoon atrial fibrillation ablation in the hands of a new operator
Credits: Eberhard Scholz, Patrick Lugenbiel, Patrick A. Schweizer, Panagiotis Xynogalos, Claudia Seyler, Edgar Zitron, Rüdiger Becker, Hugo A. Katus, Dierk Thomas
Title: Systolic and Diastolic Function by Tissue Doppler Imaging Predicts Mortality in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Maria Dons, MB, Tor Biering-Sųrensen, MD, PhD, Jan Skov Jensen, MD, PhD, DMSc, Thomas Fritz-Hansen, MD, Jan Bech, MD, PhD, Martina Chantal de Knegt, MD, Jacob Sivertsen, MD, Flemming Javier Olsen, MB, Rasmus Mogelvang, MD, PhD
Title: Optimization of Stroke Prophylaxis Strategies in Nonvalvular AF –Drugs, Devices or Both?
Credits: Amit Noheria, MBBS, SM, Faisal F. Syed, MBChB, MRCP, Christopher V. DeSimone, MD,PhD, Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD.
Title: A Review of the Relevant Embryology, Pathohistology, and Anatomy of the Left Atrial Appendage for the Invasive Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Credits: Christopher V. DeSimone, MD, PhD, Prakriti Gaba, BS, Jason Tri, Faisal Syed, MBBS, Amit Noheria MBBS, SM, Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD.
Title: LEFT ATRIAL DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AND PULMONARY VENOUS HYPERTENSION IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: CLINICAL, HEMODYNAMIC AND
Credits: J. Thomas Heywood, M.D., F.A.C.C., Srikanth Seethala, MD, Tariq Khan, M.D., Allen Johnson M.D., F.A.C.C., Michael Smith, M.D., David Rubenson, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Title: Evaluation of Patients with Early Repolarization Syndrome
Credits: Saagar Mahida MBChB, Frederic Sacher, MD, Benjamin Berte, MD, Seigo Yamashita, MD, PhD, Han Lim, MBBS, PhD, Nicolas Derval, MD, Arnaud Denis, MD, Ashok Shah, MD, Sana Amraoui, MD, Meleze Hocini, MD, Pierre Jais, MD, Michel Haissaguerre, MD.
Title: Anatomic Challenges in Pediatric Catheter Ablation
Credits: Thomas A. Pilcher MD, Elizabeth V. Saarel MD
Title: Silent Cerebral Events after Atrial Fibrillation Ablation – Overview and Current Data
Credits: Thomas Deneke, Karin Nentwich, Joachim Krug, Patrick Müller, Peter Hubert Grewe, Andreas Mügge, Anja Schade
Title: Structural and functional remodeling of the left atrium: clinical and therapeutic implications for atrial fibrillation
Credits: Rajeev Pathak, MBBS, Dennis H. Lau, MBBS, PhD, Rajiv Mahajan, MD, Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD.
Title: Comparative Safety and Efficacy of Irrigated Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation versus Combined Cryoballoon and Catheter Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Ioanna Kosmidou, Kyari Sumayin, Thomas Deering, Andrew Wickliffe, Sricharan Kanitpudi, Stephen Prater, Dan Dan
Title: Atrial Fibrillation and Renal Disease
Credits: Alexander Berkowitsch, Maciej Wójcik, Sergey Zaltsberg, Dmitri Pajitnev, Damir Erkapic, Joern Schmitt, Christian Hamm, Malte Kuniss, Thomas Neumann
Title: Sleep Disordered Breathing and the Pathogenesis of Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Thomas Bitter, MD, Dieter Horstkotte, MD, PhD, FESC, FACCP, Olaf Oldenburg, MD, PhD
Title: Impact of metabolic syndrome on ablation-outcome in patients with atrial fibrillation: A systematic review
Credits: Sanghamitra Mohanty, MD, MS, Luigi Di Biase, MD PhD FHRS, Prasant Mohanty, MBBS, MPH, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, Bai Rong, MD FHRS, Trivedy Chintan, MD MPH, David Burkhardt, MD, Joseph G Gallinghouse, MD, Rodney Horton, MD, Javier E Sanchez, MD, Shane Bailey, MD, Jason Zagrodzky, MD, Andrea Natale, MD, FACC, FESC, FHRS
Title: The Role of Pericardial and Epicardial Fat in Atrial Fibrillation Pathophysiology and Ablation Outcomes
Credits: Christopher X. Wong, MBBS, Rajiv Mahajan, MD, Rajeev Pathak, MBBS, Darragh J. Twomey, MBBS, Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD, FHRS
Title: Relationship of Ostial Pulmonary Vein Scar with Reduction in Pulmonary Vein Size after Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: An Observational Cohort Study
Credits: Thomas H. Hauser, MD, MMSc, MPH, Dana C. Peters PhD, John V. Wylie, MD, Catherine Lau, MD, Mark E. Josephson MD, Warren J. Manning, MD
Title: CHADS2 and CHA2DS2Vasc-Score in Peripheral Systemic Embolism
Credits: Frans Santosa, Thomas Nowak, Theodoros Moysidis, Frank Eickmeier, Christoph Stallinger, Bernd Luther, Kröger Knut
Title: Combined Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation and Watchman® Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Procedures: A Single Centre Experience
Credits: Daniel T. Walker B. App Sci, Julie A. Humphries MBBS, Karen P. Phillips MBBS
Title: Atrial Fibrillation and Metabolic Syndrome: Understanding the Connection
Credits: Prabhat Kumar MBBS, Anil K. Gehi, MD
Title: Rate Control for Preventing Cardiovascular Events in Atrial Fibrillation Patients
Credits: Thomas D. Callahan, MD, FACC, FHRS
Title: Mortality Risk Associated with AF in Myocardial Infarction Patients
Credits: Dr Rajiv Sankaranarayanan MBBS, MRCP(UK)
Title: Trends in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation: A Neurologist’s Perspective.
Credits: Fawzi Abukhalil, Aakash Bodhit, Peter Y Cai, Saeed Ansari, Spandana Thenkabail, Sarah Ganji, Pradeepan Saravanapavan, Chandana Chandra Shekhar, Michael F Waters, Thomas M Beaver, Vishnumurthy Shushrutha Hedna
Title: Predictors of Recurrence After Catheter Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Thomas Deneke, Anja Schade, Joachim Krug, Karsten Stahl, Geza-Atilla Szollosi, Dong-In Shin, Clemens Nino Schukro, Mohamed E Tarahony, Enrique Murillo, Semko Aram, Gabriele Robhirt, Thomas Lawo, Andreas Mugge, Peter H. Grewe, Sebastian Kerber
Title: New Options for Complete Risk Reduction in Atrial Fibrillation Patients
Credits: George Thomas, MD, Bruce B Lerman, MD
Title: Chronic Kidney Disease and Atrial Fibrillation: A Contemporary Overview
Credits: Nitin Kulkarni MD, Nilusha Gukathasan MBBS, Samantha Sartori, PhD, Usman Baber MD MS
Title: Stretch and Inflammation- their relation to fractionation of electrograms in Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: UMA SRIVATSA, MBBS, MARY CHAVEZ CVT, SANKAR KRISHNAMURTHY, PH.D., ZHONGMIN LI, PH.D., HONG QIU, PH.D., AND NIPAVAN CHIAMVIMONVAT, M.D
Title: Non-interventional Management of Symptomatic Pulmonary Vein Occlusion After Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Logan Bittinger , MBBS, FRACP, Anthony Tang MD
Title: Septic Shock due to Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator Related Infection
Credits: David Palmer, MBBS, BSc, MRCP, Aleem Khand, MBChB, MRCP, MD
Title: The Cost of Thromboembolic Events and their Prevention among Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Thomas Davidsona, PhD, Magnus Husberga, B.Sc, Magnus Janzona, MD, Lars-Åke Levina, PhD
Title: Supraventricular Ectopic Activity: When Excessive it is not all Benign!
Credits: Tuan Le Nguyen MBBS, FRACP, Liza Thomas MBBS, FRACP, PhD
Title: Gender and Racial Characteristics of Patients Referred to a Tertiary Atrial Fibrillation Center
Credits: Pamela K. Mason, MD, Liza Moorman, RN, ACNP-BC, Douglas E. Lake, PhD, J. Michael Mangrum, MD, John P. DiMarco, MD, PhD, John D. Ferguson, MBChB, MD, Srijoy Mahapatra, MD, Kenneth C. Bilchick, MD, David Wiggins, BS, RN, J. Paul Mounsey, MD, PhD, J. Randall Moorman, MD
Title: AF Termination: the Holy Grail of Persistent AF Ablation?
Credits: Dennis H. Lau, MBBS, Anthony G. Brooks, PhD, Prashanthan Sanders MBBS, PhD
Title: An Update on the Energy Sources and Catheter Technology for the Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Pawan K. Arora MBBS, James C. Hansen MD, Adam D. Price MD, Josef Koblish, Boaz Avitall MD PhD, FHRS
Title: Pulmonary Vein Isolation using a High Density Mesh Ablator Catheter: incorporation of three-dimensional navigation and mapping
Credits: Dr Jiun Tuan, MBChB, MRCP, Dr Mohamed Jeilan, MBChB, MRCP, Dr Faizel Osman, MBChB, MD, MRCP, Dr Suman Kundu, MBChB, MRCP, Dr Rajkumar Mantravadi, MBBS, PhD MRCP, Dr Peter J Stafford, MBChB, MD, FRCP, Dr G André Ng, MBChB, PhD, FRCP(Glasg), FRCP(London)
Title: Cost-effectiveness of Catheter Ablation Treatment for Patients with Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Nathalie Eckard, Thomas Davidson, Håkan Walfridsson, Lars-Åke Levin
Title: Esophageal Dilatation Post – Gastric Banding and Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report
Credits: Simon Townsend, Andrew James, Nicholas Daunt MBBS, Karen P. Phillips MBBS
Title: Is Cryo A Better Energy Source Than Radiofrequency For AF Ablation In Preventing Esophageal Injury?
Credits: Pawan K. Arora MBBS, James C. Hansen MD, Rakesh Latchamsetty MD, Boaz Avitall MD PhD FHRS
Title: Skin Burn at the Site of Indifferent Electrode after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of AV Node for Atrial Fibrillation.
Credits: Subba Reddy Vanga, MBBS, Mazda Biria MD, Loren Berenbom MD, James Vacek MD, Dhanunjaya R Lakkireddy, MD
Title: Atrial Fibrillation Ablation In Obesity ‚ Size Matters
Credits: Dennis H. Lau, MBBS, Anthony G. Brooks, PhD, Prashanthan Sanders MBBS, PhD
Title: Transesophageal echocardiography for detection of left atrial appendage thrombi: Is it good enough?
Credits: Aazda Biria, Thomas Rosamond MD, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, Louis Wetzel, MD
Affiliation: Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), University of Adelaide and the Royal Adelaide, Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, and Consultant Clinical Cardiologist at Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. Research interests include; Atrial Fibrillation, Lipids, Resuscitation, Stroke and Novel Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy.
Affiliation: Dr. Thomas is head of electrophysiology at the Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany. His research interests include molecular mechanisms of atrial fibrillation and novel therapeutic strategies.
Affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Cornell University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, 520 E. 70 th Street, Starr 4, New York, New York 10021
Affiliation: Dr. Girish Nair graduated from the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER- a deemed University), Pondicherry, India. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and Cardiology from the University of Delhi, India. He moved to Canada in 2002 and completed a clinical/research fellowship in Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology from the University of Toronto and associated Toronto General Hospital. Dr. Nair has also completed his MSc. in Health Research Methodology form McMaster University. He served as a faculty in the Division of Cardiology at McMaster University from 2004 to 2012. Dr. Nair joined the Division of Cardiology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute at the rank of Associate Professor on the 1st of October 2012. Dr. Nair’s current research interests lie in the fields of Atrial Fibrillation, Sudden Cardiac Death and Ventricular tachycardia with a specific focus on evaluating treatment strategies and knowledge transfer. His clinical focus is on complex ablations including Atrial Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia and arrhythmias in the grown up congenital heart disease population.
Affiliation: J. Thomas Heywood, MD, FACC: Medical Director, Advance Heart Failure and LVAD/MCS Program; Director, Heart Failure Recovery and Research Program, Co-Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program. Dr. Heywood’s research interest include Cardiorenal Syndrome, Implantable Hemodynamic Monitors and Heart Failure with Preserved Systolic Function.
Affiliation: Dr Karen Philips is a medical graduate of the University of Queensland and completed her advanced cardiology training at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. She pursued subspecialty cardiac electrophysiology training with a fellowship at the Austin Hospital, in Melbourne in 2005. Karen returned to HeartCare Partners in 2008 after gathering further expertise in the field of cardiac electrophysiology at the Cleveland Clinic, USA. She performs a broad range of electrophysiology procedures and cardiac device implantation, with a particular expertise in catheter ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation.
Affiliation: Dr Barman is currently affiliated with Cardiac care center in Al Ahli Hospital Qatar. An internist by heart and specialist Cardiologist by profession, he has diverse clinical and leadership experience. Significant accomplishments in developing managed care services integrating delivery systems, improving quality and utilization management programs and coaching medical staff on healthcare business and practice issues.
Affiliation: Dr Obeyesekere’s clinical expertise is in management of all forms of cardiac arrhythmias, including catheter ablation procedures and implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices. His research interests include evaluation of substrate and risk of arrhythmia and implantable cardiac devices. Dr Obeyesekere is affiliated with several professional associations including the Heart Rhythm Society and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Affiliation: Works at Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Graduated from India. Research interests include: Cardiac arrhythmia, Stroke and Novel therapies in arrhythmia and Heart Failure management.
Affiliation: Professor Prash Sanders is Director of the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital in Adelaide, Australia. He undertook electrophysiology training in Melbourne and Bordeaux before establishing his own group. He now leads a team of clinicians, researcher and students with a focus on all aspects of understanding and treating atrial fibrillation.
Affiliation: From 07/2006-12/2012 Dr. Thomas Bitter participated in the research group of Dr. Oldenburg in the Department of Cardiology, Heart- and Diabetes Centre North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany. Now he is working at the Department of Pulmonology at Hannover Medical School, Germany. He received the August Wilhelm and Lieselotte Becht award of the German Heart Foundation in 2010.
Affiliation: Dept of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart and Vascular Institute
Affiliation: Heart-Center Bad Neustadt is one of the largest centers in Germany with large experience in atrial fibrillation ablation using different ablation devices including single-tip radiofrequency, cryo-balloon, endoscopically-assisted laser-balloon, multipolar ablation devices like nMARQ and PVAC. High-volume center for ablation of ventricular arrhythmia including endo- and epicardial VT ablation. Initiator of a network of invasive electrophysiology centers to optimize treatment of patients with electrical storm. Scientific expertise in VT and atrial fibrillation ablation including silent cerebral MRI detected lesions after left atrial ablation.
Affiliation: Thomas H. Hauser MD, MMSc, MPH is Director of Nuclear Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, both in Boston, MA USA.
Affiliation: Thomas Pilcher is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Utah located at Primary Children’s Hospital. He received his MD degree and performed residency in pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. He then completed pediatric cardiology and pediatric electrophysiology fellowships at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is an active member of PACES (Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society)
Affiliation: Uma N Srivatsa MBBS, MAS, FHRS is an Associate Professor of Medicine , and program director for CCEP fellowship at University of California, Davis in Sacramento, CA. She performs wide range of EP procedures and has a special interest in epidemiological research.
Affiliation: Director, Electrophysiology – The Heart Center at PCH Clinical Associate Professor Child Health University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Affiliation: Professor Prash Sanders is Director of the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital in Adelaide, Australia. He undertook electrophysiology training in Melbourne and Bordeaux before establishing his own group. He now leads a team of clinicians, researcher and students with a focus on all aspects of understanding and treating atrial fibrillation.
Affiliation: Dr Rajeev Pathak is a Doctoral Fellow in Clinical Electrophysiology and a Cardiologist at the Centre of Heart Rhythm Disorder, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital. He has played an intricate role in investigating the need for aggressive risk factor management as part of the AF ablation program at his center . His ARREST-AF study: 'Aggressive Risk factor Reduction Study for Atrial Fibrillation: implications for the outcome of ablation,' won the prestigious “Eric N. Prystowsky Fellow Clinical Research” award at Heart Rhythm Society, 2014.
Affiliation: Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SAHMRI, Australia.
ISLAA 2022-Left Atrial Appendage
Dr. Dhanunjay Lakkireddy, MD, F.A.C.C, FHRS, The Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute (KCHRI), KS, USA.
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