Title: Ablation of “Background Tachycardia” in Long Standing Atrial Fibrillation: Improving the Outcomes by Unmasking a Residual Atrial Fibrillation Perpetuator

Credits: José Carlos Pachón Mateos, Enrique I Pachón Mateos, Tomas G Santillana Peña, Tasso Julio Lobo, Carlos Thiene C Pachón, Juán Carlos Pachón Mateos, Remy Nelson Albornoz V, Juán Carlos Zerpa Acosta, Felipe Ortencio and Mauricio Arruda

Title: Association Between Left Atrial Ccompression And Atrial Fibrillaition: A Case Presentation And A Short Review Of Literature

Credits: Niloy, Ahmed, Morales-Mangual, Carlos, Gunsburg, Moshe, Rosen, Yitzhak

Title: First And Second-Generation Cryoballoon Ablation Efficacy Restoring And Maintaining Sinus Rhythm In Patients Electrically Selected And Treated For Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation After Acute Complete Electrical Disconnection Of Pulmonary Veins From The Left Atrium Demonstrated

Credits: Jesus M. Paylos, Luis Azcona, Lourdes Lacal, Octavio Rodríguez, Marisol Paradela, Carmen Cilleros, Ildefonso del Campo, Clara Ferrero, Carlos Martínez, Aracelis Morales

Title: Idiopathic VPC: Distribution of foci and tips of ablation

Credits: Tasso J Lobo, Enrique I Pachón M, Tomas G Santillana P, Carlos T C Pachón, Juan C Pachón M, Remy N Albornoz V, Juan C Zerpa A, Felipe A Ortencio

Title: von Willebrand Factor plasma levels variability in nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

Credits: Gerardo Muñoz Cortés, Martha Eva Viveros Sandoval, Carlos Arturo Areán Martínez, Helios Eduardo Vega Gómez, Sandra Edith López Castañeda, Anel Gómez García

Title: Importance of Delayed Enhanced Cardiac MRI Imaging in Idiopathic RVOT-VT: Differentiating Mimics Including Early Stage ARVC and Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Credits: Carlos Macias, MD, Keijiro Nakamura, MD, Roderick Tung, MD, Noel G. Boyle, MD PhD, Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD and Jason S. Bradfield, MD.

Title: Nonfluoroscopic Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Using Cryoballoon

Credits: Mansour Razminia, M.D., F.A.C.C., Hany Demo, M.D., Carlos Arrieta-Garcia, M.D., Oliver J. D’Silva, M.D., Theodore Wang, M.D., F.A.C.C., Richard F. Kehoe, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Title: Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation: Selecting the Procedure for the Patient

Credits: Rui Providência, Sérgio Barra, Carlos Pinto, Luís Paiva, José Nascimento

Title: Sarcoidosis Masquerading as Atrial Fibrillation

Credits: Jefferson Curimbaba, MD, João Pimenta, MD. PhD, José Marcos Moreira, MD, UlSilvia Carla Sousa Rodrigues, MD, PhD, Ester Nei Aparecida Coletta, MD, PhD, Carlos A.C. Pereira, MD, PhD

Title: Risk Alteration for Atrial Fibrillation with Different Antihypertensive Drugs

Credits: Vivencio Barrios, MD, PhD, Carlos Escobar, MD, PhD

Title: Atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease: fatal attraction

Credits: Vivencio Barrios, MD, PhD, Carlos Escobar, MD, PhD, Rocio Echarri, MD

Dr. Carlos A. Morales-Mangual, MD.

Affiliation: Dr. Carlos A. Morales-Mangual is currently an internal medicine resident at Brookdale University Hospital in New York. His research interests include cardiovascular disease, cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.