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: 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: The 894G Allele of the Endothelial Nitric Oxide synthase 3 (eNOS) is Associated with Atrial Fibrillation in Chronic Systolic Heart Failure

Credits: Fuad Fares PhD, Yoav Smith PhD, Naiel Azzam PhD, Barak Zafrir MD, Basil S. Lewis, MD, FRCP, Offer Amir, MD

Title: Should Physicians Continue to Recommend Fish Oil for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation?

Credits: Victoria M. Robinson MBChB, BMedSci (Hons), Peter R. Kowey MD, FACC, FHRS, FAHA.

Title: South Asians are under-represented in a clinic treating atrial fibrillation in a multicultural city in the UK

Credits: MH Tayebjee MD, MRCP, K Tyndall RN, S Holding RN, C Russell RN, LN Graham PhD, MRCP, CB Pepper MD, FRCP.

Title: Role of Echocardiography in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Credits: Andrew C. Y. To MBChB, Allan L. Klein MD

Title: Septic Shock due to Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator Related Infection

Credits: David Palmer, MBBS, BSc, MRCP, Aleem Khand, MBChB, MRCP, MD

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: Use of Ivabradine in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

Credits: Jamil-Copley S, MRCP, Nagarajan DV, MRCP, Baig MK, MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC

Title: Atrial Fibrillation Susceptibility Alleles on Chromosome 4q25 Modulate Response to Catheter Ablation

Credits: Dawood Darbar MBChB, MD, FACC

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)

Dr. Ahmed H Abdelhafiz, MBChB, MSc, MD, FRCP.

Affiliation: Dr A H Abdelhafiz is a consultant geriatrician and lead of geriatric department at Rotherham General Hospital, Uk. He is also an honorary senior clinical lecturer at Sheffield University, Uk. He has interest and several publications in the feild of anticoagulation of atrial fibrillation in older people.

Dr. Ali N Ali, MBChB, MRCP, MSc.

Affiliation: Consultant Stroke, Geriatrics and General Internal Medicine. Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer and Department Research Lead Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust and University of Sheffield, UK. Main research interests include health economics, effects of aerobic exercise after stroke, and rehabilitation devices in stroke and geriatrics.

Dr. Amar M Salam, MBBS, FRCP (London), FACC, FESC.

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.

Dr. Davendra Mehta, MD , PhD, FACC, FRCP, FHRS.

Affiliation: Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Chief of Arrhythmia Section, Mount Sinai St Luke’s Hospital. Dr Mehta is a graduate from India. He did cardiology training in the UK in Leicester. He did EP training at St George’s Hospital in London where he was awarded a PhD for work on non-ischemic VT and signal-averaging. He has been faculty and staff electrophysiologist at Mount Sinai School of Medicine for last 23 years.

Dr. David Turpie, MbChB, MRCP.

Affiliation: David Turpie MbChB MRCP(UK) BSc is a Cardiology Senior trainee at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. He is a graduate of the University of Aberdeen (MbChB) and the University of Strathclyde (BSc). He is specialising in Interventional Cardiology.

Dr. Finn Akerström, MBChB.

Affiliation: Cardiac Electrophysiologist at Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain. MBChB in 2007, University of Leicester Medical School, UK. Specialist training in Cardiology in 2014 and Fellow in Cardiac Electrophysiology in 2015 at the Cardiac Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Unit, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain.

Dr. Jeff Healey, MD, MSc, FRCP(C), FHRS.

Affiliation: Jeff Healey is the director of arrhythmia services at Hamilton Health Sciences, Professor of medicine at McMaster University and the Population Health Research Institute Chair in Cardiology Research. He is also the principal investigator and chair of the Canadian Stroke Prevention Intervention Network (CSPIN), which is conducting a series of clinical trials related to atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention and will also support the development of new Canadian researchers in this field. He is the past co-chair of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society’s Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines Committee and past chair of the Cardiac Care Network of Ontario’s Heart Rhythm Working group.

Dr. Magdi Sami, MB,BCH; FRCP(C), FACC, FAHA.

Affiliation: Dr Sami graduated from Cairo University in 1969. He emigrated to Canada in 1971. He specialized in cardiology and obtained his FRCP(c) in 1976 and has subsequently trained in clinical research and clinical electrophysiology at Stanford University, from 1977-1979. He is currently professor of medicine at McGill and a senior Cardiologist at the Mc Gill University Hospital Center (MUHC). His main interest is clinical arrhythmia management and research as well as teaching. He has published more than 200 manuscripts as well as numerous abstracts and book chapters on arrhythmias and antiarrhythmic drugs.

Dr. Manish Barman, MBBS, MD, MBA, FRCP, FAHA, FESC.

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.

Dr. Paul Broadhurst, MD FRCP FESC FHRS.

Affiliation: Paul Broadhurst MD FRCP FESC FHRS has been Consultant Cardiologist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen since 2002. He is a graduate of the University of Dundee and trained in cardiology at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. His main clinical and research interests are in various aspects of clinical electrophysiology.

Dr. Rayaz Malik, MBChB, FRCP, PhD.

Affiliation: Rayaz Malik is a Professor of Medicine and Consultant Physician in the Centre for Endocrinology & Diabetes, Manchester Royal Infirmary and University of Manchester. He obtained his BSc., MSc., and MB ChB from the University of Aberdeen and his PhD from the University of Manchester. He is an expert in the pathogenesis, assessment and treatment of diabetic neuropathy and cardiomyopathy and has published and presented extensively on this. He was the immediate past Chairman of Neurodiab, the diabetic neuropathy study group of the EASD.

Jeff Healey, MD, MSc, FRCP(C), FHRS.

Affiliation: Jeff Healey is the director of arrhythmia services at Hamilton Health Sciences, Professor of medicine at McMaster University and the Population Health Research Institute Chair in Cardiology Research. He is also the principal investigator and chair of the Canadian Stroke Prevention Intervention Network (CSPIN), which is conducting a series of clinical trials related to atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention and will also support the development of new Canadian researchers in this field. He is the past co-chair of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society’s Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines Committee and past chair of the Cardiac Care Network of Ontario’s Heart Rhythm Working group.