Title: Procedural Safety and Efficacy for Pulmonary Vein Isolation with the Novel Polarxâ„¢ Cryoablation System: A Propensity Score Matched Comparison with the Arctic Frontâ„¢ Cryoballoon in the Setting of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

Credits: Joerelle Mojica, Felicia Lipartiti, Maysam Al Housari, GezimBala, ShuichiroKazawa, Vincenzo Miraglia, Cinzia Monaco, Ingrid Overeinder, AntanasStrazdas, RobbertRamak, Gaetano Paparella, Juan Sieira, Lucio Capulzini, Antonio Sorgente, Erwin Stroker, Pedro Brugada, Carlo De Asmundis, Gian-Battista Chierchia

Title: Prevalence and Impact of Atrial Fibrillation in a cohort of patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Ireland

Credits: McClelland S., O’Connor SA. , Donohue S, Lavelle L, McErlean A, Dodd JD, Meaney J,McCreery CJ, McDonald K, Quinn M, Erwin JE, Quigley PJ, Maurer B,Keane D

Title: Standardized Quantification of Vagal Denervation by Extracardiac Vagal Stimulation During Second Generation Cryoballoon Ablation: a Vein per Vein Analysis

Credits: Thiago Guimarães Osório, Gian-Battista Chierchia, Riccardo Maj, Hugo-Enrique Coutiño, Erwin Ströker, Juan Sieira, Francesca Salghetti, Muryo Terasawa, Paul-Adrian C?lburean, Alessandro Rizzo, Gianluca Borio, Oriana Scala, Alessio Galli, Pedro Brugada, Carlo de Asmundis

Title: Left Atrial Appendage Morphology as a Determinant for Stroke Risk Assessment In Atrial Fibrillation Patients: Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis

Credits: Abu Rmilah Anan, Jumah, Fareed, Jaber, Suhaib, Roubi, Rafat, Daana, Murad, Bsisu, Isam, Muamar, Tariq, Erwin, Patricia, Egbe, Alexander, Vaibha, Vaidya, Noseworthy, Peter A, Deshmukh, Abhishek

Title: Predictors of Long-Term outcome in Patients Undergoing a First Repeat Ablation Consisting Solely of Re-isolation of Reconnected Pulmonary Veins

Credits: Juan-Pablo Abugattas MD1,2, Bruno Schwagten MD, PhD1, Jeroen De Cocker MD1, Hugo-Enrique Coutiño, MD2, Francesca Salghetti, MD2, Varnavas Varnavas, MD, PhD2, Erwin Ströker MD2, Juan Sieira MD, PhD2, Michael Wolf MD1, Pedro Brugada MD, PhD2, Carlo de Asmundis MD PhD2, Gian-Battista Chierchia MD, PhD2, Yves De Greef, MD, PhD1,2.

Title: Real-Time Recordings in Cryoballoon Pulmonary Veins Isolation: Comparison Between the 25mm and the 20mm Achieve Catheters

Credits: Francesca Salghetti MD, Juan-Pablo Abugattas MD, Valentina De Regibus MD, Saverio Iacopino MD, Ken Takarada MD, Erwin Ströker MD, Hugo-Enrique Coutiño MD, Ian Lusoc MD, Juan Sieira MD , Lucio Capulzini MD , Giacomo Mugnai MD PhD , Vincent Umbrain MD, PhD, Stefan Beckers MD, Pedro Brugada MD, PhD, Carlo de Asmundis MD, PhD and Gian-Battista Chierchia MD, PhD

Title: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS ASSOCIATED with ASYMMETRICAL STRUCTURAL REMODELLING in PATIENTS with or without ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

Credits: MARIANA FLORIA, JACQUES JAMART, ERWIN SCHROEDER, CATALINA ARSENESCU GEORGESCU

Dr. Jonathan P. Piccini, MD, MHS.

Affiliation: Duke Center for Atrial Fibrillation/Cardiac Electrophysiology Section, Division of Cardiology, Duke University, Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC