Title: Atrial Fibrillation is Associated with Increased Pacemaker Implantation Rates in the Placement of AoRTic TraNscathetER Valve (PARTNER) Trial

Credits: Angelo B. Biviano, MD, Tamim Nazif, MD, Jose Dizon, MD, Hasan Garan, MD, Mark Abrams, MD, Jessica Fleitman, MD, Dua Hassan, MD, Samir Kapadia, MD, Vasilis Babaliaros, MDc, Ke Xu, PhD, Josep Rodes-Cabau, MD, Wilson Y. Szeto, MD, William F. Fearon, MD, Danny Dvir, MD, Todd Dewey, MD, Mathew Williams, MD, Steven Kindsvater, MD, Michael J. Mack, MD, John G. Webb, MD, D. Craig Miller, MD, Craig R. Smith, MD, Martin B. Leon, MD Susheel Kodali, MD

Title: Cryoablation for the treatment of drug refractory symptomatic atrial fibrillation: A regional medical center experience.

Credits: Robert Tonks, MD, Hiba-tul-kareem Sayed, MD, Ashley Adams, BA, William T. Smith, MD, FACC

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: Catheter Ablation without Fluoroscopy: Current Techniques and Future Direction

Credits: Amee M. Bigelow, MD, Grace Smith, MD, John M. Clark, 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: AF and Venous Thromboembolism – Pathophysiology, Risk Assessment and CHADS-VASc score

Credits: Nasir Shariff, Abdul Aleem, Mukesh Singh, Yuan Z. Li, Stacey J Smith

Dr. Peter R. Kowey, MD, FACC, FHRS.

Affiliation: Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology Jefferson Medical College Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Main Line Health System The William Wikoff Smith Chair in Cardiovascular Research Lankenau Hospital and Medical Research Center Wynnewood, PA

Dr. Salvatore Rosanio, MD, PhD, FACC, FESC.

Affiliation: Dr. Salvatore Rosanio joined the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC), Fort Worth, TX in December 2012 as Professor of Medicine and as Attending Cardiologist at John Peter Smith Hospital and Columbia Plaza Medical Center in Fort Worth, TX. Dr. Rosanio has authored and co-authored significant research contributions in the fields of stress echocardiography, invasive cardiology, electrophysiology and cardiac pacing published by the top journals in the field, such as Circulation, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, JAMA and the New England Journal of Medicine.