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: 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: AF HeartTeamā€¯ Guided Indication for Stand-alone Thoracoscopic Left Atrial Ablation and Left Atrial Appendage Closure
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Rate Control for Preventing Cardiovascular Events in Atrial Fibrillation Patients
Credits: Thomas D. Callahan, MD, FACC, FHRS
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: 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: Cost-effectiveness of Catheter Ablation Treatment for Patients with Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Nathalie Eckard, Thomas Davidson, Håkan Walfridsson, Lars-Åke Levin
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: 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: 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: 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: Director, Electrophysiology – The Heart Center at PCH Clinical Associate Professor Child Health University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
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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