Title: Welcome to the Journal of Atrial Fibrillation & Electrophysiology
Credits: Andrea Natale
Title: OMICRON is here. and life must go on!!
Credits: Amin Al-Ahmad
Title: Let Your Voice be Heard and Stay Ahead in Advocacy Efforts
Credits: AminAl-Ahmad
Title: The Unveiling of a Modern Pandemic!
Credits: Amin-Al-Ahmad
Title: Impact of Atrial Low-Voltage Areas on The Acute and Long-Term Outcomes of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Title: Same Day versus Overnight Discharge in Patients Undergoing Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation (SODA) Study
Title: Adjunctive Vein of Marshall Ethanol Infusion During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Title: Exploring the Association Between Physical Activity and Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses
Title: Temperature-Controlled Catheter Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: The QDOT-MICRO Workflow Study
Title: Incidence and Prognostic Impact of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Severe Covid-19: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Credits: VijayabharathyKanthasamy , Richard J. Schilling
Title: Atrial Fibrillation Awareness ā€“ How do we Tackle a Global Epidemic?
Credits: Andrea Natale MD, FACC, FHRS, FESC
Title: Meta-Analysis of Catheter Ablation Compared with Drug Therapy as First Line Treatment Strategy of Paroxysmal Atrial-Fibrillation
Credits: Ashish Kumar , Ahmad Al-Abdouh , HarshvardhanZala, Ahmad Jabri , Awani Deshmukh , Abhishek Deshmukh
Title: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in continuous flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysisfrom ELECTRAM Investigators
Credits: Kuldeep Shah, Vallabh Karpe, Mohit K. Turagam, Mahek Shah, Andrea Natale, Rakesh Gopinathannair, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, Jalaj Garg
Title: Impact of Yoga on Cardiac Autonomic Function and Arrhythmias
Title: Diagnostic Tools to Assess Dysfunction of Autonomic Control of the Heart
Credits: Richard Sutton
Title: Intraluminal Esophageal Temperature Monitoring Using the CircaS-Cathā„¢ Temperature Probe to Guide Left Atrial Ablation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Title: Prophylactic Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Electrophysiology Collaborative Consortium for Metaanalysis ā€“ ELECTRAM Investigators
Title: Unexpecteddetection of Floating Thrombi in Left Atrium After Left Atrial Appendage Ligation With Atriclip Device: A Case Report
Credits: Sana N. Buttar, MD, Peter B. Hansen MD, Christian Hassager, MD,Henrik . Andersen, MD
Title: Confirmation of Pulmonary Vein Isolation with High-Density Mapping: Comparison to Traditional Workflows
Title: Left Atrial Size May Predict Blood Pressure Improvement After Ganglionated Plexi Ablation in Addition to Pulmonary Vein Isolation
Title: The Arrhythmic Substrate for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Mitral Regurgitation
Title: Utility of Head up Tilt Table Testing to Demonstrate Selective Denervation of the Sinus Node after Cardioneuroablation
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: Serial Magnetic Resonance Imaging after Electrical Cardioversion of Recent Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Anticoagulant-NaĆÆve Patients ā€“ A Prospective Study Exploring Clinically Silent Cerebral Lesions
Title: Systematic Review of Contiguous Vessel and Valve InjuryAssociated with Endocardial Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Devices
Title: Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using Ablation Index Improves Outcome in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Title: Acute Procedural Complications of Cryoballoon Ablation: A Comprehensive Review
Credits: Kivanc YALIN, Tolga Aksu
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: The Choice of Antithrombotic Therapy in a Patient with New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and High Coronary Thrombotic Risk
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: Safety and Long-Term Success of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Using THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCHĀ® Catheter: Real-World Experience
Title: Relationship of Atrial Fibrillation to Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation
Credits: Abdullah Sayied Abdullah MBBS, MSc, George Eigbire MD, Mohamed Ali MD, Mohanad Awadalla MBBS, Abdul Wahab MD, Hisham Ibrahim MBBS, MRCP, Amr Salama MD, Richard Alweis, MD
Title: Acute Pulmonary Vein Reconnection After Ablation using Contact-Force Sensing Catheters: Incidence, Timing, and Ablation Lesion Characteristics
Title: Predictors of Successful Ultrasound Guided Femoral Vein Cannulation in Electrophysiological Procedures
Title: AF HeartTeamā€¯ Guided Indication for Stand-alone Thoracoscopic Left Atrial Ablation and Left Atrial Appendage Closure
Title: CAlifornia study of ABLation for Atrial Fibrillation:re-hospitalization for Cardiac Events (CAABL-CE)
Title: Prognostic Value of Atrial Fibrillation Inducibility in Patients without History of Clinical Atrial Fibrillation
Title: Stepwise Approach to the Different Parts of Vasovagal Syncope in a Patient Undergoing Cardioneuroablation
Title: Frequent Premature Ventricular Contractions and Cardiomyopathy, Chicken and Egg situation
Credits: Kivanc YALIN
Title: Atrioesophageal Fistula After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: A Single Center Series
Title: Can we Predict Vagal Response to Cryoballoon Application using Intracardiac Recordings?
Credits: Tolga Aksu MD,Tumer Erdem Guler, MD, Serdar Bozyel, MD, Kazı, m Serhan ozcan, MD, Kivanc Yalin, MD
Title: Postpacing Interval During Right Ventricular Overdrive Pacing to Discriminate Supraventricular from Ventricular tachycardia
Title: Use of Oral Steroid and its Effects on Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence and Inflammatory Cytokines Post Ablation ā€“ The Steroid AF Study
Title: CAlifornia Study of ABLation (CAABL): Utilization and Epidemiology after Index Hospitalization for non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation.
Title: Evaluating the Utility of mHealth ECG Heart Monitoring for the Detection and Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Clinical Practice
Title: Impact of Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation on Pulmonary Vein Cross Sectional Area: Implications for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
Title: Use of Acoustic Cardiography Immediately Following Electrical Cardioversion to Predict Relapse of Atrial Fibrillation
Title: Happy Holidays!!!
Credits: Dhanunjaya (DJ) Lakkireddy, Andrea Natale
Title: A novel de novo mutation in Lamin A/C gene in Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy patient with atrial paralysis: A case report
Title: Apixaban-Induced Resolution of A Massive Left Atrial and Appendage Thrombosis in a Very Elderly Patient
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: World Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Day: Creating Grassroots Level Awareness to Combat a Global Scourge
Credits: Dhanunjaya (DJ) Lakkireddy, Andrea Natale
Title: A Meta-Analysis Of Quadripolar Versus Bipolar Left Ventricular Leads On Post-Procedural Outcomes
Credits: Mohit K. Turagam, Muhammad R. Afzal, Sandia Iskander, Madhu Reddy, Luigi Di Biase, Andrea Natale, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
Title: Quality measures in Atrial Fibrillation therapy – AF ablation and Get with the Guidelines AFIB registries
Credits: Dhanunjaya (DJ) Lakkireddy, Andrea Natale
Title: Basic Properties and Clinical Applications of the Intracardiac ECG
Title: JAFIB is PUBMED indexed now!
Credits: Dhanunjaya (DJ) Lakkireddy, Andrea Natale
Title: Left Ventricular Contractility Assessed by Global Longitudinal Strain is Inferior in Atrial Fibrillation Compared to Sinus Rhythm
Credits: Bue F Ross Agner, MD, PhD, Michael G Katz, MD, Zachary R. Williams, MD, Ulrik Dixen, MD, PhD, Gorm B Jensen, MD, DMSc, Professor of Medicine, Karl Q Schwarz, FACC, MD, Professor of Medicine
Title: Atrial Fibrillation Ablation - Cryoballoon versus Radiofrequency: A Meta-analysis of 20 Clinical Trials
Credits: Jalaj Garg MD FESC, Rahul Chaudhary MD, Chandrasekar Palaniswamy MD, Neeraj Shah MD MPH, Babak Bozorgnia MD FACC, Andrea Natale MD FACC FHRS FESC
Title: Symptoms in Atrial Fibrillation: A Contemporary Review and Future Directions
Credits: Steven T. Heidt, Anna Kratz, Kayvan Najarian, Afton L. Hassett, Hakan Oral, Richard Gonzalez, Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, Daniel Clauw, Hamid Ghanbari
Title: Ajmaline challenge to unmask infrahisian disease in patients with recurrent and unexplained syncope, preserved ejection fraction, with or without conduction abnormalities on surface ECG
Credits: Francesco Pentimalli, Luca Bacino, Matteo Ghione, Giambattista Siri, Massimo Gazzarata, Paolo Bellotti
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: JAFIB is on PUBMED now!
Credits: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy MD, FACC, FHRS, Andrea Natale MD, FACC, FHR, FESC
Title: Welcome To 2016
Credits: Dhanunjaya (DJ) Lakkireddy, Andrea Natale
Title: Winter is Almost Here
Credits: Dhanunjaya (DJ) Lakkireddy, Andrea Natale
Title: Safety and efficacy of uninterrupted periprocedural apixaban in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: A metaanalysis of 1,057 patients
Credits: Jalaj Garg, Rahul Chaudhary, Parasuram Krishnamoorthy, Neeraj Shah, Babak Bozorgnia, Andrea Natale
Title: The Wearable Cardioverter/Defibrillator – toy or tool?
Credits: David Duncker, Christian Veltmann
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: Safety and Feasibility of Contrast Injection During Pulmonary Vein Isolation with the nMARQ™ Multi-Electrode Catheter
Credits: Avishag Laish-Farkash, Amos Katz, Ornit Cohen, Evgeny Fishman, Chaim Yosefy, Vladimir Khalameizer
Title: A patient with asymptomatic cerebral lesions during AF ablation: how much should we worry?
Credits: G B Forleo, D G Della Rocca, C Lavalle, M Mantica, L P Papavasileiou, V Ribatti, G Panattoni, L Santini, A Natale, L Di Biase
Title: A Grand Tribute to a Pioneer in Electrophysiology
Credits: Andrea Natale, MD, FACC, FHRS
Title: ABIM and regulatory vagaries….What is the True Value of Repeated Testing?
Credits: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, Andrea Natale
Title: CoolLoop® First: A First In Man Study To Test A Novel Circular Cryoablation System In Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Markus Stuehlinger, Simon Hoenig, Karin Spuller, Christian Koman, Markus Stoeger, Gerhard Poelzl, Hanno Ulmer, Otmar Pachinger, Clemens Steinwender
Title: Contact Force and Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Credits: Waqas Ullah, Richard Schilling, Tom Wong
Title: Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Using Magnetic Navigation Comparison With Conventional Approach During Long-Term Follow-Up
Credits: Tolga AKSU, Serdar BOZYEL, Ebru GOLCUK, Kżvanc YALIN, Tumer Erdem Guler
Title: Rotor, Rotor Everywhere…. Nor any Place to Find….
Credits: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy MD, Andrea Natale MD
Title: Atrial flutter in a Tetralogy of Fallot operated patient: importance of a rapid and curative treatment
Credits: Alberto Cresti, Francesco De Sensi, Gennaro Miracapillo, Ait-Ali Lamia, Pierluigi Festa.
Title: Subclinical Atrial Tachyarrhythmias: Implantable Devices and Remote Monitoring
Credits: Daniele Giacopelli, Elia De Maria
Title: Spring Momentum!!
Credits: DJ Lakkireddy, Andrea Natale
Title: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for Ventricular Arrhythmia Therapies in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Credits: Kivanc Yalin, Ebru Golcuk.
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: Radiation dose is significantly reduced by use of contact force sensing catheter during circumferential pulmonary vein isolation
Credits: Giuseppe Stabile, Antonio De Simone, Francesco Solimene, Assunta Iuliano, Vincenzo La Rocca, Vincenzo Schillaci, Alfonso Panella, Gergana Shopova, Felice Nappi, Francesco Urraro, Giovanni Russo, Giovanni Napolitano, Paola Chiariello
Title: Another Successful Year of Learning and Education in Atrial Fibrillation !
Credits: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy MD, Andrea Natale MD
Title: Happy Holidays
Credits: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy MD, Andrea Natale MD
Title: Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia: transcatheter ablation or antiarrhythmic drugs?
Credits: Claudio Tondo, Corrado Carbucicchio, Antonio Dello Russo, Benedetta Majocchi, Martina Zucchetti, Francesca Pizzamiglio, Fabrizio Bologna, Fabio Cattaneo, Daniele Colombo, Eleonora Russo, Michela Casella
Title: Right ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias: benign or early stage arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia?
Credits: Sergio Conti, MD, Laura Cipolletta, MD, Vittoria Marino, MD, Martina Zucchetti, MD, Eleonora Russo, MD, Francesca Pizzamiglio, MD, Ghaliah Al-Mohani, MD, Salvatore Pala, BE, Valentina Catto, BE, PhD, Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, Andrea Natale, MD, Claudio Tondo, MD, PhD, Corrado Carbucicchio, MD
Title: World Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Day – High Time to Spread the Word
Credits: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy MD, FACC, FHRS, Andrea Natale MD, FACC, FECS, FHRS
Title: Which is the appropriate arrhythmia burden to offer RF ablation for RVOT tachycardias?
Credits: Andreas Rillig, Tina Lin, Feifan Ouyang, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Roland Richard Tilz
Title: New imaging technologies to characterize arrhythmic substrate.
Credits: Antonio Dello Russo, MD, PhD, Sergio Conti, MD, Ghaliah Al-Mohani, MD, Phd, Michela Casella, MD, PhD, Francesca Pizzamiglio, MD, Corrado Carbucicchio, MD, Stefania Riva, MD, Gaetano Fassini, MD, Massimo Moltrasio, MD, Fabrizio Tundo, MD, PhD, Martina Zucchetti, MD, Benedetta Majocchi, MD, Eleonora Russo, MD, Vittoria Marino, MD, Maria Antonietta Dessanai MD, Fabrizio Bologna, MD, Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, Andrea Natale, MD, Claudio Tondo , MD, PhD.
Title: Experimental Evidence of the Role of Renal Sympathetic Denervation for Treating Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Dominik Linz, Christian Ukena, Milan Wolf, Benedikt Linz, Felix Mahfoud, Michael Böhm
Title: A challenging case of ventricular arrhythmia in a patient with myocarditis: ICD yes/no after ablation
Credits: Maria L Narducci, Teresa Rio, Francesco Perna, Domenico D’Amario, Biagio Merlino, Riccardo Marano, Gianluigi Bencardino, Frediano Inzani, Gemma Pelargonio, Filippo Crea
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: Mechanisms and Management of Thrombo-Embolism in Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Francesco Violi, Daniele Pastori, Pasquale Pignatelli
Title: Sudden death after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Are Bradyarrhythmias always the cause?
Credits: Lida P.Papavasileiou, Antonios Halapas, Michael Chrisocheris, Kyriakos Bellos, Nikolaos Bouboulis, Stratis Pattakos, Georgios Zervopoulos, Luca Santini, Konstantinos Spargias, Francesco Romeo, Giovanni Forleo, Theodoros Apostolopoulos
Title: The Growing Culture of a Minimally Fluoroscopic Approach in Electrophysiology Lab
Credits: Michela Casella, Eleonora Russo, Francesca Pizzamiglio, Sergio Conti, Ghaliah Al-Mohani, Daniele Colombo, Victor Casula, Yuri D’Alessandra, Viviana Biagioli, Corrado Carbucicchio, Stefania Riva, Gaetano Fassini, Massimo Moltrasio, Fabrizio Tundo, Martina Zucchetti, Benedetta Majocchi, Vittoria Marino, Giovanni Forleo, Pasquale Santangeli, Luigi Di Biase, Antonio Dello Russo, Andrea Natale, Claudio Tondo
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: Exploring Atrial Fibrillation Pathophysiology, Gender Differences and More…….
Credits: Dhanunjaya (DJ)Lakkireddy MD, FACC, FHRS, Andrea Natale MD, FACC, FHRS, FESC
Title: Exploring New Frontiers
Credits: Dhanunjaya (DJ)Lakkireddy MD, FACC, FHRS, Andrea Natale MD, FACC, FHRS, FESC
Title: Anatomic Challenges in Pediatric Catheter Ablation
Credits: Thomas A. Pilcher MD, Elizabeth V. Saarel MD
Title: Atrial fibrillation radiofrequency ablation: safety using contact force catheter in a low-volume centre
Credits: Diego Vaccari, MD, Daniele Giacopelli, MSc, Eros Rocchetto, MSc, Sabina Vittadello, MD, Roberto Mantovan, MD, Gianfilippo Neri, MD
Title: Durable Pulmonary Vein Isolation: The Holy Grail of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Credits: Darrat Y, Morales G, Shah J, Di Biase L, Natale A, Elayi CS
Title: Atrial fibrillation in heart failure: new directions in diagnosis, risk assessment and risk reduction.
Credits: Dr Richard Till, Prof artin Cowie
Title: More Progress in Atrial Fibrillation Education and Management
Credits: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy MD, Andrea Natale 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: The Role of Renal Sympathetic Denervation in Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Jedrzej Kosiuk, MD, Evgeny Pokushalov, MD,Phd, Sebastian Hilbert, MD, Gerhard Hindricks, MD, Andreas Bollmann, MD, PhD, Jonathan S. Steinberg, MD
Title: Happy Holidays
Credits: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy MD, Andrea Natale MD
Title: Preserving Cognitive Function in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Tina Lin MD, Erik Wissner MD, Roland Tilz MD, Andreas Rillig MD, Shibu Mathew MD, Peter Rausch MD, Christine Lemes MD, Sebastian Deiss MD, Masashi Kamioka MD, Tudor Bucur MD, Feifan Ouyang MD, Karl-Heinz Kuck MD, Andreas Metzner MD
Title: Exploring the potential role of catheter ablation in patients with asymptomatic atrial fibrillation. Should we move away from symptom relief?
Credits: Giovanni B Forleo, Luigi Di Biase, Domenico G Della Rocca, Luca Santini, Gaetano Fassini, Andrea Natale, Claudio Tondo
Title: World Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Day - Time to Spread the Message
Credits: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, Andrea Natale
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: Exploring the New Frontiers in the Left Atrial Appendage
Credits: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy MD, FACC, FHRS, Andrea Natale MD, FACC, FHRS, FESC
Title: Comparing Antiarrhythmic Drugs and Catheter Ablation for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Andreas Rillig, Tina Lin, Feifan Ouyang, Karl-Heinz Kuck, Roland Richard Tilz
Title: Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with hardware in the heart – septal closure devices, mechanical valves and more
Credits: Stefano Bartoletti, MD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, Luigi DI Biase, MD, Andrea Natale, MD.
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: Boston AF symposium moves to Orlando !
Credits: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy MD, FACC, FHRS, Andrea Natale MD, FACC, FHRS, FESC
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: Atrial Fibrillation, Alcohol, Obesity and more....
Credits: Andrea Natale, MD, FACC, FHRS, FESC
Title: Age-dependent Impact of Fluoroscopic Radiation on the Gender of Off-spring: An International Survey of Cardiologists
Credits: Jayasree Pillarisetti MD, Sowjanya Duthuluru MD, Hari Sayana MD, Haley Goucher BA, Akshar Patel BA, Mazda Biria MD, James Vacek MD, Loren Berenbom MD, Sudharani Bommana M.Phil, Jayant Nath MD, Mark Wiley MD, Ajay Nangia MD, Luigi Di Biase MD, Andrea Natale MD, Madhuri Reddy MD, Buddhadeb Dawn, MD, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy MD
Title: Impact of metabolic syndrome on ablation-outcome in patients with atrial fibrillation: A systematic review
Credits: Sanghamitra Mohanty, MD, MS, Luigi Di Biase, MD PhD FHRS, Prasant Mohanty, MBBS, MPH, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, Bai Rong, MD FHRS, Trivedy Chintan, MD MPH, David Burkhardt, MD, Joseph G Gallinghouse, MD, Rodney Horton, MD, Javier E Sanchez, MD, Shane Bailey, MD, Jason Zagrodzky, MD, Andrea Natale, MD, FACC, FESC, FHRS
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: Role of Intracardiac echocardiography in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Credits: Antonio Dello Russo, MD PhD, Eleonora Russo, MD, Gaetano Fassini, MD, Michela Casella, MD PhD, Ester Innocenti, MD, Martina Zucchetti, MD, Claudia Cefalu’, MD, Francesco Solimene, MD, Gaetano Mottola, MD, Daniele Colombo, MD, Fabrizio Bologna, MD, Benedetta Majocchi, MD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, Stefania Riva, MD, Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, Cesare Fiorentini, MD, Claudio Tondo, MD PhD
Title: Our Mission Towards Atrial Fibrillation Free World
Credits: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy MD, FACC, FHRS, Andrea Natale MD, FACC, FHRS, FESC
Title: The prevalence of low left atrial appendage emptying velocity and thrombus in patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation on uninterrupted peri-procedural warfarin therapy
Credits: Neil Herring, Stephen P. Page, Mohammed Ahmed, Melanie R. Burg, Ross J. Hunter, Mark J. Earley, Simon C. Sporton, James D. Newton, Nikant K. Sabharwal, Saul G. Myerson, Yaver Bashir, Tim R Betts, Richard J. Schilling, Kim Rajappan
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: Treating AF with Cryo Balloon Technology
Credits: David R. Altmann, MD, Sven Knecht, PhD, Christian Sticherling, MD, Peter Ammann, MD, Beat Schaer, MD, Stefan Osswald, MD, Michael Kühne, MD
Title: New Options for Complete Risk Reduction in Atrial Fibrillation Patients
Credits: George Thomas, MD, Bruce B Lerman, MD
Title: Risks from Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A Review of Methods, Efficacy, and Safety
Credits: Richard Cheng MD, Melisa Chang, M.D., Chee Yuan Ng, M.D.
Title: Relationship Between Arrhythmia and Sleep Disordered Breathing
Credits: Dr. Ahmad Hersi MD
Title: Quinidine for pharmacological cardioversion of long-lasting atrial fibrillation: safety and efficacy
Credits: Matteo Baroni MD, Antoine Kheir MD, Margherita Manfredi MD, Francesco Pattarino MD, Flavio Doni FESC
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: C-Reactive Protein and the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Credits: Venkata M Alla MD, Senthil Thambidorai MD, Kishlay Anand MD, MS, Aryan N Mooss MD, Richard Baltaro MD, Syed M Mohiuddin MD
Title: Cost-effectiveness of Catheter Ablation Treatment for Patients with Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Nathalie Eckard, Thomas Davidson, Håkan Walfridsson, Lars-Åke Levin
Title: The Utility of Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring for Detecting Silent Arrhythmias and Clarifying Symptom Mechanism in an Elderly Urban Population with Heart Failure and Hypertension: Clinical Implications
Credits: Kathleen T. Hickey, James Reiff el, Robert R. Sciacca, William Whang, Angelo Biviano, Mau-rita Baumeister, Carmen Castillo, Jyothi Talathothi, Hasan Garan
Title: JAFIB : A comprehensive resource for Afib ....
Credits: Andrea Natale MD, FACC, FHRS
Title: Is Rhythm Control with Pulmonary Vein Isolation Superior to Rate Control with AV Nodal Ablation in Patients with Heart Failure?
Credits: Khan MN, Jaļs P, Cummings J, Di Biase L, Sanders P, Martin DO, Kautzner J, Hao S, Themistoclakis S, Fanelli R, Potenza D, Massaro R, Wazni O, Schweikert R, Saliba W, Wang P, Al-Ahmad A, Beheiry S, Santarelli P, Starling RC, Dello Russo A, Pelargonio G, Brachmann J, Schibgilla V, Bonso A, Casella M, Raviele A, Haļssaguerre M, Natale A
Title: Underutilization of Warfarin Therapy in Elderly Patients with Atrial Fibrillation – Fear or False Sense of Security!
Credits: Mazda Biria MD, Ahmad Batrash MD, Jayasree Piallarisetti MD, James Vacek MD, Loren Berenbom MD, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD
Title: Are balloon based strategies better than conventional radiofrequency catheter ablation: Exploring new frontiers in the treatment of atrial fibrillation
Credits: Alexander Fuernkranz MD, Julian Chun MD, Boris Schmidt MD, Karl-Heinz Kuck MD, Feifan Ouyang MD
Title: Success of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Does Obesity Influence the Outcomes?
Credits: Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy, George E. Blake, Dimpi Patel, Martin Rotter, Atul Verma, Kay Ryschon, Mohammed Khan, Robert Schweikert, Michel Haissaguerre, Andrea Natale
Title: Intracardiac ECHO Integration With Three Dimensional Mapping: Role in AF Ablation
Credits: Yaariv Khaykin, MD, Allan Skanes, MD, Zaev A. Wulffhart, MD, Lorne Gula, MD, Bonnie Whaley, CVT, Richard Oosthuizen, Catherine Seabrook, RN, Marianne Beardsal, RN, Atul Verma, MD.
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: Director of Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Unit at Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.
Affiliation: Biotronik Italia, Via Delle Industrie 11, 20090 Vimodrone (Milano), Italy.
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: Alumnus of the prestigious Ghislieri College, I received my Medical Degree cum laude at the University of Pavia, Italy, in 2002. At the same Athenaeum, I graduated cum laude in Cardiology in 2006. I am an interventional cardiologist and the head of the Unit of Pacing and Cardiac Electrophysiology at San Paolo Hospital in Savona, Italy, since 2014. My clinical and research interests range from cardiac electrophysiology to electrocardiology, from cardiac device implantation to arrhythmias diagnosis and ablation. I have a special interest for zero/near-zero fluoroscopy ablations, and I consider myself an expert in this field. I am an AIAC regional councilor (Liguria, years 2016-2018). I own the AIAC Certification in cardiac electrophysiology (2012).
Affiliation: Director of the Division of First Medical Clinic and the Centre of Atherothrombosis - Policlinico Umberto I - University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Professor of Internal Medicine of the Postgraduate Course “C” in Medicine and Surgery. Head of School of Specialization in Internal Medicine for the Polo Pontino , Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Past President of the Italian Society of Internal Medicine. DAI Director of Internal Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, Geriatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine
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: Dr. Yalin is a cardiologist at Bursa State Hospital in Turkey. In 2012 he obtained the Diploma of Specialist in Cardiology at Istanbul University. His research interests include scar related ventricular arrhythmias, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. He has published more than 20 publications in national and international peer reviewed journals on pacing and electrophysiology.
Affiliation: He is a consultant cardiac electrophysiologist at Asklepios Klinik St. Georg in Hamburg, Germany. His main interests include strategies for treating ventricular and atrial tachyarrhythmias with a focus on catheter-based approaches for treatment of atrial fibrillation, particularly pulmonary vein isolation including experience with remote robotic navigation systems.
Affiliation: Attended Christian Medical College in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, followed by internship at Columbia University Hospital in New York City. Dr. Asirvatham was chief resident at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and completed fellowships at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is currently professor of Medicine and vice chair of the Division of Cardiology (Innovations) in the Department of Medicine and a consultant in Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Currently, Dr. Asirvatham is also Program Director for the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Training Program at Mayo Clinic - Rochester.
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
Affiliation: Attended Christian Medical College in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, followed by internship at Columbia University Hospital in New York City. Dr. Asirvatham was chief resident at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and completed fellowships at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is currently professor of Medicine and vice chair of the Division of Cardiology (Innovations) in the Department of Medicine and a consultant in Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Currently, Dr. Asirvatham is also Program Director for the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Training Program at Mayo Clinic - Rochester.
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Affiliation: Director, Vascular Medicine Center Attending Physician, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan
Affiliation: Electrophysiologist, Cardiologist, Almazov Federal Heart, Blood and Endocrinology Center, Department of Electrophysiology and Cardiac pacing
Affiliation: Director of Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Unit at Rovigo General Hospital, Rovigo, Italy.
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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