Title: High Power Ultra Short Duration Ablation with HD Grid Improves Freedom from Atrial Fibrillation and Redo Procedures Compared to Circular Mapping Catheter

Credits: John D. Day MD, Brian Crandall MD,Sriharsha Kanuri MD, , Michael Cutler DO, Ph.D, Jeffrey Osborn MD, Jared Miller MD,Charles Mallender MD,DhanunjayaLakkireddy MD

Title: The Impact of Repeated Cardioversions for Atrial Fibrillation on Stroke, Hospitalizations, and Catheter Ablation Outcomes

Credits: Victoria Jacobs, Heidi T. May, Tami L. Bair, Brian G. Crandall , Michael J. Cutler DO, John D. Day , Viet Le , Charles Mallender, Jeffrey S. Osborn , J. Peter Weiss, T. Jared Bunch

Title: Complete Isolation of the Left Atrial Posterior Wall (Box Lesion) to Treat Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Credits: Eduardo B. Saad, MD, PhD, FHRS, Charles Slater, MD, FHRS, RCES, CCDS, CEPS

Title: Computed Tomography Imaging in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Credits: Kavita Sharma, MD, Jeffrey A. Brinker, MD, Charles A. Henrikson, MD

Title: Paroxysmal Lone Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated With An Abnormal Atrial Substrate: Characterizing The “Second Factor”

Credits: Charles R. Mitchell, MD, Mithilesh K. Das, MD

Title: Genetics and Sinus Node Dysfunction

Credits: Eyal Nof MD, Michael Glikson MD, Charles Antzelevitch PhD

Title: How Do Atrial-Selective Drugs Differ From Antiarrhythmic Drugs Currently Used in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation?

Credits: Alexander Burashnikov, Charles Antzelevitch

Dr. Anne B. Curtis, MD , FACC, FHRS, FACP, FAHA.

Affiliation: Dr. Curtis is the Charles and Mary Bauer Professor of Medicine, Distinguished Professor of Medicine, and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She is a Past President of the Heart Rhythm Society and a recipient of their Distinguished Service Award. Her research interests include implantable device therapy and clinical trials in atrial fibrillation. She was the Principal Investigator of the Block HF trial and has been on the steering committees of many other trials of implantable device therapy. Dr. Curtis has over 270 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and reviews. She is a member of the Association of University Cardiologists.

Dr. Dan Wichterle, MD, PhD.

Affiliation: Dan Wichterle graduated from the School of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic in 1988. He is clinical electrophysiologist at the Department of Cardiology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague. He has been a Research Fellow at the Department of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, St George’s Hospital, University of London, United Kingdom. His research interest include non-invasive electrophysiology and ablation of complex arrhythmias