Title: Pulmonary Vein Isolation Followed by AV node Ablation and CRT-P Implantation without Fluoroscopy in a Super Morbidly Obese Patient: A Case Report

Credits: Robert L. Percell, Jr, Matthew E. Johnson, RaghuveerDendi

Title: Rate versus Rhythm Control in Patients with Normal to Mild Left Atrial Enlarge-ment: Insights from the AFFIRM Trial

Credits: Talal Alzahrani, MD, MPH1, James McCaffrey, MD1, Marco Mercader, MD, FACC, FHRS1, Allen Solomon, MD, FACC, FHRS1

Title: Use of Oral Steroid and its Effects on Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence and Inflammatory Cytokines Post Ablation – The Steroid AF Study

Credits: Sandia Iskandar, Madhu Reddy, Mohit Turagam, Muhammad R. Afzal, Johnson Rajasingh, Moustapha Atoui, Madhav Lavu, Donita Atkins, Sudha Bommana, Linda Umbarger, Misty Jaeger, Rhea Pimentel, Raghuveer Dendi, Martin Emert, Luigi Di Biase, Andrea Natale, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy

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: Use of Rate- and Rhythm-Control Drugs in Patients Younger than 65 Years with Atrial Fibrillation

Credits: Nancy M. Allen LaPointe, Yuliya Lokhnygina, Jacqueline Rimmler, Gillian D. Sanders, Eric D. Peterson, Sana M. Al-Khatib

Title: Non-Fluoroscopic Transseptal Catheterization During Electrophysiology Procedures using a Remote Magnetic Navigation System

Credits: Bich Lien Nguyen, MD, PhD, Jose L Merino, MD, Yehoshua Shachar, BS, Alejandro Estrada, MD, David Doiny, MD, Sergio Castrejon, MD, Bruce Marx, BSME, David Johnson, BSEE, Wanda Marfori, MD, Eli S Gang, MD.

Dr. Deepak Saluja, MD.

Affiliation: Dr. Saluja is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Director of the Clinical Cardiac Electropjhysiology Laboratory at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. He received his M.D. and medical training at Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Dr. Kathleen T. Hickey, EdD, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, FAHA, FAAN.

Affiliation: Dr. Kathleen T. Hickey is a nurse practitioner in the Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology at Columbia University and is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the Columbia University School of Nursing. Her main interests focus on cardiac genomics and improving the care and quality of life of patients living with cardiac arrhythmias. Her work has been supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She has presented her work at many international conferences and published in a variety of journals. Dr. Hickey is the past president of the International Society of Nursing in Genetics (ISONG), and is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the American Heart Association.

Dr. Nancy M. Allen LaPointe, PharmD, MHS.

Affiliation: Dr. Allen LaPointe is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University, Chair of the Duke University Health System Institutional Review Board, and Director of the Duke Heart Center Distinguished Research Center Programs. Research interests include comparative safety and effectiveness of cardiovascular medications, translation of evidence into practice, and improving medication self-management.