Title: Substrate Targeted Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Guided by High Density Voltage Mapping: Long-Term Results

Credits: Steven J Bailin, Cyrus Kochlera, Nayanjyoti Kaushik, Craig Hoffman

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: Outcomes of Hemorrhagic Stroke Patients with Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter

Credits: Sadaf Farasat, Asa Tsoi, Kyulim Lee, Craig I Coleman, Elaine Nguyen

Title: Risky Business: Judging the Use of Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants for Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Renal Dysfunction

Credits: Brittany La-Viola, PharmD and Christina Guerra PharmD, BCPS

Title: An Itchy Lead: First Reported Case of Ventricular Pacemaker Lead Self-extraction.

Credits: Brent Klinkhammer MD, PharmD, Yassar Almanaseer MD, & Mevan Wijetunga MD

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: Intravenous Corticosteroid Use Is Associated With Reduced Early Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation Following Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation

Credits: Nitesh A. Sood, MD, Guru M. Krishnan, MD, Craig. I. Coleman, PharmD, Jeffrey Kluger, MD, Moise Anglade, MD, Christopher A. Clyne, MD.

Title: Preoperative Statin Use is not Associated With a Reduced Risk of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

Credits: Brian J Barnes, PharmD, Scott Solomon, MD, Patricia A Howard, PharmD, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD, Jeffrey B Kramer, MD, Gregory F Muehlebach, MD, Emmanuel Daon, MD, George L Trip Zorn III, MD, James L Vacek, MD, MS

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.