Title: Impact of Afterload-Integrated Diastolic Index on Prognosis in Elderly Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction With and Without Atrial Fibrillation

Credits: Shiro Hoshida, Yukinori Shinoda, Koichi Tachibana, Tomoko Minamisaka, Takahisa Yamada, Yoshio Yasumura, Shunsuke Tamaki, Takaharu Hayashi, Masamichi Yano, Shungo Hikoso, Yasushi Sakata

Title: Prevalence and Characteristics of Venous Thrombosis after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Receiving Periprocedural Direct Oral Anticoagulants

Credits: Takehito Sasaki, Kohki Nakamura, Kentaro Minami, Yutaka Take, Keiko Koyama, Eiji Yamashita, and Shigeto Naito

Title: Preferential Conduction Properties along the Left Lateral Ridge and the Arrhythmogenicity of the Left Pulmonary Veins in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Credits: Toshiya Kurotobi, MD PhD, Yoshihisa Shimada, MD PhD, Naoto Kino, MD, Kazato Ito, MD, Kosuke Takehara, MD, Daisuke Tonomura, MD, Tomohiro Nakashoji MD, Kentaro Yano, MD, Chiharu Tanaka, MD, Masataka Yoshida, MD. PhD, Takao Tsuchida, MD PhD, Hitoshi Fukumoto, MD PhD

Title: Indications for AF Ablation: Before or After the Failure of Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy?

Credits: Akira Kimata, MD, Yoko Ito, MD, Kentaro Yoshida, MD

Dr. Kentaro Yoshida, MD, PhD.

Affiliation: Director in the Department of Clinical Electrophysiogy; Cardiovas cular Center, Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital, Kasama, Japan.