Title: Immediate And Long Term Effects Of Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty On Atrial Conduction Velocities In Patients With Mitral Stenosis

Credits: Hicaz Zencirkiran Agus MD1, Serkan Kahraman MD1, Begum Uygur MD1, Arda Guler MD1, Gokhan Demirci MD1, Ali Kemal Kalkan MD1, Mehmet Erturk MD1, MustafaYildiz PhD1

Title: Hybrid Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia: a Single-Centre Experience.

Credits: Mindy Vroomen MD1, Bart Maesen MD, PhD2, Mark La Meir MD, PhD2,3, Justin G.L. Luermans MD, PhD1, Kevin Vernooy MD, PhD1 Jos G. Maessen MD, PhD2, Harry J. Crijns, MD, PhD1, Laurent Pison, MD, PhD1

Title: Predictors of Long-Term outcome in Patients Undergoing a First Repeat Ablation Consisting Solely of Re-isolation of Reconnected Pulmonary Veins

Credits: Juan-Pablo Abugattas MD1,2, Bruno Schwagten MD, PhD1, Jeroen De Cocker MD1, Hugo-Enrique Coutiño, MD2, Francesca Salghetti, MD2, Varnavas Varnavas, MD, PhD2, Erwin Ströker MD2, Juan Sieira MD, PhD2, Michael Wolf MD1, Pedro Brugada MD, PhD2, Carlo de Asmundis MD PhD2, Gian-Battista Chierchia MD, PhD2, Yves De Greef, MD, PhD1,2.

Title: Robotic Navigation shows Superior Improvement in Efficiency for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Credits: Anna Maria Elisabeth Noten MD1, Zsuzsanna Kis MD1, Ferdi Akca MD, PhD1, Rohit Bhagwandien MD1, Sip Wijchers MD1, Sing-Chien Yap MD, PhD1, Tamas Szili-Torok MD, PhD1

Title: Effect of Non-fluoroscopic Catheter Tracking on Radiation Exposure during Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Comparison of 4 ablation systems.

Credits: Yoshihisa Naruse, MD, PhD1, Fehmi Keçe, MD1, Marta de Riva, MD1, Masaya Watanabe, MD, PhD1, Adrianus P. Wijnmaalen, MD, PhD1, Reza Alizadeh Dehnavi, MD, PhD1, Martin J Schalij, MD, PhD1, Katja Zeppenfeld, MD, PhD1, Serge A. Trines, MD, PhD1.

Title: Electrocardiogram (ECG) for the Prediction of Incident Atrial Fibrillation: An Overview

Credits: YoshifusaAizawa MD1), Hiroshi Watanabe MD2), Ken Okumura MD3).

Title: Mechanistic Insights Into Durable Pulmonary Vein Isolation Achieved by Second-Generation Cryoballoon Ablation

Credits: Yasuo Okumura, MD*, Ichiro Watanabe, MD*, Kazuki Iso, MD*, Keiko Takahashi, MD*, Koichi Nagashima, MD*, Kazumasa Sonoda, MD*, Hiroaki Mano, MD*, Naoko Yamaguchi, MD*, Rikitake Kogawa, MD*, Ryuta Watanabe, MD*, Masaru Arai, MD*, Kimie Ohkubo, MD*, Sayaka Kurokawa, MD*, Toshiko Nakai, MD*, Atsushi Hirayama, MD*

Dr. Eiichi Watanabe, MD, PhD.

Affiliation: Professor of Cardiology at Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan. Main research interests involve antiarrhythmic drug treatment, non-invasive assessment of autonomic control and sudden cardiac death, and sleep apnea. Recent interest is remote monitoring of the cardiac implantable devices.