Title: Rate Control Versus Rhythm Control in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Atrial Fibrillation

Credits: Jasen L Gilge, Asim Ahmed, Bradley A Clark, Kathleen Morris, Zubin Yavar, Nicholas Beaudrie, Cameron Whitler, Mahera Husain, Mathew S. Padanilam, Parin J Patel, Eric N Prystowsky, Ashwin Ravichandran

Title: Confirmation of Pulmonary Vein Isolation with High-Density Mapping: Comparison to Traditional Workflows

Credits: Christopher Porterfield, Peter J. Gora, Alexander Wystrach, Pietro Rossi, Mariano Rillo, Frederic A. Sebag, Marco Giuggia, Massimo Mantica, Anja Dorszewski, Zayd Eldadah, Mario Volpicelli, Nicola Bottoni, Christian Jøns, Zachary T. Hollis, Lukas Dekker, Shibu Mathew, Joern Schmitt, and Kent Nilsson

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: Pulmonary vein remodeling following atrial fibrillation ablation: Implications for the radiographic diagnosis of pulmonary vein stenosis

Credits: Faisal M. Merchant, Mathew R. Levy, Shahriar Iravanian, Ramal M. Weragoda, Edward C. Clermont, Heval M. Kelli, Robert L. Eisner, David Vadnais, Mikhael F. El-Chami, Angel R. Leon, David B. Delurgio

Title: Preserving Cognitive Function in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Credits: Tina Lin MD, Erik Wissner MD, Roland Tilz MD, Andreas Rillig MD, Shibu Mathew MD, Peter Rausch MD, Christine Lemes MD, Sebastian Deiss MD, Masashi Kamioka MD, Tudor Bucur MD, Feifan Ouyang MD, Karl-Heinz Kuck MD, Andreas Metzner MD

Title: The Role of Intracardiac Echocardiography in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Credits: Elad Anter, MD, Mathew D. Hutchinson, MD, David J. Callans, MD

Dr. Sameer Bansilal, M.D, Ph.D.

Affiliation: Dr. Sameer Bansilal is a clinician and investigator with a broad range of expertise in cardiovascular medicine and outcomes research on a global scale. Dr. Bansilal is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and an Attending Physician in the Mount Sinai Cardiovascular Institute. Prior to this he was investigator at the TIMI Study Group at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, founded by Eugene Braunwald, MD. Dr. Bansilal earned his medical degree from University of Mumbai, India and completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at New York Methodist Hospital, New York. He went on to complete a research fellowship followed by a clinical cardiology fellowship at Mount Sinai, New York under the tutelage of Valentin Fuster, M.D, Ph.D. During this time, Dr. Bansilal obtained a Masters in Clinical Research from the Mount Sinai-NYU Program and additional training at the Harvard School of Public health through the program in clinical effectiveness. Dr. Bansilal has experience with federally funded trials (FREEDOM) and multiple pharmaceutical sponsored trials (PEGASUS TIMI-54, DECLARE TIMI-58) through his work in New York and Boston. Dr. Bansilal’s research interests include evaluation of therapies for coronary disease, diabetes, atrial fibrillation and valvular heart disease in global populations. His special interests include advanced trial design and trial methodology. His clinical interests center on patients with diabetes, coronary disease, atrial fibrillation, valvular disease and asymptomatic patients with various heart disorders.

Dr. Shibu Mathew, MD.

Affiliation: Dr. Mathew works as a cardiologist and electrophysiologist at the Departement of Electrophysiology, St. George Hospital in Hamburg, Germany. His work focuses on strategies for treating ventricular and atrial tachyarrhythmias with a primary interest for catheter-based approaches for treatment of endo- and epicardial ablation of ventricular arrhythmias.