Title: Impact of Atrial Low-Voltage Areas on The Acute and Long-Term Outcomes of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Credits: C. Grebmer, A. Tatzber, T. Reents, F. Bourier, V. Semmler, M. Telishevska, M. Kottmaier, A. Buiatti, G. Hessling, I. Deisenhofer, S. Ammar-Busch

Title: Unexpecteddetection of Floating Thrombi in Left Atrium After Left Atrial Appendage Ligation With Atriclip Device: A Case Report

Credits: Sana N. Buttar, MD, Peter B. Hansen MD, Christian Hassager, MD,Henrik . Andersen, MD

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: Safety and Efficacy of Cryoballoon Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in Diabetic Patients

Credits: Amr ABDIN, Christian-H. HEEGER, Kivanc YALIN, Francesco SANTORO, Natale Daniele BRUNETTI, Thomas FINK, Spyridon LIOSIS, Ben BRUEGGEMANN, Ahmad KEELANI, Huong lan PHAN, Makoto SANO, Vanessa SCIACCA, Evgeny LYAN, Dong AN, Roza MEYER-SARAEI, Feifan OUYANG, Karl-Heinz KUCK, Charlotte EITEL, Julia VOGLER, Roland Richard TILZ

Title: Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using Ablation Index Improves Outcome in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Credits: Jonas Elmer Pedersen BSc, Kim Frost Lauritsen BSc, Jens Brock Johansen MD PhD, Niels Christian Foldager Sandgaard MD PhD, Jorgen Dalhoj MD PhD, Stig Djurhuus MD PhD, Jacob Pontoppidan MD PhD.

Title: Prognostic Value of Atrial Fibrillation Inducibility in Patients without History of Clinical Atrial Fibrillation

Credits: Jonathan Marquardt1, Kira Marquardt1, Christian Scheckenbach2, Wenzhong Zhang3, Fabian Stimpfle1, Martin Duckheim1, Carole Maleck1, Peter Seizer1, Meinrad Gawaz1, Jürgen Schreieck1* und Michael Gramlich1*‡

Title: The Wearable Cardioverter/Defibrillator – toy or tool?

Credits: David Duncker, Christian Veltmann

Title: CoolLoop® First: A First In Man Study To Test A Novel Circular Cryoablation System In Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

Credits: Markus Stuehlinger, Simon Hoenig, Karin Spuller, Christian Koman, Markus Stoeger, Gerhard Poelzl, Hanno Ulmer, Otmar Pachinger, Clemens Steinwender

Title: Experimental Evidence of the Role of Renal Sympathetic Denervation for Treating Atrial Fibrillation

Credits: Dominik Linz, Christian Ukena, Milan Wolf, Benedikt Linz, Felix Mahfoud, Michael Böhm

Title: Atrial Fibrillation and Renal Disease

Credits: Alexander Berkowitsch, Maciej Wójcik, Sergey Zaltsberg, Dmitri Pajitnev, Damir Erkapic, Joern Schmitt, Christian Hamm, Malte Kuniss, Thomas Neumann

Title: Treating AF with Cryo Balloon Technology

Credits: David R. Altmann, MD, Sven Knecht, PhD, Christian Sticherling, MD, Peter Ammann, MD, Beat Schaer, MD, Stefan Osswald, MD, Michael Kühne, MD

Dr. Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD, FACC, FHRS.

Affiliation: Attended Christian Medical College in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, followed by internship at Columbia University Hospital in New York City. Dr. Asirvatham was chief resident at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and completed fellowships at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is currently professor of Medicine and vice chair of the Division of Cardiology (Innovations) in the Department of Medicine and a consultant in Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Currently, Dr. Asirvatham is also Program Director for the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Training Program at Mayo Clinic - Rochester.

Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD, FACC, FHRS.

Affiliation: Attended Christian Medical College in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, followed by internship at Columbia University Hospital in New York City. Dr. Asirvatham was chief resident at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and completed fellowships at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is currently professor of Medicine and vice chair of the Division of Cardiology (Innovations) in the Department of Medicine and a consultant in Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Currently, Dr. Asirvatham is also Program Director for the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Training Program at Mayo Clinic - Rochester.

Dr. Ching-Hui Huang, MD.

Affiliation: Director, Vascular Medicine Center Attending Physician, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan