Title: Does Duration of Symptoms Reliably Predict Detection of Left Atrial Thrombus in Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Ali Sakhnini, Shemy Carasso, Zyad Abu Znait, Shalabi Amjad, Lisa Grossman, Ibrahim Marai
Title: Catheter Ablation for Hospitalized Atrial FibrillationPatients with Reduced Systolic Function:Analysis of Inpatient Mortality, Resource Utilization and Complications
Title: Posterior Wall Isolationfor Atrial Fibrillation: Effects on Echocardiographic Parameters Of Cardiac Function
Title: Meditation for Improved Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Implantable Defibrillators for Heart Failure- Pilot Study
Title: Association of the H2FPEF Risk Score with Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation Following Pulmonary Vein Isolation
Title: Comparison of Cryoballoon and Hybrid Surgical Posterior Wall Isolation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation to Conventional Ablation.
Title: Relationship of Atrial Fibrillation to Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation
Credits: Abdullah Sayied Abdullah MBBS, MSc, George Eigbire MD, Mohamed Ali MD, Mohanad Awadalla MBBS, Abdul Wahab MD, Hisham Ibrahim MBBS, MRCP, Amr Salama MD, Richard Alweis, MD
Title: Assessment of DNA Damage After Ionizing Radiation Exposure in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device Implantation or Atrial Fibrillation Ablation (The RADAR Study)
Credits: Mohit K.Turagam, MD, Venkat Vuddanda, MD, Donita Atkins , BSN, Rakesh Venkata, MBBS, Bhavya YarlagaddaMBBS, Himabindu Korra, MBBS, Jaya Pitchika, MBBS, Sudharani Bommana , MS and Dhanujaya R. Lakkireddy, MD, FHRS
Title: Clinical Impact of Saline Volume Infused Through Irrigated-Tip Ablation Catheter in Low Acuity Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Patients
Title: Feasibility and Usability of a Mobile Application to Asses Symptoms and Affect in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Pilot Study
Credits: Hamid Ghanbari, MD, MPH, Sardar Ansari, MD, Michael Ghannam, MD, Sangeeta Lathkar-Pradhan, MBBS, Anna Kratz, PhD, Hakan Oral, MD, Kayvan Najarian, PhD, Daniel Clauw, MD, Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD, MPH
Title: Resolution of AV block after ablation for atrial fibrillation
Title: CAlifornia Study of ABLation (CAABL): Utilization and Epidemiology after Index Hospitalization for non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation.
Title: Optimization of Stroke Prophylaxis Strategies in Nonvalvular AF –Drugs, Devices or Both?
Credits: Amit Noheria, MBBS, SM, Faisal F. Syed, MBChB, MRCP, Christopher V. DeSimone, MD,PhD, Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD.
Title: A Review of the Relevant Embryology, Pathohistology, and Anatomy of the Left Atrial Appendage for the Invasive Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Credits: Christopher V. DeSimone, MD, PhD, Prakriti Gaba, BS, Jason Tri, Faisal Syed, MBBS, Amit Noheria MBBS, SM, Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD.
Title: Evaluation of Patients with Early Repolarization Syndrome
Credits: Saagar Mahida MBChB, Frederic Sacher, MD, Benjamin Berte, MD, Seigo Yamashita, MD, PhD, Han Lim, MBBS, PhD, Nicolas Derval, MD, Arnaud Denis, MD, Ashok Shah, MD, Sana Amraoui, MD, Meleze Hocini, MD, Pierre Jais, MD, Michel Haissaguerre, MD.
Title: Structural and functional remodeling of the left atrium: clinical and therapeutic implications for atrial fibrillation
Credits: Rajeev Pathak, MBBS, Dennis H. Lau, MBBS, PhD, Rajiv Mahajan, MD, Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD.
Title: Impact of metabolic syndrome on ablation-outcome in patients with atrial fibrillation: A systematic review
Credits: Sanghamitra Mohanty, MD, MS, Luigi Di Biase, MD PhD FHRS, Prasant Mohanty, MBBS, MPH, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, Bai Rong, MD FHRS, Trivedy Chintan, MD MPH, David Burkhardt, MD, Joseph G Gallinghouse, MD, Rodney Horton, MD, Javier E Sanchez, MD, Shane Bailey, MD, Jason Zagrodzky, MD, Andrea Natale, MD, FACC, FESC, FHRS
Title: The Role of Pericardial and Epicardial Fat in Atrial Fibrillation Pathophysiology and Ablation Outcomes
Credits: Christopher X. Wong, MBBS, Rajiv Mahajan, MD, Rajeev Pathak, MBBS, Darragh J. Twomey, MBBS, Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD, FHRS
Title: Combined Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation and Watchman® Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Procedures: A Single Centre Experience
Credits: Daniel T. Walker B. App Sci, Julie A. Humphries MBBS, Karen P. Phillips MBBS
Title: AF and Venous Thromboembolism – Pathophysiology, Risk Assessment and CHADS-VASc score
Credits: Nasir Shariff, Abdul Aleem, Mukesh Singh, Yuan Z. Li, Stacey J Smith
Title: Atrial Fibrillation and Metabolic Syndrome: Understanding the Connection
Credits: Prabhat Kumar MBBS, Anil K. Gehi, MD
Title: Mortality Risk Associated with AF in Myocardial Infarction Patients
Credits: Dr Rajiv Sankaranarayanan MBBS, MRCP(UK)
Title: Chronic Kidney Disease and Atrial Fibrillation: A Contemporary Overview
Credits: Nitin Kulkarni MD, Nilusha Gukathasan MBBS, Samantha Sartori, PhD, Usman Baber MD MS
Title: South Asians are under-represented in a clinic treating atrial fibrillation in a multicultural city in the UK
Credits: MH Tayebjee MD, MRCP, K Tyndall RN, S Holding RN, C Russell RN, LN Graham PhD, MRCP, CB Pepper MD, FRCP.
Title: Stretch and Inflammation- their relation to fractionation of electrograms in Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: UMA SRIVATSA, MBBS, MARY CHAVEZ CVT, SANKAR KRISHNAMURTHY, PH.D., ZHONGMIN LI, PH.D., HONG QIU, PH.D., AND NIPAVAN CHIAMVIMONVAT, M.D
Title: Preventative Measures of Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Ahmed Adlan MRCP, Gregory YH Lip MD
Title: Non-interventional Management of Symptomatic Pulmonary Vein Occlusion After Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Logan Bittinger , MBBS, FRACP, Anthony Tang MD
Title: Septic Shock due to Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator Related Infection
Credits: David Palmer, MBBS, BSc, MRCP, Aleem Khand, MBChB, MRCP, MD
Title: Supraventricular Ectopic Activity: When Excessive it is not all Benign!
Credits: Tuan Le Nguyen MBBS, FRACP, Liza Thomas MBBS, FRACP, PhD
Title: Use of Ivabradine in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
Credits: Jamil-Copley S, MRCP, Nagarajan DV, MRCP, Baig MK, MD, FRCP, FESC, FACC
Title: AF Termination: the Holy Grail of Persistent AF Ablation?
Credits: Dennis H. Lau, MBBS, Anthony G. Brooks, PhD, Prashanthan Sanders MBBS, PhD
Title: An Update on the Energy Sources and Catheter Technology for the Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Credits: Pawan K. Arora MBBS, James C. Hansen MD, Adam D. Price MD, Josef Koblish, Boaz Avitall MD PhD, FHRS
Title: Pulmonary Vein Isolation using a High Density Mesh Ablator Catheter: incorporation of three-dimensional navigation and mapping
Credits: Dr Jiun Tuan, MBChB, MRCP, Dr Mohamed Jeilan, MBChB, MRCP, Dr Faizel Osman, MBChB, MD, MRCP, Dr Suman Kundu, MBChB, MRCP, Dr Rajkumar Mantravadi, MBBS, PhD MRCP, Dr Peter J Stafford, MBChB, MD, FRCP, Dr G André Ng, MBChB, PhD, FRCP(Glasg), FRCP(London)
Title: Esophageal Dilatation Post – Gastric Banding and Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Case Report
Credits: Simon Townsend, Andrew James, Nicholas Daunt MBBS, Karen P. Phillips MBBS
Title: Is Cryo A Better Energy Source Than Radiofrequency For AF Ablation In Preventing Esophageal Injury?
Credits: Pawan K. Arora MBBS, James C. Hansen MD, Rakesh Latchamsetty MD, Boaz Avitall MD PhD FHRS
Title: Skin Burn at the Site of Indifferent Electrode after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of AV Node for Atrial Fibrillation.
Credits: Subba Reddy Vanga, MBBS, Mazda Biria MD, Loren Berenbom MD, James Vacek MD, Dhanunjaya R Lakkireddy, MD
Title: Atrial Fibrillation Ablation In Obesity ‚ Size Matters
Credits: Dennis H. Lau, MBBS, Anthony G. Brooks, PhD, Prashanthan Sanders MBBS, PhD
Affiliation: Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD), University of Adelaide and the Royal Adelaide, Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Affiliation: Consultant Stroke, Geriatrics and General Internal Medicine. Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer and Department Research Lead Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust and University of Sheffield, UK. Main research interests include health economics, effects of aerobic exercise after stroke, and rehabilitation devices in stroke and geriatrics.
Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, and Consultant Clinical Cardiologist at Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. Research interests include; Atrial Fibrillation, Lipids, Resuscitation, Stroke and Novel Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy.
Affiliation: David Turpie MbChB MRCP(UK) BSc is a Cardiology Senior trainee at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. He is a graduate of the University of Aberdeen (MbChB) and the University of Strathclyde (BSc). He is specialising in Interventional Cardiology.
Affiliation: Dr. Girish Nair graduated from the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER- a deemed University), Pondicherry, India. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and Cardiology from the University of Delhi, India. He moved to Canada in 2002 and completed a clinical/research fellowship in Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology from the University of Toronto and associated Toronto General Hospital. Dr. Nair has also completed his MSc. in Health Research Methodology form McMaster University. He served as a faculty in the Division of Cardiology at McMaster University from 2004 to 2012. Dr. Nair joined the Division of Cardiology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute at the rank of Associate Professor on the 1st of October 2012. Dr. Nair’s current research interests lie in the fields of Atrial Fibrillation, Sudden Cardiac Death and Ventricular tachycardia with a specific focus on evaluating treatment strategies and knowledge transfer. His clinical focus is on complex ablations including Atrial Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia and arrhythmias in the grown up congenital heart disease population.
Affiliation: Dr Karen Philips is a medical graduate of the University of Queensland and completed her advanced cardiology training at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. She pursued subspecialty cardiac electrophysiology training with a fellowship at the Austin Hospital, in Melbourne in 2005. Karen returned to HeartCare Partners in 2008 after gathering further expertise in the field of cardiac electrophysiology at the Cleveland Clinic, USA. She performs a broad range of electrophysiology procedures and cardiac device implantation, with a particular expertise in catheter ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation.
Affiliation: Dr Barman is currently affiliated with Cardiac care center in Al Ahli Hospital Qatar. An internist by heart and specialist Cardiologist by profession, he has diverse clinical and leadership experience. Significant accomplishments in developing managed care services integrating delivery systems, improving quality and utilization management programs and coaching medical staff on healthcare business and practice issues.
Affiliation: Dr Obeyesekere’s clinical expertise is in management of all forms of cardiac arrhythmias, including catheter ablation procedures and implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices. His research interests include evaluation of substrate and risk of arrhythmia and implantable cardiac devices. Dr Obeyesekere is affiliated with several professional associations including the Heart Rhythm Society and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Affiliation: Nasir Shariff completed his medical school from Bangalore Medical College. He did his MD in Medicine from AIIMS, India. He trained in Lancashire Deanery in England where he obtained his MRCP diploma. He is presently working at the Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania and will be starting his cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at University of Pittsburgh.
Affiliation: Dr Paul A Scott is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist at King’s College Hospital, London. He undertook his electrophysiology training in Southampton, London and Vancouver Island. His clinical and research interests are centred around catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and complex device therapy.
Affiliation: Works at Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Graduated from India. Research interests include: Cardiac arrhythmia, Stroke and Novel therapies in arrhythmia and Heart Failure management.
Affiliation: Professor Prash Sanders is Director of the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital in Adelaide, Australia. He undertook electrophysiology training in Melbourne and Bordeaux before establishing his own group. He now leads a team of clinicians, researcher and students with a focus on all aspects of understanding and treating atrial fibrillation.
Affiliation: Uma N Srivatsa MBBS, MAS, FHRS is an Associate Professor of Medicine , and program director for CCEP fellowship at University of California, Davis in Sacramento, CA. She performs wide range of EP procedures and has a special interest in epidemiological research.
Affiliation: Professor Prash Sanders is Director of the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital in Adelaide, Australia. He undertook electrophysiology training in Melbourne and Bordeaux before establishing his own group. He now leads a team of clinicians, researcher and students with a focus on all aspects of understanding and treating atrial fibrillation.
Affiliation: Dr Rajeev Pathak is a Doctoral Fellow in Clinical Electrophysiology and a Cardiologist at the Centre of Heart Rhythm Disorder, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital. He has played an intricate role in investigating the need for aggressive risk factor management as part of the AF ablation program at his center . His ARREST-AF study: 'Aggressive Risk factor Reduction Study for Atrial Fibrillation: implications for the outcome of ablation,' won the prestigious “Eric N. Prystowsky Fellow Clinical Research” award at Heart Rhythm Society, 2014.
Affiliation: Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SAHMRI, Australia.
Affiliation: He is trained in 3-D mapping and ablation for the treatment of complex cardiac arrhythmias and Pacemaker, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy implantation.
ISLAA 2022-Left Atrial Appendage
Dr. Dhanunjay Lakkireddy, MD, F.A.C.C, FHRS, The Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute (KCHRI), KS, USA.
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