Title: Value of the wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) as a bridging-therapy before implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
Credits: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Johannes Sperzel
Title: Left atrial appendage exclusion for stroke prevention in patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation
Credits: Dr. Peter B. Sick
Affiliation: Priv.-Doz. Dr. KR Julian Chun is heading the electrophysiology (EP) section (Markus Krankenhaus) of the CCB Frankfurt, Germany. He has been trained at the St. Georg Hospital, Hamburg and University of Lübeck, Germany. He is faculty member of the University of Lübeck, Germany and author of numerous scientific articles within the field of arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation.
Affiliation: Priv.-Doz. Peter Sick, MD is director of the department of Cardiology, Hospital Barmherzige Brueder Regensburg. He is one of the pioneers in LAA-occlusion techniques. First feasibility study with the Watchman device was performed under his guidance at the Leipzig heart center and he was senior author of the protect AF-Trial, which was the first randomized comparison between LAA-occlusion and oral anticoagulation therapy in atrial fibrillation.
Affiliation: Interventional Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist performing cardiac interventions, LAA occlusion, ablation and device implants. Scientific interest; Atrial fibrillation ablation and cardiac electronic devices. Lectures at Technical University Munich.
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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