AF Symposium 2021
My Summary Reports Written for Atrial Fibrillation Patients
by Steve S. Ryan, PhD
Because of the COVID-19 virus, this year’s AF Symposium was held virtually January 29-31, 2021. I certainly missed being able to ask questions of the presenters and converse briefly one-on-one with them.
I consider it a privilege to attend presentations by the most eminent medical researchers, scientists, cardiologists and cardiac electrophysiologists working in A-Fib today. I learn more in three days than in a year of reading the various A-Fib research reports.
As always, I do this to offer A-Fib.com readers the most up-to-date research and developments that may impact their treatment choices. All my reports are written in plain language for A-Fib patients and their families.
Archive: Link to all my AF Symposiums Summaries by Year
REPORT TITLE | PRESENTER (S) | DATE POSTED | |
12. | Live Case: Vein of Marshall Alcohol Ablation | Dr. Miguel Valderrabano, Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, Houston, Texas | Jun 5, 2021 |
11. | Spotlight Session: Javelin VINE Filter to Prevent Stroke | Dr. Stuart Connolly of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | April 23, 2021 |
10. | Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA) and Anticoagulants: Prevalence, Detection and Management | Dr. Mahmut Edip Gurol from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, | April 19, 2021 |
9. | Spotlight Session: New Technologies and Drugs―Flecainide Inhaler by InCarda Therapeutics | Dr. Jeremy Ruskin of Massachusetts General Hospital | April 19,2021 |
8. | ATTEST Trial: Catheter Ablation to Modify Progression of AF | Dr. Karl-Heinz Kuck of the Asklepios Klinik St. Georg in Hamburg, Germany | April 17, 2021 |
7. | EARLY-AF Study Finds Ablation Better First-Line Treatment Than Medication | Dr. Jason Andrade of University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Canada | April 16, 2021 |
6. | Spotlight Session: Drug in Development from Acesion Pharma | Dr. John Camm of St. George’s Hospital in Oxford, UK | April 16, 2021 |
5. | Live Case: Pulsed Field Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Using a Lattice-Tip Focal Catheter | Drs. Vivek Reddy, Mt Sinai , NY, Petr Neuzil, Homolka Hosp., Prague, Czech Republic | April 9, 2021 |
4. | Pulsed Field Ablation Using Multielectrode Catheters and PFA Compared to RF Study | Dr. Pierre Jais of the French Bordeaux Group (LIRYC) | Feb 28,2021 |
3. | Challenging Cases #2: Incessant Tachycardia Case by Dr. Andrea Natale | Dr. Andrea Natale of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute in Austin, TX | Feb 26, 2021 |
2. | Challenging Cases #1: “Torrential” Cather Ablation Case | Dr. John Day of the Intermountain Heart Institute, Murray, UT | Feb 22, 2021 |
1. | Overview: 26th Annual International AF Symposium 2021: A Virtual Experience; written by Steve S. Ryan, PhD | – – – | Feb 22, 2021 |
Link to all 2020 AF Symposium Reports Link to Archive of AF Symposiums Summaries by Year |

J. Ruskin
“Steve Ryan’s summaries of the A-Fib Symposium are terrific. Steve has the ability to synthesize and communicate accurately in clear and simple terms the essence of complex subjects. This is an exceptional skill and a great service to patients with atrial fibrillation.” — Dr. Jeremy Ruskin of Mass. General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
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