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2022 AF Symposium
My Summary Reports Written for Atrial Fibrillation Patients
by Steve S. Ryan, PhD
From the NYC Marriott Marquis hotel and Times Square (the musical “Hamilton” was playing next door), the 27th Annual International AF Symposium was held from Thursday January 13 through Saturday January 15, 2022. 
The AF Symposium brings together the world’s leading medical scientists, clinicians, and researchers who share recent developments in the A-Fib field.
This is the 18th AF Symposium I have attended. It provides a unique learning experience about Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) not matched by any other conference. Attending the AF Symposium and adequately reporting on it is both a challenge and a privilege. 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. Look for my reports in the weeks and months following the Symposium.
Read about the Annual International AF Symposium: Why I Attend Every Year & Why it’s Important to A-Fib Patients
| 10. | Pulsed Field Ablation for AF Using an Integrated Mapping and Ablation Spherical Array Catheter | Dr. Vivek Reddy from Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, NY and Dr. Petr Neuzil of Homolka Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic | Feb. 26, 2022 |
| 9. | Spotlight Session: Clinical Experience with the CLASS LAAO System | Dr. Jamie Kim of the Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH | Feb. 25, 2022 |
| 8. | Peri and Post Procedural Anticoagulation with LAA Closure Devices―An Evolving Story | Dr. Luigi Di Biase of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY | Feb. 21. 2022 |
| 7. | Spotlight Session: Calculating Left Atrium Wall Thickness | Dr. Saman Nazarian of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA | Feb. 20, 2022 |
| 6. | Abstract: Trial II of InCarda Orally Inhaled Flecainide | Christopher Dufton, PhD; InCarda Therapeutics, Inc. | Feb. 18, 2022 |
| 5. | Challenging Cases: The Patient has the Last Say | Dr. Eric Prystowsky of St. Vincent’s Hospital, Indianapolis, IN | Feb. 17, 2022 |
| 4. | Pulsed Field Ablation Using a Focal Electrode Catheter | Dr. Atul Verma of Southlake Regional Health Center in Toronto, Canada | Feb. 17, 2022 |
| 3. | In Development: Systems for Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) | Dr. Moussa Mansour of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA | Feb. 15, 2022 |
| 2. | The LOOP Study–Implications for Clinical Practice and Future Trials | Dr. Andrea Russo of Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey | Feb 4, 2022 |
| 1. | Overview: 27th Annual International AF Symposium 2022 written by Steve S. Ryan, PhD | – – – | Jan 26,2022 |
| Link to my 2021 AF Symposium Reports Link to Archive of AF Symposiums Summaries by Year | |||
J. Ruskin
From Dr. Jeremy Ruskin of Mass. General Hospital and Harvard Medical School:
“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.”
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