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Dr. Douglas L. Packer, MD, FHRS, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

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Jill and Steve Douglas, East Troy, WI

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Faye Spencer, Boise, ID, April 2017

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Dr. Hugh G. Calkins, MD Johns Hopkins,
Baltimore, MD

Doctors & patients are saying about 'Beat Your A-Fib'...

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Roy Salmon, Patient, A-Fib Free,
Adelaide, Australia

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Pierre Jaïs, M.D. Professor of Cardiology, Haut-Lévêque Hospital, Bordeaux, France

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Dr. Wilber Su,
Cavanaugh Heart Center, Phoenix, AZ

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Ira David Levin, heart patient,
Rome, Italy

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Walter Kerwin, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

2025 AF Symposium Overview: Written for Atrial Fibrillation Patients

Published February 25, 2025

The 30^th annual International AF Symposium was held in Boston January 16-18, 2025. (This is where the AF Symposium originally started back in 1995. I’ve been attending since 2003—that’s 23 years!

This intense 3-day seminar took place at the Omni Seaport hotel, a well-designed, ultra-modern conference venue. Coming from California, the January weather in Boston was considered relatively mild with temperatures in the 30s.

Steve Ryan at the 2025 AF Symposium

This Symposium featured presentations by 87 leaders in A-Fib research and clinical practice from all over the world. These medical scientists, clinicians, and researchers shared recent developments in the A-Fib field in a forum unmatched by any other conference. This year the Symposium attracted around 1,400 worldwide participants.

Major Theme: Case Transmissions Take Center Stage

The major theme or emphasis of the 2025 AF Symposium was live and prerecorded ablation cases transmitted from EP/labs and operating rooms from around the world. There were a record 24 cases presented in eight different sessions!

This Symposium had a record 24 live and prerecorded ablation cases presented in eight different sessions!

A majority of these cases were focused on Pulse Field Ablation (PFA). These case transmissions seemed to be among the most attended and popular sessions. A tip of the hat to all the people behind the scenes who made these seamless networking and streaming presentations work so well.

…Continue reading my report…>