Doctors & patients are saying about 'A-Fib.com'...
"A-Fib.com is a great web site for patients, that is unequaled by anything else out there."
Dr. Douglas L. Packer, MD, FHRS, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
"Jill and I put you and your work in our prayers every night. What you do to help people through this [A-Fib] process is really incredible."
Jill and Steve Douglas, East Troy, WI
“I really appreciate all the information on your website as it allows me to be a better informed patient and to know what questions to ask my EP.
Faye Spencer, Boise, ID, April 2017
“I think your site has helped a lot of patients.”Dr. Hugh G. Calkins, MD Johns Hopkins,
Baltimore, MD
2013 BOSTON ATRIAL FIBRILLATION SYMPOSIUM
Steve’s In-Depth Reports
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| Summary Title | Posting date | Presenter(s) | Title of BAFS Presentation |
| Amazing Evolution of Catheter Ablation Guidelines | 1-29-2013 | Dr. Jeremy Ruskin, Massachusetts General Hospital | Catheter Ablation for PAF – First or Second Line Therapy? |
| Difficult Cases in AF Management | 1-29-2013 | Dr. Claudio Tondo, Centro Cardiologico Monzino of Milan, Italy | Difficult Cases in AF Management – Antiarrhythmic Drugs, Anticoagulant, and Clinical Decision Making: Panel and Audience Discussion |
| Live Satellite and Prerecorded Case Presentations | 1-29-2013 | Dr. Moussa Mansour and his colleagues Dr. Kevin Heist and Dr. Conor Barrett, Massachusetts General Hospital | Satellite and Pre-Recorded Case Presentations |
| Non-Evasive Electrocardiographic Imaging (ECGI) | 2-09-2013 | Dr. Phillip Cuculich, Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis,and Dr. Michel Haissaguerre of the French Bordeaux group | Noninvasive Electrocardiographic Imaging (ECGI) of Human Atrial Fibrillation: What can We See Without Catheters? and Noninvasive Mapping to Guide AF Ablation – Technique and Clinical Results |
| Reverse Remodeling Ablation | 2-15-2013 | Dr. Pierre Jais, Central Hospital Univ. of Bordeaux, France | Reverse Remodeling Prior to Ablation for Persistent AF |
| Focus on Stenosis: Inflammation and scarring or occlusion of the PV Opening after Ablation | 4-09-2013 | Dr. Douglas Packer, the Mayo Clinic | The Risks of A-Fib Ablation |
| The New Anticoagulants (NOACs) | 4-10-2013 | Dr. Daniel Singer of Mass. General and Harvard University | Current Status of New Anticoagulants for Stroke Prevention in AF and Optimal Drug Selection for Individual Patients |
| A-Fib Produces Fibrosis—Experimental and Real-World Data | 4-26-2013 | Dr. Jose Jalife, University of Michigan; Dr. Hans Kottkamp, Clinic Hirslanden Heart Center, Zurich, Switzerland | “Targeting the Cardiac Myofibroblast to Prevent Persistent AF” Dr. Jose Jalife; “Fibrotic Atrial Cardiomyopathy Syndrome – Definition, Pathophysiology and Clinical Implications” Dr. Hans Kottkamp |
| (More coming soon) |
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Last updated: Saturday, April 27, 2013
