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Author(s): John M Miller Added: 3 years ago
A number of mechanisms underlie the different forms of atrial fibrillation (AF). Pulmonary vein (PV) ectopy may act as a driver maintaining AF or as a trigger in which spontaneous PV firing may initiate episodes of AF. Non-pulmonary triggers also exist. In addition, multiple wavelet re-entry and rotors may maintain AF. While pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is central to most AF ablation… View more
Annemiek Janssen is a nurse and Dr Jonas De Jong is an electrophysiologist at OLVG Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Dr De Jong and Annemiek have a particularly very efficient Cryoballoon ablation workflow, with limited staff support, and consistently short lab occupancy times. The team is also rigorous with outcome data collection and recently began implementing cryoballoon ablation day case… View more
Job title: Director
Professor Ramesh K Tripathiis an Associate Professor of Surgery at University of Queensland and an Adjunct Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He has extensive experience with open, endovascular and hybrid deep venous surgeries with significant publications and international presentations to conferences worldwide. He is a Distinguished Fellow of Society for Vascular… View more
Job title: Clinical Associate Professor, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
DrEvald Høj Christiansen is an Associate Professor in the Cardiology Department of Aarhus University Hospital. He is an interventional cardiologist with 15 years' of experience in the field. His main interest is chronic total occlusions, bifurcations, coronary imaging, physiologic evaluations of coronary artery disease, and TAVR. He has performed a series of studies in this area and has conducted… View more
Author(s): Jun Dong , Hugh Calkins Added: 3 years ago
Transvenous catheter ablation has become a curative treatment for many arrhythmias. Knowing the precise catheter location in relation to true cardiac anatomy will benefit catheter ablation procedures. A novel electroanatomic mapping system (CartoMerge™, Biosense Webster) with the capability of integrating pre-procedural computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) images with… View more
UCLH CANCER ACADEMY The Cancer Academy was launched in late 2016 as a key part of the UCLH Cancer Strategy. The Academy responds to the need for improving patient experience and provides programmes for people affected by cancer. It also responds to an opportunity to support staff in realising their full potential. The Cancer Academy works closely with The University College Hospital (UCH)… View more
Job title: Prof. Johanne Silvain is professor of medicine at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, France.
He is an interventional cardiologist, with experience in coronary angioplasty and OTC, and is Director of the Coronary Intensive Care Unit.He is licensed at the University of Medicine of Paris (UPMC) and is the author of over 100 publications in prestigious authoritative journals.The research interests of Dr. Silvain fall within the field of thrombosis (composition of thrombi) and antithrombotic… View more
Dr Jan Sloves is President and Consultant of Vascular Imaging Professionals LLC in New York. He has over 20 years experience in the field, and has developed breakthrough strategies in visualizing deep pelvic veins (iliocoval outflow track). He is a primary investigator for Philips Ultrasound to optimize performance of ultrasound systems and transducers. He frequently presents at international… View more
Prof Joachim Weil is the Head of the Medical Department II - Cardiology and Angiology of the Sana Hospitals Lübeck. As a modern competence center, the Department of Cardiology and Angiology offers highly specialized medical services in addition to cardiological care. In addition, Sana Hospitals Lübeck cooperates closely with the University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein. Professor Joachim Weil… View more