A4: Catheter Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation

      -Trial Overview by Dr. Pierre Jais (Heart Rhythm Society Meeting 2006)

ACTIVE A: Atrial Fibrillation Clopidogrel Trial With Irbesartan For Prevention of Vascular Events - A

      -Effects of Addition of Clopidogrel to Aspirin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation who are Unsuitable for Vitamin K Antagonists

ACTIVE W: Atrial Fibrillation Clopidogrel Trial with Irbesartan For Prevention of Vascular Events - W

      -Trial Overview by Dr. Stuart J. Connolly (AHA 2005)

APAF: Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Trial

      -Trial Overview by Dr. Carlo Pappone (ACC 2006)

ATHENA: A Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Parallel Arm Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Dronedarone 400 mg Bid for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Hospitalization or Death from any Cause in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation/Atrial Flutter

      -Trial Overview by Dr. Stefan H. Hohnloser (Heart Rhythm 2008)

CACAF: Catheter Ablation for the Cure of Atrial Fibrillation Study

      -Trial Overview by Dr. Emanuele Bertaglia (ACC 2005)

Lone Atrial Fibrillation

      -30-year Follow-up Study in Patients with Lone Atrial Fibrillation by Dr. Arshad Jahangir, et al.

PROTECT AF: Percutaneous Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage versus Warfarin Therapy for Prevention of Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Randomized Non-Inferiority Trial

      -Trial Overview by Dr. David R. Holmes (AHA 2002)

RELY: Randomized Evaluation of Long-term anticoagulant therapY

      -Dabigatran Compared to Warfarin in 18,113 Patients with Atrial Fibrillation at Risk of Stroke

SPORTIF III: Stroke Prevention Using the Oral Direct Thrombin Inhibitor Ximelagatran in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

      -Trial Overview Presented at ACC 2003

SPORTIF V: Stroke Prevention Using the Oral Direct Thrombin Inhibitor Ximelagatran in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

      -Trial Overview by Dr. Jonathan L. Halperin (AHA 2003)

SWEDMAF: The SWEDish Multicentre Atrial Fibrillation study

      -Trial Overview by Dr. Carina Blomstrom-Lundqvist (Heart Rhythm Society Meeting 2006)

Toxicity and Screening Recommendations

      -For Amiodarone Use by Dr. Peter Zimetbaum

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Bundle Branch Block

Cardiac Memory

      -Distinguishing Between Old Versus New Left Bundle Branch Block by Dr. Alexei Shvilkin

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Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) and VT / VF

CLARIDI: Cholesterol Lowering and Arrhythmias Recurrences after Internal Defibrillator Implantation Trial

      -Trial Overview by Dr. Johan De Sutter (Heart Rhythm Society Meeting 2006)

DINAMIT: Defibrillator in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial

      -Trial Overview by Dr. Stewart Connelly and Dr. Stefan H. Hohnloser (ACC 2004)

MADIT II: Multicenter Autonomic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II

      -Trial Overview by Dr. Arthur J. Moss (ACC 2002)

OPTIC: Optimal Pharmacological therapy in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients

      -Trial Overview by Dr. Stuart J. Connolly (ACC 2005)

SCD-HeFT: Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial

      -All-cause mortality at 5 years by Dr. Gust H. Bardy (ACC 2004)

SMASH-VT: Substrate Mapping And Ablation In Sinus Rhythm To Halt Ventricular Tachycardia

      -Trial Overview by Dr. Vivek Reddy (Heart Rhythm Society 2006)

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RV and Bi V Pacing

INTRINSIC RV Trial Inhibition of Unnecessary RV Pacing with AV Search Hysteresis in ICDs Trial

      -Trial Overview by Dr. Brian Olshansky (Heart Rhythm Society Meeting, May 2006)

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