▁numerous ▁medical ▁journ als ▁including ▁the ▁Heart ▁Rh ythm ▁Journal , ▁Journal ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁College ▁of ▁Card i ology , ▁American ▁Journal ▁of ▁Card i ology , ▁Journal ▁of ▁Card i ov asc ular ▁Elect ro phys i ology , ▁American ▁Heart ▁Journal , ▁Cir cul ation , ▁Journal ▁of ▁Elect ro card i ology ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁editor - in - ch ief ▁of ▁the ▁Journal ▁of ▁At rial ▁F ibr ill ation . ▁Besides ▁Ven ice ▁Ar rh yth mi as , ▁he ▁is ▁the ▁cre ator ▁of ▁EP LI VE , ▁the ▁first ▁fully ▁interactive ▁meeting ▁of ▁his ▁genre , ▁where ▁EP ▁exper ts ▁from ▁various ▁countries ▁are ▁invited ▁to ▁share ▁their ▁experience ▁while ▁obser ving ▁live ▁cases ▁being ▁performed ▁in ▁the ▁state - of - the - art ▁labor ator ies ▁of ▁T CA I ▁in ▁Austin , ▁Texas . ▁ ▁Research ▁and ▁clin ical ▁achiev ements ▁N ata le ▁pione ered ▁a ▁circum fer ential ▁ul tras ound ▁ve in - abl ation ▁system ▁to ▁correct ▁at rial ▁f ibr ill ation ▁and ▁performed ▁the ▁procedure ▁on ▁the ▁world ' s ▁first ▁patients . ▁He ▁also ▁developed ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁current ▁c ath eter - based ▁c ure ▁strateg ies ▁for ▁at rial ▁f ibr ill ation , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁electro phys i ologist ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁to ▁perform ▁per cut aneous ▁ep ic ard ial ▁radio fre quency ▁ab lation , ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁treatment ▁for ▁people ▁who ▁fail ▁conventional ▁ab lation . ▁