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There are many different types of cardiac arrhythmias; atrial fibrillation is the most common, affecting about 1% of the population, mostly in people over 50 years of age. Many arrhythmias are benign and do not require any specific treatment. However there are some arrhythmias that need to be controlled with the use of medications, electric Cardioversion, implantable devices such as defibrillators or pacemakers and catheter ablation. Join us with Dr. Saliba, a Cleveland Clinic cardiologist who will provide answers to your questions about the different types of arrhythmias and their available treatment options.

Walid Saliba, MD, is Director of the Cleveland Clinic Atrial Fibrillation Center and the associate Director in the Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing in the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. He is board-certified in cardiac electrophysiology. Dr. Saliba is trained in all aspects of clinical cardiac electrophysiology and pacing, including catheter ablation of various arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, implantation of cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators and extraction of implanted pacemaker and ICD leads using laser technology.

Dr. Saliba received his undergraduate degree at the American University of Beirut and graduated with a BS in Physics. He continued at the American University where he earned his medical degree. He completed an internship and residency program in internal medicine at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., before receiving a fellowship in cardiology from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He completed a fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Saliba’s research has focused on topics related to new treatments for atrial fibrillation, and pacemaker and defibrillator performance.