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Registration & Breakfast
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7:30 AM |
Welcome and Announcements
Oussama Wazni
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7:35 AM |
Heart Rhythm Society in 2024 and Beyond
Mina Chung
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7:45 AM |
Top EP Publications in 2024 and What to Look for in 2025
Kalyanam Shivkumar
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Session 1 - Hot Topics in AF Ablation
Moderators: Oussama Wazni, Walid Saliba, Ayman Hussein, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Tyler Taigen, Nassir Marrouche, Vivek Reddy, Andrea Natale, Atul Verma
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8:00 AM |
Tissue selectivity of PFA: Biophysics, mechanisms and implications
Atul Verma
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8:10 AM |
Contact and lesion formation in PFA:
Hiroshi Nakagawa
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8:20 AM |
Next Generation PFA
Vivek Reddy
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8:30 AM |
Clinical evidence with PFA of AF: clinical trials and real-world data.
Moussa Mansour
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8:40 AM |
Single shot vs large tip PFA catheters: do we have a winner?
Ayman Hussein
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8:50 AM |
Improving the safety and efficiency of AF ablation using PFA: anesthesia, conduction system, vascular spasm, micro-bubbles and brain protection
Luigi DiBiase
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9:00 AM |
Neuro-modulation and non PV ablations in left atrial PFA
Ante Anic
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9:10 AM |
Break
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9:25 AM |
Are mapping systems still needed for first time AF ablation?
Devi Nair
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9:35 AM |
High Density Mapping for Atypical Atrial Flutters (AFL):
Mandeep Bhargava
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9:45 AM |
What have we learned from Machine Learning in AF
Nassir Marrouche
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9:55 AM |
Panel Discussion and Attendee Q&A
Session Faculty
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10:05 AM |
Break/Visit Exhibits
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Session 2 - Clinical AF Management
Moderators: Randall Starling, Oussama Wazni, Walid Saliba, Thomas Dresing
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10:25 AM |
How Early Is Good Enough for AF ablation?
Oussama Wazni
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10:35 AM |
Understanding atrial myopathy: A personalized approach to AF ablation
Nazem Akoum
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10:45 AM |
Tackling the AF epidemic: Can we predict AF?
Nassir Marrouche
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10:55 AM |
Up to date review of persistent AF ablation: targets and beyond
Andrea Natale
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11:05 AM |
AF ablation in heart failure with or without systolic dysfunction
Ayman Hussein
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11:15 AM |
Benefits of early rhythm control of AF: QOL and stroke/ dementia
TBD
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11:25 AM |
AF in Athletes
Bryan Baranowski
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11:35 AM |
Can AF be Prevented?
Leslie Cho
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11:45 AM |
Panel Discussion and Attendee Q&A
Session Faculty
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Session 3 - Stroke Prevention in AF
Moderators: Nassir Marrouche, Walid Saliba, Shazam Hussain, Tyler Taigen, Ken Uchino
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12:00 PM |
Cardiac Amyloidosis and AF: Strategies for stroke prevention
Wael Jaber
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12:10 PM |
AF Screening: Who, When and How?
Andrew Russman
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12:20 PM |
Personalized and Targeted Stroke Prevention
Rod Passman
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12:30 PM |
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Session Faculty
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12:45 PM |
Lunch & Non-CME Industry Roundtable (Optional)
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Session 4 - LAA Closure
Moderator: Oussama Wazni, Vivek Reddy, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
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1:40 PM |
Watch TAVR
Samir Kapadia
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1:50 PM |
Update on Option
Oussama Wazni
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2:00 PM |
LAAOS IV
Jeff Healey
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2:10 PM |
New Devices
Vivek Reddy
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2:20 PM |
ICE LAA Closure
Shady Nakhla
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2:30 PM |
Non-Contrast LAA Closure
Ayman Hussein
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2:40 PM |
LAA Closure and New Oral Anticoagulation Strategies
Walid Saliba
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2:50 PM |
TEE for LAA Closure
Rhonda Miyasaka
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3:00 PM |
Concomitant AF Ablation and LAA Closure
Mohamed Kanj
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3:10 PM |
Hybrid Convergent Procedure
Edward Soltesz
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3:20 PM |
Panel Discussion
Session Faculty
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3:30 PM |
Break/Visit Exhibits
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Session 5 - Ventricular Arrhythmia Management
Moderators: Pasquale Santangeli, Jakub Sroubek, Justin Lee
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3:45 PM |
New Approaches and Technologies for Catheter Ablation of VT
Pasquale Santangeli
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3:55PM |
First Line Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
Roderick Tung
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4:05 PM |
Endpoints for Catheter Ablation of VT in Structural Heart Disease
Jakub Sroubek
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4:15 PM |
Indications for Catheter Ablation of VT in Structural Heart Disease: When to say YES? When to say NO?
TBD
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4:25 PM |
Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Fibrillation
Pasquale Santangeli
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4:35 PM |
Inflammation, Myocarditis and Ventricular Arrhythmias
DJ Lakkireddy
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4:45 PM |
Cardiac Radiation Ablation: Cleveland Clinic Experience
Justin Lee
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4:55 PM |
Round Table Discussion: Multidisciplinary Approach for AF/ VT management: EP, Heart Failure and Cardiac surgery Collaboration
Pasquale Santangeli, Oussama Wazni, Tyler Taigen, Jakub Sroubek, Edward Soltesz, Randall Starling, Justin Lee, Amanda Vest
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5:15 PM |
Audience Q&A
Session Faculty
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5:25 PM |
Day 1 Adjourn
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