Heart Rhythm Scientific Session On Demand 2019

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1. abstract

Heart Rhythm Scientific Session On Demand 2019 Advanced Mapping, Ablation, and Denervation for Challenging Ventricular Arrhythmias

 

• Intramural Infusion Needle Ablation for Intractable Premature Ventricular Contractions Associated with Ventricular Dysfunction (Presenter: TomofumiNakamura, MD, PhD) (PDF)
• Intramural Infusion Needle Ablation for Intractable Premature Ventricular Contractions Associated with Ventricular Dysfunction (Presenter: TomofumiNakamura, MD, PhD) (Slides
• Direct Epicardial Ablation Plus Intramural Ethanol Injection Via Surgical Approach For The Treatment Of Ventricular Tachycardia Refractory To Combined Epi/endocardial Ablation (Pre …
• Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation In Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: A Single Center Experience (Presenter: Fabrizio R. Assis, MD)
• Effect Of Activation Wavefront On Electrogram Characteristics During Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation (Presenter: Claire A. Martin, MA, MBBS, PhD)
• Comparison Of Bolus And Continuous Infusion Stellate Ganglion Blocks For Treatment Of Ventricular Tachycardia/fibrillation Storm (Presenter: Nicholas James Abbott, MD)

 

AF Ablation: Faster, Stronger, Better

 

• Performance Of A 3Rd Generation Visually-guided Laser Balloon Catheter For Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Results Of The X3 Study (Presenter: PetrNeuzil, MD)
• Pulmonary Vein Isolation By Irreversible Electroporation: First-in-human Experience (Presenter: PeterLoh, MD, PhD)
• Novel Ultra-low Temperature Cryoablation -Breakthrough Results In The Treatment Of Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: TomDe Potter, MD, PhD)
• First In Human Experience: Procedural Safety And Efficacy Of A Novel Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Ablation System (Presenter: AnteAnic,)
• Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using A Novel Temperature-controlled Irrigated Catheter Delivering High Power / Short Duration (90w / 4 Sec) Lesions: Initial Results Of A First-in-human C …

 

AF and HF: Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device-Based Detection and Treatment

 

• Evaluation Of Subclinical AF As A Marker Of Cardiovascular Events In Patients With Implantable Electronic Cardiac Devices: A Silent Sub Study (Presenter: Ricardo Alkmim Teixeira, M …
• The Impact Of Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation On Device Based Heart Failure Status (Presenter: Jorge A. Wong, MD, MPH)
• Remote Monitoring To Detect Atrial Fibrillation In Patients With Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (Presenter: JenniferWellings, MD)
• Stroke Risk As A Function Of Atrial Fibrillation Duration And Cha2Ds2-vasc Score In 21,799 Patients With Continuous Monitoring (Presenter: Rod S. Passman, MD, …

 

Allied Professional Abstracts: Teaching Case Reports

 

• Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulator Damage with Electrical Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: TrevorBonney, MS, PA-C)
• A Shocking Case of Wide Complex Tachycardia (Presenter: Erin E. Flatley, BSN, MSN, NP)
• Treatment Of VT With Verapamil In A Patient With Previous MI Based On An Understanding Of The Mechanism Of VT (Presenter: Nina E. Mirachi, PAC)
• Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus Despite Sinus Rhythm Following Electrical Isolation (Presenter: RobertHipp, MBA, MS, PA)
• Unsuspecting Presentation Of Sudden Cardiac Death In A Young Patient (Presenter: Gerilynn M. Schott, ACNP)
• Prevalence Of Suicide Among Patients With Sudden Death Predisposing Genetic Heart Diseases (Presenter: Michaela J Saunders, BSN)

Atrial Fibrillation: Lifestyles Matter

 

• Physical Activity And Risk Of Atrial Fibrillation: A Nationwide Cohort Study In General Population (Presenter: Moo-NyunJin,)
• Prevention Of Atrial Fibrillation In Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: Acase Control Study From California (Presenter: PankajMalhotra,)
• Childhood Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Atrial Fibrillation Risk in Adulthood (Presenter: Christopher A Groh,)
• Cardiovascular Risk Of Energy Drinks: Caffeine And Taurine Promote Ventricular Arrhythmias In A Sensitive Whole-heart Model (Presenter: ChristianEllermann, MD)

Atrial Fibrillation: Lifestyles Matter

 

• A Randomized Controlled Trial Of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy In Patients With Prolonged Atrioventricular Interval: The REAL-CRT Pilot Study (Presenter: GiuseppeStabile, MD)
• Comparison Of Measures Of Ventricular Delay At Left Ventricular Pacing Sites On Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Response (Presenter: Michael Eugene Field, MD, FHRS)
• Activation Delay Between Right Ventricular And Left Ventricular Lead Electrodes Strongly Predicts Quadripolar-lead Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Outcomes (Presenter: Haris M. H …
• Electrical Synchronization Achieved By Multipoint Pacing Combined With Dynamic AVD Programming (Presenter: DavidO`Donnell, MBBS)
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Improves Hemodynamics In First-degree Atrioventricular Block: An Experimental – Computational Proof Of Principle Study (Presenter: PeterHuntjens, …

 

Challenging Patients: Electrophysiology and Ablation

 

• On The Cusp Of Termination: An Alternative Approach To Target Scar-Related Ventricular Tachycardia In Surgically-Corrected Tetralogy Of Fallot (Presenter: Alexis Z. Tumolo, MD)
• Walking On Thin Ice: Use Of Intracardiac Echocardiography And Remote Navigation For Ablation Within A Pseudoaneurysm (Presenter: Blake E. Fleeman, MD)
• AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia In Patients With Twin AV Nodes (Presenter: ChristopherMathis, MD)
• Stereotactic Radiation for Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia Without Noninvasive Activation Mapping (Presenter: JosephDonnelly, MD)
• Usefulness Of Speckle Tracking Echocardiography For Detecting The Origin Of Posterior Papillary Muscle Ventricular Arrhythmia (Presenter: ShinyaYamada, MD)
• Finding The Groove: Use Of Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE) To Identify The True Atrioventricular (AV) Groove For Accessory Pathway Ablation In Ebstein’s Anomaly (Presenter: Ale …

 

Challenging Patients: Pacemakers and ICDs

 

• A Rare Cause Of Inappropriate Shock Late After Subcutaneous Icd Placement (Presenter: HarpaulSandhu, MD)
• The Power Of Three: An Uncommon Cause Of Atrial Far-field Myopotential Capture (Presenter: Lauren Ashley Rousseau, PAC, CCDS)
• Longterm Experiences With Coating Of Pacemaker And Icd Devices In Patients With Hypersensitivity Against Various Metallic Materials (Presenter: BertHansky, MD)
• The SecuresenseTmAlgorithm Does Not Protect From Inappropriate Therapy In Pacemaker-dependent Patient (Presenter: NicolasWelte,)
• A Knot In The Tether System During Leadless Pacemaker Implantation:Try To Recapture The Device Or Call A Surgeon? (Presenter: PoojitaShivamurthy, MBBS, MD)
• Successful Detection And Defibrillation Of Ventricular Fibrillation (VF) By Subcutaneous ICD During Leadless Ventricular Pacing Despite Failure Of Initial Vector Screening (Present …

 

Challenging Patients: Pacemakers and ICDs

 

• SyncAVTMIs Associated With A Reduced Risk Of Device-detected Atrial Arrhythmias Among Patients Treated With CRT (Presenter: NirajVarma, MD, PhD)
• Cryoablation For Atrial Fibrillation and Systolic Heart Failure. A Comparison With Radiofrequency Ablation (Presenter: SandeepPrabhu, MBBS (Hons))
• The Incidence Of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation In Angiotensin-neprilysin Inhibition As Compared To Angiotensin Inhibition In Reduced Ejection Fraction Patients Under Continuous Re …
• Underutilization of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy In Heart Failure Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: RabahAlreshq, MD)
• Ablation Of Atrial Fibrillation In Heart Failure Patients: Additional Outcomes Of The Cabana Trial (Presenter: Douglas L. Packer, MD, FHRS)

 

Harnessing the Power of New Computational Approaches to Transform Arrhythmia Treatment

 

• A Novel Framework For Performing Biophysically Realistic But Computationally Inexpensive Simulations For Assessment Of Arrhythmia Susceptibility In Patient-specific Models Of The A …
• Defining Architectures Of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (cnn) For Clinically Actionable Analysis Of Complex Af Datasets (Presenter: Mahmood I Alhusseini, BS, MS) (PDF)
• Defining Architectures Of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (cnn) For Clinically Actionable Analysis Of Complex Af Datasets (Presenter: Mahmood I Alhusseini, BS, MS) (Slides)
• Fast Personalized Computer Simulation Of Electrical Activation From CT Imaging In Post-infarction Ventricular Tachycardia (Presenter: NicolasCedilnik, MSci)
• Fast And Accurate Reconstruction Of Transmural Activation Maps From Standard 12-lead ECG Using An Eikonal Model (Presenter: SimonePezzuto, PhD)

 

Individualizing Pacing in the Heart Failure Patient

 

• Clinical benefits Of Left Bundle Branch Pacing In Patients With Left Bundle Branch Block (Presenter: WeijianHuang, MD, FHRS)
• Biventricular Pacing Acutely Improves Right Ventricular Contractility In LVAD Patients (Presenter: Brian Allan Houston,)
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy With A Single Left Ventricular Septal Pacing Electrode: Acute Hemodynamic And Electrophysiological Effects (Presenter: FloorSalden, MD)
• Impact of heart size on CRT response in the MultiPointTM Pacing (MPP) IDE Study (Presenter: NirajVarma, MD, PhD)
• Qr-max Index In Cardiac Resynchronization (Presenter: GianniPastore,)

 

Insights and Innovations in Specific Heart Failure Populations

 

• Role Of Arrhythmia Duration On Myocardial Recovery In Patients With Arrhythmia Induced Cardiomyopathy: A Multicenter Study (Presenter: RakeshGopinathannair, MA, MD, FHRS)
• Efficacy Of Transvenous Device Therapies In Patients With LMNA Cardiomyopathy (Presenter: Kirandeep Kaur Sidhu, BPharm, MD, CCDS)
• Targeted Radiofrequency Septal Ablation In Symptomatic Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Outcomes And Observations (Presenter: Andrew D. Beaser, MD)
• Effect Of Preload Reducing Therapy On Right Ventricular Function In Patients With Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (arvc) (Presenter: ShadiKalantarian,)
• Initial And Subsequent Arrhythmic Events In Patients With Cardiac Sarcoidosis (Presenter: David Robert Okada, MD)
• Infliximab Stabilizes Ejection Fraction and Reduces Ventricular Tachycardia in Refractory Cardiac Sarcoidosis (Presenter: Gurukripa N Kowlgi, MBBS, MD)

 

Learning More About Left Atrial Appendage Closure

 

• Impact Of Left Atrial Appendage Closure On Neurohormones Secretion At Long-term Follow-up (Presenter: XiaomengYin,)
• Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device (Watchman) Utilization In Medicare Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (AF) And Associated Mortality, Re-hospitalizations And Ischemic Stroke (Pr …
• Device Related Thrombosis After Watchman Implantation: Impact Of Post-procedural Anticoagulation (Presenter: Nachiket MadhavApte, MD)
• Clopidogrel Resistance In Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Closure With The Watchman Device (Presenter: Domenico Giovanni Della Rocca, MD)
• Incidence Of Thrombus In Watchman Patients Prior To Cardioversion (Presenter: James Arthur Mann, MD)

 

 

 

Mapping Atrial Fibrillation and Complex Atrial Flutter

 

• Sorting Through Fractionation: Respective Contribution Of “Classic” Complex Fractionated And “Dispersion” Electrograms To Driver Regions During Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: Clem …
• Ripple-at Study: A Multicentre And Randomized Study Comparing 3D Mapping Techniques During Atrial Tachycardia Ablations (Presenter: VishalLuther, PhD MRCP)
• Novel DELTA Method For High Resolution Measurement Of Local Activation Time Differences Improves Accuracy Of Local Conduction Velocity Estimation At Small Spatial Scales (Presenter …
• Artificial Intelligence Algorithm-guided Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Acute Procedural Results In 27 Patients (Presenter: JeromeKalifa, MD)
• Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Fills The Diagnostic Gap For The Ablation Of Challenging Micro-reentrant Tachycardias (Presenter: ClementBars, MD)

 

Mechanistically Based Mapping of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

 

• Optimal Basket Catheters For Atrial Fibrillation Mapping (Presenter: Bruce H. Smaill, PhD)
• Inter-relationship Of Focal Source And Phase Singularity Uncovered Using Two Independent Analyses Of High Density Epicardial Mapping In Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation …
• Body Surface Atrial Fibrillation Complexity Correlates with Atrial Substrate Electrophysiology and Ablation Impact and Strategy (Presenter: MariannaMeo, PhD)
• Functional Networks Created by Nonsimultaneously Recorded Electrograms Predict Ablation Outcomes of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: SusumuTao, MD, PhD)
• Persistent AF Is The Dominant Driver Of Endomysial Fibrosis In Left But Not Right Human Atrial Appendages: Results From The CATCH ME Consortium (Presenter: JorisWinters,)
• Atrial Fibrillation As A Patchwork Of Organized Zones Whose Area May Predict Termination By Ablation (Presenter: Neal Kumar Bhatia, MD)

 

Novel Genetic Insights in Rare and Common Arrhythmias

 

• Clinical Implications Of Purkinje System Hyperexcitability In Type 3 Long QT Syndrome (Presenter: WalidBarake, MBBCh, MScTMR)
• The Clinical Phenotype And Natural History Of Type 5 Long QT Syndrome (Presenter: Yukiko Yukiko Asaki, MD)
• Effect Of Age And Gender In The Aetiology And Diagnostic Yield Of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (Presenter: ElijahBehr, MA, MBBS, MD)
• Genotype And Mutation Specific Risk For Cardiac Events In Women With Congenital Long-qt Syndrome (Presenter: AyhanYoruk, MD, MPH)
• A Genome-wide Investigation Of Arrhythmia Recurrence Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation (Presenter: Moore B. Shoemaker, MD)

 

Optimal Care and Lost Opportunities In Stroke Reduction

 

 

• Remote Monitoring Alerts For Atrial Fibrillation And Implications For Anticoagulation: A Retrospective Analysis Of A Large Remote Monitoring Cohort (Presenter: CatherineO’Shea, MBB …
• Impact Of Embolic Stroke Events In Patients With New-onset Atrial Fibrillation Detected By Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (Presenter: MiyoNakano, MD)
• Direct Oral Anticoagulants Are Frequently Under Dosed: A Single Center Experience (Presenter: Alan M Sugrue, MBChB)
• Appropriateness Of Oral Anticoagulation Use In A Contemporary Cohort Of Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients (APACHE-HF) (Presenter: HirmandNouraei,)
• Non-vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants In Patients With Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation And Low Body Weight (Presenter: So-RyoungLee,)

Pacing After TAVR and Techniques to Improve CRT Outcomes: When and How?

 

• Risk Prediction Model For Permanent Pacemaker Implantation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: An Extraction And Internal Validation In Single High Volume Center Experie …
• Predictors For The Need For New Permanent Pacemaker Implantation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With The Edwards-sapien 3 Valve (Presenter: SorooshKiani, MA, MD, MS)
• Utility Of Thirty-day Continuous Ambulatory Monitoring To Identify Patient With Delayed Occurrence Of Atrioventricular Block After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (Presenter … (PDF)
• Utility Of Thirty-day Continuous Ambulatory Monitoring To Identify Patient With Delayed Occurrence Of Atrioventricular Block After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (Presenter … (Slides)
• Electrical Delay Correlation in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (Presenter: ScottKoerber,)
• Interventional Approach to Left Ventricular Lead Implantation (Presenter: NebuAlexander, MD)
• Feasibility and Safety of Left Bundle Branch Pacing By Transvenous Approach Through The Interventricular Septum In Patients With Left Bundle Branch Block (Presenter: WeijianHuang, …

Real-World Experience and Clinic Trial Insights in CRT: What’s New?

 

• Utilization Of Guideline-directed Device Therapies In Heart Failure Patients: A Real-world Analysis Using Electronic Health Record Data (Presenter: Anne B. Curtis, MD, FHRS)
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Using Pacemakers Versus Defibrillators In Patients With Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: The United States Experience From 2007 To 2014 (Presenter: Te …
• Response To Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Comparing Quadripolar To Bipolar Left Ventricular Leads In A Prospective Randomized Trial (Presenter: Klaus-JuergenGutleben, MD)
• Multipoint Pacing Demonstrates Superior Long-term Response in Specific Patient Population (Presenter: Christophe I. Leclercq, MD, PhD)
• Left Ventricular Endocardial Pacing: A Direct Comparison Of The Second Generation Of The Novel Wireless CRT System (WiSE-CRT) With The Original System (Presenter: SimonJames, MBBS)

 

 

• Recent Developments in Device Extraction
• Does Shape Matter? Large Vegetations In Device Infections (Presenter: Roger G Carrillo, MBA, MD, FHRS)
• Structured Image Acquisition In Computed Tomography Aid Risk Assessment In Lead Extraction (Presenter: EmmaSvennberg,)
• Correlation Between Lead Location In The Superior Vena Cava via Cardiac CT And Difficulty Of Transvenous Lead Extractions (Presenter: Divyang Rajesh Patel, MD)
• Utility Of Intracardiac Echocardiography In Pacemaker And ICD Lead Extractions: A Single Center Experience (Presenter: Neel Atul Patel, DO)
• Percutaneous Aspiration Of Large Lead Vegetations Facilitates Safe Transvenous Lead Extraction In CIED Infections With Large Lead Vegetations (Presenter: Raymond H. M. Schaerf, MD, …
• Management Of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices In Patients With Bacteremia And/or Sepsis With Associated Prosthetic Cardiac Valves (Presenter: CalebNorton, MD)

 

Risk Stratification and Outcomes in CRT Patients

 

• Real-world Assessment Of Disparities In The Use Of Guideline-directed Defibrillator Therapy (Presenter: Anne B. Curtis, MD, FHRS)
• Improved Outcomes In Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Patients Following Revision Of The Implant Guidelines (Presenter: AhmadAllaw,)
• Recurring Hospitalizations For Heart Failure During Long-term Follow-up In Madit-crt (Presenter: ElizabethLee, MD)
• Combined Risk Stratification After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillators with the Seattle Heart Failure Model and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (Presenter: Kenneth C. Bilch …
• Left Bundle Branch Block Subtype and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Outcomes (Presenter: Kevin Michael Trulock, MD)
• Risk Of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmic Events In Patients Who Improved Beyond Heart Rhythm Society Guidelines For A Defibrillator In MADIT-CRT (Presenter: IlanGoldenberg, MD)

 

Strategies and Tools to Improve Lesion Durability and PVI Ablation Outcomes

 

• Characteristics Of Acute And Chronic Ablation Lesion Using Electroporation Assessed By Magnetic Resonance Imaging And Histology (Presenter: SusumuTao, MD, PhD)
• What Is The Relationship Between Physical Radiofrequency Ablation Parameters And Lesion Metric Indices? Insights From An In-silico Study (Presenter: FelixBourier,)
• Ablation Index Guided High Power 50 W Ablation For Pulmonary Vein Isolation, The Fafa Concept Frankfurt Ablation Index Guided Atrial Fibrillation Ablation (Presenter: ShaojieChen,)
• Efficacy Of The Optimal Ablation Index-targeted Strategy For Pulmonary Vein Isolation In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: The Optimum Study Results (Presenter: So-RyoungLee,)
• Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation Outcomes Stratified by Left Atrial Posterior Wall Isolation Lesion Set Characteristics (Presenter: Chirag R. Barbhaiya, MD, FHRS)

 

 

Sudden Arrhythmic Death: Variants and Mechanisms

 

• Case Control Analysis Shows High Burden Of CASQ2 And LMNA Variants In A Large Cohort Of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome Victims (Presenter: ElijahBehr, MA, MBBS, MD)
• Common Genetic Variation Affects Phenotypic Heterogeneity In A Scn5a-mutation Founder Population (Presenter: AaronIsaacs,)
• Natural And Undetermined Sudden Death: Value Of Post-mortem Genetic Investigation (Presenter: GeorgiaSarquella-Brugada, MD, PhD)
• Established In Vitro Loss-of-Function Variants In ANK2-Encoded Ankyrin B Rarely Cause A Concerning Cardiac Phenotype In Humans (Presenter: John R. Giudicessi, MD, PhD …
• Unraveling How Plakoglobin Docks P85 On Insulin Receptors (InsRs) To Activate PI3 Kinase And How Its Deficits Lead To Metabolic Deregulation In ARVC Hearts (Presenter: ChuanyuWei, …

 

Updates in Pediatric Channelopathies and Sudden Cardiac Death

 

• Electromechanical Window Negativity Identifies Patients With Symptomatic Long QT Syndrome: A Validation Study (Presenter: Alan M Sugrue, MBChB)
• Assessment And Validation Of A Phenotype-Enhanced Variant Classification Framework To Promote Or Demote RYR2 Variants Of Uncertain Significance (Presenter: John R. Giudicess …
• Prevalence Of Triadin Knockout Syndrome In A Multi-Center Molecular Autopsy Cohort Of Sudden Unexplained Death In The Young (Presenter: Daniel J Clemens, BS)
• Management Strategies And Outcomes Of Signature Long QT Syndrome Arrhythmia Presenting In The Perinatal Period: A Multicenter Registry Study (Presenter: DanielleHarake,)
• Prospective Countywide Surveillance And Autopsy Characterization Of Sudden Death In The Young: San Francisco POST SDY Study (Presenter: Zian H. Tseng, MD)

 

What’s New in Atrial Fibrillation: New Methodologies, New Players, and New Therapies

 

• Enhanced â1 Adrenergic Receptor Autoantibodies Levels Are Associated With Atrial Fibrillation And Atrial Structural Remodeling (Presenter: LingZhang, MD, PhD)
• Novel Role Of Stress-response Kinase C-jun N-terminal Kinase (jnk) In Inflammatory Bowel Disease-associated Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: JiajieYan, MS, PhD)
• Development Of Omt-28, A Small Molecule Targeting Intracellular Ca2+-handling And Mitochondrial Function, For Rhythm Control In Atrial Fibrillation Patients: Scientific …
• First In Vivo High Resolution Near-infrared Optical Mapping of Sinus Rhythm And Atrial Fibrillation In A Large Animal Model (Presenter: NingLi, MD, PhD)

 

What’s New With Leadless Pacemakers and Defibrillators

 

• Leadless Pacing. Going For The Jugular (Presenter: ShmailaSaleem-Talib, MD)
• Feasibility Of Leadless Pacemakers Across Bioprosthetic Or Repaired Tricuspid Vlave: A Multicenter Experience (Presenter: M. Rizwan Rizwan Afzal, MD)
• Complications Involving The S-ICD: Lessons Learned From Maude (Presenter: Emily P. Zeitler, MD, MHS)
• A Novel Tube-exercise Test Predicts Inappropriate Shocks From Myopotentials From The Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator (Presenter: YujiISHIDA, MD, PhD)
• Qrs Duration And Device Performance After Apical Versus Non-apical Leadless Pacemaker (micra Tps) Implantation (Presenter: ChristopheGarweg, M.D.)

2. Abstract Plus

Allied Professionals and Clinical Research

 

• Post- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation (AFA) Protocol Adherence And Its Impact On Reporting And Management Of Symptoms, Concerns And Complications (Presenter: Linda K. Ottoboni, CNS, D …
• Correspondence Between Left Atrial Size Estimated By Echocardiography, CT And Electroanatomical Mapping In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: ZdenkaFingrova, MSci)
• Use Of Heart Rate To Guide Exercise Training Intensity In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: Christian V Verdicchio, BAPPSC)
• Syncope Patients’ Perspective On Accessing Emergency Services (Presenter: MaryRunte, MBA, PhD)
• Association Between Physical Activity, Aerobic Fitness And Incident Af: A Longitudinal Analysis From The Uk Biobank Cohort (Presenter: Adrian D. Elliott, PhD)
• Abstract Commentator (Presenter: Robert Hipp, MBA, MS, PA)

 

 

Arrhythmias Following CHD Surgery

 

• Genome-wide Association Study Of Atrial Tachycardia After Congenital Heart Surgery Identifies Novel Susceptibility Loci (Presenter: Prince J. Kannankeril, MD, MS, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• The Effect Of Chromosomal Abnormalities On Postoperative Arrhythmias After Congenital Heart Surgery (Presenter: Prince J. Kannankeril, MD, MS, FHRS, CEPS-P) (PDF)
• The Effect Of Chromosomal Abnormalities On Postoperative Arrhythmias After Congenital Heart Surgery (Presenter: Prince J. Kannankeril, MD, MS, FHRS, CEPS-P) (Slides)
• Validation And Utility Of A Novel Mapping System In Ablation Of Complex Arrhythmias In Adult Congenital Heart Disease: A Multi Centre Uk Study (Presenter: VinitSawhney, MD)
• Right Ventricular Pacing After Ventricular Septal Defect Closure Is Associated With The Development Of Cardiac Dysfunction (Presenter: Taylor Stewart Howard, MD)
• The Impact Of Ventricular Pacing In The Single Ventricle Patient: Multi-Center International Study (Presenter: HenryChubb, MA, MBBS, PhD)

 

 

Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia

 

• A Novel Irrigated Temperature-Controlled Lattice Ablation Catheter for Deep Ventricular Substrate: A Preclinical Biophysical Characterization (Presenter: AyeletShapira-Daniels, MD)
• Infusion Needle Radiofrequency Ablation For Treatment Of Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia In Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients: A Case-control Study (Presenter: Amir M. AbdelW …
• Improvements in Ablation Volume and Radiation Delivery Over Time Using Noninvasive Cardiac Radioablation for Ventricular Tachycardia (Presenter: PamelaSamson, MD)

 

 

 

Exploring the ECG in AF

 

• Congruence Of Non-invasively And Invasively Located Sites Of Maximal Dominant Frequency In Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: MiguelRodrigo, PhD)
• Deep Learning Algorithm For Atrial Fibrillation Detection Based On Single Beat Morphology (Presenter: Sarah W.E Baalman, MD)
• Prognostic Implication Of Selvester QRS Scoring In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation And Heart Failure Undergoing Catheter Ablation: Predictive Appraisal For Recovery Of Cardiac Fu …
• Left Atrial Deformation Is Associated With Risk Of Adverse Cardiovascular Events In AF Patients ≤75 Years (Presenter: Jo-NanLiao, MD)
• Abnormal P-wave Indices Are Associated With Incident Dementia Independent Of Atrial Fibrillation And Ischemic Stroke: The Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (aric) Study (Presente …
• Abstract Commentator (Presenter: Peter J. Zimetbaum, MD, FHRS)

 

 

Heritable Arrhythmias in Children

 

• Left Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation (LCSD) Monotherapy In Patients With Long Qt Syndrome (LQTS) (Presenter: Johan M Bos, MD, PhD)
• Pore-localizing Pathogenic Variants In The KCNQ1-encoded Kv7.1: A Novel Risk Factor For Patients With Type 1 Long Qt Syndrome (Presenter: Ram K Rohatgi,)
• Lone? Atrial Fibrillation: A Multi-institutional Retrospective PACES Collaborative Study (Presenter: BenjaminHammond, MD)
• Outcomes Of Genetic Testing By Era In A Large Academic Center: Increasing Variants Of Unknown Significance (Presenter: Christopher W. Follansbee, MD)
• Prevalence And Phenotypic Correlations Of Calmodulinopathy-Causative CALM1-3 Variants Detected In A Multi-Center Molecular Autopsy Cohort Of Sudden Unexplained Death Victims …
• Abstract Commentator (Presenter: Dominic J Abrams, MBBS, MD)

 

Innovations and Best Practices for AF Ablation

 

• Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Using Pulsed Electric Fields: Acute Effect And Mri (Presenter: PierreJais, MD)
• Rapid Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using An Irrigated Temperature-controlled Lattice Ablation Catheter: A First-in-human Clinical Experience (Presenter: Vivek Y. Reddy, MD)
• Mapping And Localization Of The Left Phrenic Nerve During Left Atrial Appendage Electrical Isolation (Presenter: JorgeRomero, MD, FHRS)
• Long-term Durability Of Posterior Wall Isolation In Conjunction With Pulmonary Vein Ablation Using The Cryoballoon In Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Outcomes From A …
• Impact Of Age On Outcome Of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation In The CABANA Trial (Presenter: Tristram D. Bahnson, MD, FHRS)
• Abstract Commentator (Presenter: Stavros Stavrakis, MD, PhD)

 

Innovations in ECG Diagnosis and Novel EP Maneuvers

 

 

• Differentiating Atrioventricular Reentry Tachycardia and AV Node Reentry Tachycardia Using Premature His Bundle Complexes (Presenter: Benzy J. Padanilam, MD, FHRS)
• Prognostic Value Of Bundle Branch Block In Primary Care Patients From An Electronic Cohort: The Code Study (Presenter: Gabriela Miana de Mattos Paixao,)
• The “Double Transition”: A Distinctive Ecg Pattern To Identify Manifest Posteroseptal Accessory Pathways Successfully Ablated On The Right Side And Outside The Coronary Sinus (Pres …
• Discerning The Health Of The Left Bundle Branch and Left Ventricular Function From The Surface ECG In Patients With Right Bundle Branch Block: A Pilot Study (Presenter: Behzad B. P …
• A Novel Electrocardiographic Risk Score For New-onset Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: AdrianBaranchuk, MD, FACC, FRCPC, FCCS)
• Abstract Commentator (Presenter: Steven M. Markowitz, MD, FHRS)

 

Technological Advances in Devices Facilitating Personalized Patient Management

 

• Multiparametric Analysis of Device Based Physiological Sensors May Identify ICD Patients Reacting Adversely to Right Ventricular Pacing (Presenter: NirajVarma, MD, PhD)
• Personalized Virtual Hearts Improve Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Stratification in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (Presenter: RyanO’Hara, BS)
• Artificial Neural Network Algorithm Improves Atrial Fibrillation Detection (Presenter: MarkRichards, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Seismocardiographic Detection Of Cardiac Systolic Time Intervals : Validation Study With Transthoracic Echo (Presenter: SathishReddy, MBBS)
• The Quality Of Smartphone Based Heart Rhythm Monitoring Using Ppg Technology In A Large-scale Free-living Setting (Presenter: LarsGrieten,)
• Abstract Commentator (Presenter: Eric M. Grubman, MD, FHRS)

 

Things That Can Go Wrong With Implanted Pacemakers and Defibrillators

 

• Radiation Induced Malfunction In Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (Presenter: AminZagzoog, MBBS, CCDS)
• Radiotherapy-induced Malfunctions On Contemporary Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillators: A Real-time, In-vitro Evaluation (Presenter: EnricoDi Girolamo,) (PDF)
• Radiotherapy-induced Malfunctions On Contemporary Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillators: A Real-time, In-vitro Evaluation (Presenter: EnricoDi Girolamo,) (Slides)
• Body Scanners Do Not Affect The Functionality Of Implanted Pacemakers Or Defibrillators: A Cross Sectional In-vivo Study (Presenter: CarstenLennerz, MD, MSci)

 

 

Update on Pediatric Pacemakers and ICDs

 

• Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators In Pediatrics And Congenital Heart Disease: An International Multi-center Review (Presenter: Johannes C. Von Alvensleben, MD, C …
• Safety And Efficacy Of Transvenous Lead Extraction In The Pediatric And Congenital Population In The Recent Era (Presenter: Tam DanPham, MD)
• The Impact Of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Upon Transplant-free Survival In Pediatric And Congenital Heart Disease (Presenter: HenryChubb, MA, MBBS, PhD)
• His Bundle Pacing In Congenital Complete Heart Block: A Feasible And Safe Pacing Option (Presenter: Vivak M Master, MD)
• Predicting Defibrillation Thresholds In Infants And Children With Non Transvenous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators – Can Serial Dft Testing Be Avoided? (Presenter: Matthias …

3. Allied Professionals Forum

Clinical EP Laboratory Techniques and Interpretations Arrhythmia Mechanisms and EGM Interpretation – Part I

 

• Understanding Our History: The Rapid Evolution of Electrophysiology from Mechanistic Investigation to Major Clinical Therapies (Presenter: Melvin M. Scheinman, MD, FHRS)
• “Burn It In Your Brain!” – Key ECG Patterns that Help Discern Arrhythmia Mechanisms and Anatomical Relationships (Presenter: Scott J. Cox, MS, PAC, CEPS, CCDS)
• The Diagnostic EP Study – Initial EGM Interpretation and Conduction System Characterization (Presenter: Jonathan W Waks, MD)
• Induction of Sustained Tachycardia During EPS: Step-wise Approach for Identifying the Differential Diagnoses (Presenter: Samir F. Saba, MD, FHRS)

 

 

 

Clinical EP Laboratory Techniques and Interpretations Catheter Ablation of Atrial Arrhythmias – Part II

 

• AF Ablation in 2019 and Beyond: Review of Current Strategies and Promising Future Directions (Presenter: Kirstan Clay-Weinfeld, BSN, MSN, ACNP, CCRN)
• “Collateral Damage” During AF Ablation: How Do we Minimize Risk and Maximize Therapeutic Benefit? (Presenter: Erin E. Flatley, BSN, MSN, NP)
• Reversing AF Disease by Lifestyle Management: Current Role and Potential Implications for Timing and Recommendation of AF Ablation (Presenter: Melissa E. Middeldorp,)

 

 

Clinical EP Laboratory Techniques and Interpretations Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias – Part III

 

• Evolution of VT Ablation – What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going? (Presenter: Cory M. Tschabrunn, PhD, CEPS)
• VT Ablation Pre-procedure Planning: Role of Imaging, Hemodynamic Support, and Special Considerations (Presenter: Erica S. Zado, PAC, FHRS)
• Approaching Current Challenges in VT Mapping and Ablation: Lesion Enhancement Techniques (Presenter: Wendy S. Tzou, MD, FHRS)

 

 

Contemporary Review of the Management of Patients With Cardiac Devices From Implant to the Clinic – Part I

 

• “To Implant, or not to Implant, that is the question” – Current Limitations of ICD Implantation Guidelines (Presenter: Christian S. Yacono, MHS, PAC, CCDS)
• Overview of Peri-operative Strategies to Avoid Device Infections in the EP Lab (Presenter: Michael Carlozzi, BSN)
• Evaluation and Management of the CRT Non-Responder (Presenter: Rutuke K. Patel, PAC)
• Indications, Implant Strategies, and Evolving Role of His Bundle Pacing (Presenter: Gopi Dandamudi, MD, FHRS)
• Is This Pocket Infected? Assessment and Management of the Subtle Presentations (Presenter: Robert D Schaller, DO)

 

 

Contemporary Review of the Management of Patients With Cardiac Devices From Implant to the Clinic – Part II

 

• “To Implant, or not to Implant, that is the question” – Current Limitations of ICD Implantation Guidelines (Presenter: Christian S. Yacono, MHS, PAC, CCDS)
• Overview of Peri-operative Strategies to Avoid Device Infections in the EP Lab (Presenter: Michael Carlozzi, BSN)
• Evaluation and Management of the CRT Non-Responder (Presenter: Rutuke K. Patel, PAC)
• Indications, Implant Strategies, and Evolving Role of His Bundle Pacing (Presenter: Gopi Dandamudi, MD, FHRS)
• Is This Pocket Infected? Assessment and Management of the Subtle Presentations (Presenter: Robert D Schaller, DO)

 

 

Contemporary Review of the Management of Patients With Cardiac Devices From Implant to the Clinic – Part III

 

• Overview of Current Implantable Loop Recorders and Implantation/Programming Techniques (Presenter: James Armstrong, PAC)
• Management of Device/Lead Advisories and Recalls (Presenter: Paul Kohanski, CCRC, CNP, CRNP, FHRS, CCDS)
• Remote Monitoring Best Practices To Maximize Patient / Provider Compliance (Presenter: Amy Kleinhans, DNP, NP, CEPS)
• Shared Decision Making Strategies for CIEDs (Presenter: Lori Harvey, CCNS, CNS, CCDS)

 

 

Multidisciplinary Care of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Patient – Part I

 

• Approaching the Patient with Syncope (Presenter: James Armstrong, PAC)
• Wide Complex Tachycardia: Differentiating VT from SVT with Aberration (Presenter: Jose A. Joglar, MD, FHRS)
• Remote Monitoring: Best Practice (Presenter: Stacy M. Poe, MS, MSN, ANP)
• ECGs & SCD Risk: Patterns That You Need to Recognize (Presenter: Stephanie Toth, ACNP)
• Autonomic Dysfunction: Treating the Refractory Patient (Presenter: Jill L Schaeffer, MSN, CRNP, FHRS, CEPS, CCDS)

 

Multidisciplinary Care of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Patient – Part II

 

• 2019 EP Guideline and Consensus Update (Presenter: Christopher X Wong, MBBS, MPH, MS, PhD)
• 2019 EP Pharmacologic Update (Presenter: Kristen B. Campbell, PharmD)
• AF Management: Streamlining Care to Optimize Outcomes (Presenter: Jill L Schaeffer, MSN, CRNP, FHRS, CEPS, CCDS)

 

 

Multidisciplinary Care of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Patient – Part III

 

• Genetics for the EP Provider: Who, What Test and How to Interpret (Presenter: Benjamin Helm, MS)
• Device Management During End of Life: How to Start the Discussion (Presenter: John M. Mandrola, MD)
• EP Patient Restrictions: What’s Necessary and What’s Not (Presenter: Aileen M. Ferrick, PhD, ACNP, RN, FHRS)
• Device Diagnostics: Tools to Optimize Patient Outcomes (Presenter: Laurel Kay Racenet, MSN, FNP, FHRS, CEPS, CCDS)

 

4. Basic Translational Science Forum

Omics, Informatics and Population Science Big Data Analysis to Study Heart Rhythm – Session 1

 

• Douglas P. Zipes Lectureship: Probing Sudden Cardiac Death in the Community: Learn Today, Deploy Tomorrow (Presenter: Sumeet S. Chugh, MD, FHRS)
• Electronic Medical Records, Phenotype Risk Scores and the Genetic Causes of Common Rhythm Disorders (Presenter: Dan M. Roden, MD, FHRS)

 

Omics, Informatics and Population Science Big Data Analysis to Study Heart Rhythm – Session 2

 

• Omics, Arrhythmias and the Metabolism of the Heart (Presenter: BrianO’Rourke, PhD)
• A Proteomics Approach to the Study of Ion Channel Complexes (Presenter: Alicia Lundby, PhD) (PDF)
• A Proteomics Approach to the Study of Ion Channel Complexes (Presenter: Alicia Lundby, PhD) (Slides)

 

Omics, Informatics and Population Science Big Data Analysis to Study Heart Rhythm – Session 3

 

• GWAS of Electrocardiographic Parameters: From Genes to the ECG (Presenter: AravindaChakravarti, PhD) (PDF)
• GWAS of Electrocardiographic Parameters: From Genes to the ECG (Presenter: AravindaChakravarti, PhD) (Slides)
• Towards a Fully Automated MRI-Based Reconstruction of the Left Atrial Cavity (Presenter: Jichao Zhao, PhD)

 

 

 

5. Case Based Tutorial

Approaches to Previously Failed Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias

 

• Historical Perspective on the Evolution of the Approach to VT Ablation (Presenter: David J. Wilber, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Recurrent Ventricular Arrhythmias Arising from the Papillary Muscles (Presenter: Rajeev Kumar Pathak, MBBS, PhD, FHRS)
• Approach to the Challenging VF Ablation (Presenter: Matthew M. Zipse,)
• Strategies for Ablation of Recurrent LV Summit Arrhythmias (Presenter: Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD)
• Intramyocardial Substrate Mapping and Ablation (Presenter: Usha B. Tedrow, MD, MS, FHRS)
• Challenges Encountered with Mapping and Ablation of Epicardial Ventricular Arrhythmias – How We Have Evolved? (Presenter: David J. Callans, MD, FHRS, CCDS)

 

Atrial Fibrillation The Value of Prevention Versus Treatment

 

• AF Management in 2019: Review of Current Treatment Guidelines (Presenter: Erica S. Zado, PAC, FHRS)
• Risk Factor Modification: Can It Really Prevent or Reverse AF? (Presenter: Melissa E. Middeldorp,)
• Incorporating Risk Factor Management & Education into Your AF Clinic: The Adelaide Experience (Presenter: Celine Gallagher, BSN)
• Incorporating Risk Factor Management & Education into Your AF Clinic: The Penn Experience (Presenter: AmaryahYaeger, BSN, RN)

 

Beyond Guideline Based Therapy or Not Complexities of Clinical Care Continuum

 

• Patient with an acute anterior MI and severe LV dysfunction with PVCs? Wearable external defibrillator bridge or not? (Presenter: Huagui Li, MD, PhD)
• Patient With Complete Heart Block and Cardiac Sarcoidosis — PPM or ICD (Presenter: Raphael Martins, MD)
• Post TAVR heart block? Temporary pacing wire and wait or Permanent Pacemaker? (Presenter: Michael C. Giudici, MD, FHRS)
• PET Positive Myocarditis with Recurrent NSVT — WED or ICD? (Presenter: Sanjeev Saksena, MBBS, MD, FHRS)
• NICM Patient with an EF of 30% & RBBB and Preexisting VVI ICD — CRT Upgrade or Not? (Presenter: Mark H. Schoenfeld, MD, FHRS, CCDS)

 

Cardiac Resynchronization Expert Solutions for Tough Cases

 

• Tricks to Place the Difficult LV Lead (Presenter: Uma N Srivatsa, MBBS, MS, FHRS)
• The Endocardial LV Option for CRT (Presenter: Jaimie Manlucu, MD)
• Failed CS lead positioning – Rescue His Bundle pacing? (Presenter: Ahran Arnold, MBBS)
• Is surgical LV Epicardial Lead Still an Option for CS lead failures -long term performance and new techniques (Presenter: Justin Van Meeteren, DO)
• Role of Speckled Tracking and Nuclear Imaging in Identifying an Appropriate Site for LV Lead Placement (Presenter: Christopher Piorkowski, MD)
• Future of CRT pacing (Presenter: Ali Oto, MD, FHRS)

 

Comprehensive Approach to Evaluation of At-Risk Youth for SCD

 

• When Syncope is a Red Flag, Not Just a Red Herring (Presenter: Melissa Olen, MSN)
• A Needle in the Haystack: The Yield of Testing in SUDS (Presenter: Brynn E. Dechert, APN, FHRS, CCDS)
• Role and Interpretation of Genetic Testing (Presenter: Heather M. Macleod, MS)
• Preparing the Patient and Family for Lifestyle Modifications after SUDS (Presenter: ShannonHourigan, PhD)

 

Critical Management Issues in Cardiomyopathy Patients From Quality of Life to SCD Prevention

 

• Impact of ICD on Quality of life in CMP patients (Presenter: Daniel B. Kramer, MD, MPH)
• Management of ARVC Families: From Genetic Counseling to Arrhythmia Treatment Options (Presenter: Rhea C. Pimentel, MD, FHRS)
• After the DANISH Trial: Older DCMP Patients Don’t Need an ICD? (Presenter: Cara N. Pellegrini, MD, FHRS)
• Evolution of Risk Stratification in HCM — What Have We Learned Over the Past 40 Years? (Presenter: Barry J. Maron, MD)

 

Cutting-Edge Techniques for Expanding Indications Show Me How to Do It

 

• Implantable Device Therapy to Treat Sleep Apnea in the Heart Failure Patient (Presenter: Ralph Sayre Augostini, MD, FHRS)
• Leadless Endocardial Pacing for the Failing Heart: How Best to Do It? (Presenter: Timothy Betts, MD)
• Ablating AF in HF: How to Use Either a Hot or a Cold Balloon? (Presenter: Hiro Yamasaki, MD)
• Cardiac Contractility Modulation: What Does it Really Do? (Presenter: Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD)
• His Bundle Pacing for the HF Patient with LBBB: Show Me How to Do It! (Presenter: Gopi Dandamudi, MD, FHRS)

 

From the ECG to the Diagnosis How to Squeeze out All the Information Contained

 

• SVT vs. VT — How Can the Surface ECG Help? (Presenter: Melvin M. Scheinman, MD, FHRS)
• Use of Signal Averaged ECG In Predicting VT Recurrence After ARVC Ablation (Presenter: Shih-Ann Chen, MD)
• Use of the ECG in Diagnosing Atypical Atrial Flutter (Presenter: Sanjay Dixit, MD, FHRS)
• ECG Risk Stratification in Brugada Syndrome (Presenter: Pier D. Lambiase, MBChB, FHRS)

 

Heart Failure and Arrhythmia A Sinister Alliance

 

• Heart Failure and Arrhythmias: The Chicken or the Egg? A Historical Perspective (Presenter: Brian Olshansky,)
• Device-Detected Sub-Clinical Atrial Fibrillation and the Risk of Heart Failure (Presenter: Jorge A. Wong, MD, MPH)
• Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: Rate or Rhythm Control (Presenter: Nassir F. Marrouche, MD, FHRS)
• Heart Failure and Conduction Delay/Bradycardia (Presenter: Martin Stockburger,)
• Heart Failure and Ventricular Arrhythmias (Presenter: Suneet Mittal, BA, MD, FHRS)

 

I Am Actually Glad I Got That Curbside Consult

 

• Chair (Presenter: Robin L. Clegg, MD)
• When Chest Pain Matters (Presenter: Andrew D. Blaufox, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• Does This V2 Look Funny? (Presenter: Maria Cecilia Gonzalez,)
• Glad I Took a Second Look Before I Signed That Sports Release Form (Presenter: Santiago O. Valdes, MD)
• Sinus Tachycardia in a 16 Year Old. Or Is It? (Presenter: Ulrich Krause, MD)
• When Second Degree Heart Block Matters (Presenter: Richard J. Czosek, MD, CCDS)
• Is This Really Just a Sinus Pause? (Presenter: Svjetlana Tisma-Dupanovic, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P)
• Panelist (Presenter: Jeffrey M. Vinocur, MD, CEPS-P)

 

 

Managing Arrhythmias in Special Heart Failure Populations

 

• Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation Following Ablation in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (Presenter: Ravi Ranjan, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• PVCs in ARVC/AC (Presenter: Harikrishna Tandri, MD)
• Syncope in Cardiac Amyloid (Presenter: Kristen K. Patton, MD, FHRS)
• SCD Prevention in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (Presenter: PaulKhairy, MDCM, PhD)
• Ventricular Arrhythmias in Cardiac Sarcoid (Presenter: William H. Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS)

 

Managing Challenging Anatomy During Transvenous Device Implantation

 

• Upgrading, But Vein Occluded With Indwelling Leads? Extract One, Implant Two! (Presenter: peter paul Delnoy, MD, PhD)
• Past Infections, Mastectomies, Dialysis Catheters, etc.: Evidence For and Against Safety of Device Implantation in These Settings. (Presenter: Charles J. Love, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Subtotal Venous Occlusion at Implant? Venoplasty to the Rescue! (Presenter: Eugen C. Palma, MD, FHRS)
• “Railing” the Guidewire with a Snare to Improve LV Lead Delivery (Presenter: Gregory E. Supple, MD, FHRS)
• Device implant challenges presented by persistent left superior vena cava and other congenital veinous abnormalities (Presenter: Yash Lokhandwala,)

 

 

My Patient’s Clinical Care at Crossroads! What Do I Do About This Device?

 

• My Permanent AF Patient with Severe Pulmonary Regurgitation Needs a PM? Leadless or Conventional? (Presenter: Jayanthi N. Koneru, MBBS, CCDS)
• My Pacemaker Dependent Destination LVAD Patient’s ICD Generator is at ERI! Generator Replacement or Downgrade to a PM? (Presenter: Chandra S. Bomma, MD)
• My Leadless Pacemaker Patient Has Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis! Extract the Device or Not? (Presenter: MichaelGlickson, MD)
• My SICD DFTs are High! Change to Transvenous Device or Reposition the Defibrillation Lead? (Presenter: Theofanie Mela, MD)
• My Patient Needs a VVI Pacemaker Post AVN Ablation! Leadless or Conventional Device? (Presenter: Mohit K. Turagam, MD)
• My CRT Patient Had No Good CS Branches! LV Epicardial Lead or His Bundle Lead? (Presenter: Gerald V. Naccarelli, MD, FHRS)

 

Navigating the Difficult SVT Tips From Experts

 

• Chair (Presenter: Melvin M. Scheinman, MD, FHRS) (PDF)
• Chair (Presenter: Melvin M. Scheinman, MD, FHRS) (Slides)
• The Difficult ANVRT Ablation (Presenter: Bradley P Knight, MD, FHRS)
• Unusual Accessory Pathways (Presenter: Warren M. Jackman, MD, FHRS)
• Ablation of High-Risk Accessory Pathways Near the AV Node (Presenter: Gregory F. Michaud, MD, FHRS)
• Approach to Patients with Multiple SVTs (Presenter: George J. Klein, MD)

 

 

New Options for the Pharmacological Treatment of Arrhythmias

 

• Ivabradine: Is it Finally Helpful? (Presenter: MarkusMeyer, MD)
• After the RAID: Ranolazine as an Antiarrhythmic Drug (Presenter: Wojciech Zareba, MD, PhD)
• Take a Deep Breath! Inhaled Drugs for Arrhythmia Termination (Presenter: Bruce S. Stambler, MD, FHRS)
• Back Into the Future: Introducing Quinidine for Cardiac Arrhythmia Treatment (Presenter: Zachary Laksman, MD, MS)

 

Pacing Strategies for Heart Failure A 2019 Update

 

• CRT Upgrade for RV Pacing Induced Cardiomyopathy: Predicting and Optimizing Response (Presenter: David S. Frankel, MD, FHRS)
• Multipoint Pacing: Who is Likely to Benefit and When to Use? (Presenter: Christophe I. Leclercq, MD, PhD)
• LV Endocardial Pacing to Achieve Resynchronization: Who Needs It and Where to Place the Lead? (Presenter: Christopher A. Rinaldi, MD, FHRS)
• When Should We Consider HIS Bundle Pacing for CRT (Presenter: Parikshit S. Sharma, MD, MPH, FHRS)
• Dyssynchrony and Pacing Induced Cardimyopathy: Mechanisms and Predictors (Presenter: Bernard Thibault,)

 

Persistent Atrial Fibrillation What Are the Targets Beyond the PV Sleeves

 

• Where We Have Come From in Mapping AF (Presenter: Andrea Natale, MD, FHRS)
• Posterior Wall Isolation in Non-Paroxysmal AF. Techniques, Energy Sources (RFA/Cryo), and Supportive Clinical Data (Presenter: Arash Aryana, MD, FHRS)
• Spectrum of Atrial Arrhythmias Using the Ligament/Vein of Marshall in Patients with AF. Technique and Acute Effects and Long Term Outcomes of Alcohol Ablation. (Presenter: Miguel V …
• Organized Activity in AF. Techniques, Endpoint, and Evidence Behind Techniques Across Centers. (Presenter: Jonathan M. Kalman, MBBS, PhD, FHRS)
• Atrial Substrate Ablation for AF. Preprocedural Imaging, Quantification of Atrial Fibrosis, Techniques and Outcomes (Presenter: Rong Bai, MD, FHRS)
• LAA Arrhythmogenesis and Electrical Isolation: How to Perform and Report Outcomes (Presenter: Jorge Romero, MD, FHRS)

 

Prevention, Identification, and Treatment of EP Procedural Complications

 

• Overview of EP and Device Related Complications and Identifying High Risk Patients (Presenter: Nancy Duran, FNP, NP)
• Clinical Recognition and Treatment of Procedural Complications (Presenter: Justina Antonio, PA)
• Procedural Techniques and Strategies to Help Improve Procedural Safety (Presenter: Scott J. Cox, MS, PAC, CEPS, CCDS)

 

 

 

 

 

Sports in Arrhythmia Patients Therapeutic or Damaging

 

• How Should I Advise My Patient with Newly Diagnosed ARVC About Exercise? (Presenter: Cynthia A. James, MS, PhD)
• My Patient with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Wants to Ride in a 100 Mile Bike Race. What should I tell him/her? (Presenter: LluisMont, MD)
• Young Athletes with Asymptomatic WPW: When Does it Get Dangerous? (Presenter: CorradoDi Mambro, MD)

 

 

The Difficult Mitral Isthmus Ablation – Aren’t They All

 

• Anterior Versus Posterior Mitral Line: Pick your Poison (Presenter: Changsheng Ma, MD, FHRS)
• Ethanol Infusion in the Vein of Marshall to Facilitate Mitral Isthmus ablation (Presenter: Miguel Valderrabano, MD)
• Whoops! — I Isolated The Left Atrial Appendage, Now What? (Presenter: Christopher R. Ellis, MD, FHRS)

 

6. Complication Theater

 

Current and Future Technologies to Make Catheter Ablation Safer

 

• Seeing Is Believing: ICE and Vascular Ultrasound to Avoid Complications (Presenter: Fermin C. Garcia, MD)
• You’ve Got To Move It Move It: Esophageal Deviation to Avoid Harm (Presenter: Moussa Mansour, MD, FHRS)
• What You Don’t Know About Radiofrequency Biophysics Can Hurt Your Patient (Presenter: David E. Haines, MD, FHRS)
• Techniques and Technologies to Improve the Safety of Pericardial Access (Presenter: Jacob S Koruth, MBBS, MD)

 

How to Avoid and Manage CIED Implantation-Related Complications

 

• Pocket Hematoma Prevention: Lessons learned from Bruise Control I and II (Presenter: David H. Birnie, MD)
• How to Avoid a Hole in the Heart During Device Implantation? (Presenter: Marwan M. Refaat, MD, FHRS)
• How to Avoid a Hole in the Lung? Using Anatomy, Micropuncture needles, Ultrasound and more (Presenter: Samy C. Elayi, MD, PhD)
• Are All Leads the Same? How Can We Avoid the Lemon? (Presenter: Edward J. Schloss, MD, FHRS)
• How to Manage a Coronary Sinus Dissection and Complete the CRT Implantation (Presenter: Amin Al-Ahmad, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Pocket Infection-Lessons learned from PADIT (Presenter: Andrew D. Krahn, MD, FHRS)

 

 

I’m Not Gonna Do That Again

 

• When the Drug Treatment Was Worse Than the Channelopathy (Presenter: Virginie Beausejour-Ladouceur, MDCM)
• I Should Have Paid Attention to Symptom #99 on That Holter (Presenter: Mary Niu,)
• That Was One Too Many Lesions (Presenter: Eric Silver, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• I Should Have Walked Away from That Challenging Implant (Presenter: Jamie A. Decker, MD)
• I Wish I Had Never Put That Girl on the Treadmill (Presenter: Kendra M. Ward, MD)
• He Should Not Have Walked Out of Clinic with That Device Programming (Presenter: Amy Z Walsh,)

 

Ooh….What Do I Do Now

 

• Just Finished Implanting a S-ICD, and DFT’s Failed! What Do I Do? (Presenter: Andrea M. Russo, MD, FHRS)
• Yikes! I May Have Injured the Phrenic Nerve. (Presenter: Jason G. Andrade, MD, FHRS)
• Oh No! My Leadless Pacemaker Just Dislodged! (Presenter: Jacob S Koruth, MBBS, MD)
• Post-Implant Recurrent Effusion! What Do I Do Now? (Presenter: Bruce A. Koplan, MD, MPH, FHRS)

 

 

7. Core Curriculum

Ablation Technologies of the Future

 

• One Shot Devices for AF Ablation (Presenter: Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, FHRS)
• Needle RF Ablation for VT (Presenter: William G. Stevenson, MD, FHRS)
• Radiotherapy for Ablation (Presenter: Paul C Zei, MD, PhD, FHRS)

 

Anticoagulation in Challenging Clinical Settings

 

• Stroke prevention in AF patients with CAD: triple versus dual OAC or first line LAA occlusion? (Presenter: Daniel Steven, PhD)
• Stroke Prevention in AF patients with Renal Disease: Coumadin, NOACs, or LAA Occlusion (Presenter: Jonathan C. Hsu, MD, FHRS)
• Periprocedural anticoagulation in 2019 (Presenter: Konstantinos C. Siontis, MD)
• Should cryptogenic stroke patients get oral anticoagulation? NAVIGATE (ES)us! (Presenter: Hooman Kamel,)
• NOACs: Urgent Interventions, Bleeding, and Reversal Agents (Presenter: Andreas Goette, MD)

 

Arrhythmias in the LVAD Patient Predictors, Mechanisms and Treatment

 

• The Incidence and Predictors of Tachyarrhythmias in LVAD Recipients (Presenter: WilliamCornwell, BS)
• Understanding the Hemodynamic Impact of Arrhythmias in the LVAD Patient (Presenter: Liviu Klein, MD, MS)
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• Implantable Device Therapy in LVADs: Do You Need an ICD or CRT? (Presenter: Rakesh Gopinathannair, MA, MD, FHRS)
• Managing Electrical Storm in the LVAD Patient (Presenter: Ivan Cakulev, MD, FHRS)
• Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Role of Catheter Ablation in LVAD Recipients (Presenter: Frederic Sacher,)

 

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy State-of-the-Field (A Session Honoring Dr. Frank Marcus)

 

• Frank Marcus: A Lifetime of Achievements (Presenter: Richard N. W. Hauer, MD, PhD)
• Who Has Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy? Revisiting the 2010 Task Force Criteria (Presenter: Domenico Corrado, MD, PhD)
• ARVC: Who is at Risk of Sudden Death? And What to do About It (Presenter: Hugh Calkins, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Case presentation: Is it ARVC? And what should I do about it? (Presenter: ArgeliaMedeiros-Domingo,)
• Concluding remarks (Presenter: Frank I. Marcus, MD)

 

Back to the Future EP in 2059

 

• TED Talk: What Will Pacing Look Like in 40 Years (Presenter: Robert H Pass, MD)
• Ablation: Is There a Future Beyond 95% Success? (Presenter: Shubhayan Sanatani, BS, MD, FHRS, CCDS) (PDF)
• Ablation: Is There a Future Beyond 95% Success? (Presenter: Shubhayan Sanatani, BS, MD, FHRS, CCDS) (Slides)
• Moving to Zero: Eliminating Sudden Death in the Young by 2030 (Presenter: Silvia G Priori, MD, PhD)
• Will Big Databases Cure Your Patients’ Arrhythmias? (Presenter: Dan M. Roden, MD, FHRS)
• Where Do You Want to Go? Designing Your Career (Presenter: J. Philip Saul, MD, FHRS)
• Your First Career is Not Your Last Career: Redesigning Your Career (Presenter: Stu (Stuart)Berger, MD)

 

Cardiac Devices – Cybersecurity, Electric Cars, and Biological Pacemakers!

 

• Cybersecurity and Cardiac Devices — Are We Safe Yet? (Presenter: David J. Slotwiner, MD, FHRS)
• How Well Does Firmware Upgrades Help Improve Cybersecurity of CIEDs? (Presenter: Leonard I. Ganz, MD, FHRS)
• Do Electric Cars Impact Pacemakers and Defibrillators? (Presenter: Christof Kolb, MD)
• FDA’s Perspective on CIEDs and Cybersecurity? Road Map to a Strategic Cyber Defense (Presenter: Matthew Hazelett, BSBME)
• Biological pacemakers – reality or a far away dream? (Presenter: BuddhadebDawn,)

 

EP and the Unusual Cardiomyopathies

 

• Electrical Propagation in the Cardiomyopathic Heart (Presenter: Igor R. Efimov, PhD, FHRS)
• ARVC: A Disease With Many Faces (Presenter: Mario Delmar, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Skeletal Myopathies With an Arrhythmia Phenotype (Presenter: Naomi J. Kertesz, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• Noncompaction: A Disease You Should Share With Your Electrophysiologist (Presenter: David N. Rosenthal, MD) (PDF)
• Noncompaction: A Disease You Should Share With Your Electrophysiologist (Presenter: David N. Rosenthal, MD) (Slides)
• An Update on Arrhythmia-Induced Cardiomyopathies (Presenter: Jason M. Garnreiter, MD, CEPS-P)
• Predicting and Avoiding Pacemaker-Mediated Cardiomyopathy (Presenter: Jeffrey J. Kim, MD)

 

EP Diagnostic Maneuvers for Narrow and Wide Complex Tachycardias State-of-the-Art

 

• Role of Adenosine in Electrophysiological Testing (Presenter: Bruce B. Lerman, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Diagnostic Maneuvers in Wide Complex Tachycardias (Presenter: Reginald T. Ho, MD, FHRS)
• How to Best Utilize Para-Hisian Pacing (Presenter: Mauricio S Arruda, MD)
• Pacing Maneuvers to Distinguish Retrograde Conduction (Presenter: Michael M. Shehata, MD, FHRS)
• Diagnostic Electrophysiology Studies — 40 years of Discoveries (Presenter: Eric N. Prystowsky, MD, FHRS)

 

EP Jeopardy Devices, Antiarrhythmic Drug Use, Intracardiac Electrograms, and Clinical Decision Makings

 

• Chair (Presenter: Marleen E. Irwin, RCVT, RRT, FHRS, CCDS) (PDF)
• Chair (Presenter: Marleen E. Irwin, RCVT, RRT, FHRS, CCDS) (Slides)
• Utilizing Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy in Arrhythmia Patients (Presenter: Jill L Schaeffer, MSN, CRNP, FHRS, CEPS, CCDS)
• Clinical Decision Making For Device and Lead Related Issues (Presenter: Erin E. Flatley, BSN, MSN, NP)
• Intracardiac Electrograms Interpretation (Presenter: Ralph J. Verdino, MD)

 

Four Decades of Devices What Do You Keep and What Do You Throw Away

 

• VVI Pacing is Not Obsolete (Presenter: Edward P Walsh, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P)
• Atrial Anti-Tachycardia Pacing (Presenter: Nicholas H. Von Bergen, MD)
• Drinking from the Fire Hose: Managing a Busy Device Clinic (Presenter: Brynn E. Dechert, APN, FHRS, CCDS)
• Pull it or Leave it: What I Have Learned in My Career (Presenter: Richard A. Friedman, MBA, MD, FHRS)
• That Is NOT What the Device Manual States: Pediatric Electrophysiologists Must Be Creative (Presenter: Charles I. Berul, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P)
• CRT in CHD: Conceptual and Practical Are Not the Same (Presenter: JanJanousek, MD, PhD)

 

Genetics and Arrhythmias Beyond Mendel’s Peas

 

• When Genetic Burden Reaches Threshold (Presenter: Connie R Bezzina, PhD)
• Genetics Functional Testing: Are We Ready for Prime Time? (Presenter: Alfred L. George, MD)
• Mosaics: How, How Common and How Important? (Presenter: Martin Tristani-Firouzi, MD)
• The Influence of Epigenetics on Electrophysiologic Disease (Presenter: Andras Bratincsak, MBA, MD, PhD)
• What Is the Difference Between Sudden Death and Aborted Sudden Death? (Presenter: Gregory Webster, MD, MPH, CCDS)
• Practical Use For the UK 100,000 Genomes (Presenter: Elijah Behr, MA, MBBS, MD)
• Panelist (Presenter: Martin Tristani-Firouzi, MD) (PDF)
• Panelist (Presenter: Martin Tristani-Firouzi, MD) (Slides)

 

His Bundle Pacing 360 Degrees!

 

• Physiology of HB pacing (Presenter: Sanjeev Saksena, MBBS, MD, FHRS)
• Indications for His Bundle Pacing – Who and When? (Presenter: Olujimi A. Ajijola, MD, PhD)
• Long Term Data Behind HBP — Lead Longevity and Physiologic Impact on Cardiac Function (Presenter: Gaurav A. Upadhyay, MD, FHRS)
• How to Successfully Implant a HB Pacing Lead? (Presenter: Weijian Huang, MD, FHRS)
• What is the Future of HB Pacing? (Presenter: Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, FHRS)
• FDA’s Perspective to the Future of HBP (Presenter: Kimberly A. Selzman, MD, MPH, FHRS)

 

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy EP Considerations

 

• Atrial Fibrillation: Treatment Options and Outcomes (Presenter: Ethan J Rowin,)
• Using Risk Stratification Algorithms to Predict SCD in HCM (Presenter: Perry Elliott,)
• Impact of Lifestyle and Genetics on Adverse Arrhythmia Outcomes in HCM (Presenter: Mark S. Link, MD, FHRS)
• Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in HCM (Presenter: Usha B. Tedrow, MD, MS, FHRS)
• ICD in Primary Prevention of SCD: Device and Programming Considerations (Presenter: Raul Weiss, MD, FHRS)

 

ICDs in Specific High-Risk Populations Controversies and Current Evidence

 

• Chair (Presenter: N. A. Mark Estes, MD, FHRS, CCDS) (PDF)
• Chair (Presenter: N. A. Mark Estes, MD, FHRS, CCDS) (Slides)
• Role of ICD in Patients with Cardiac Amyloidosis? (Presenter: Patrick J. Tchou, MD)
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (Presenter: Natasja M. S. De Groot, MD, PhD)
• When Should we Implant an ICD for Long QT Syndrome? (Presenter: Michael J. Ackerman, MD, PhD)
• When is an ICD Appropriate in a Patient with Myocarditis? (Presenter: Davendra Mehta, MD, PhD, FHRS, CCDS)
• When Would you Place an ICD in a Patient with Brugada Syndrome? (Presenter: Gregory K. Feld, MD, FHRS)
• Role of ICDs in LV Non-Compaction and Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathies (Presenter: Jeffrey A. Towbin, MD, MS)

 

 

Ion Channel Trafficking and Targeting Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets

 

• X and Caveolin-3 Domains Interactions (Presenter: L. Lee Eckhardt, MD, FHRS)
• Mutations Specific Difference in IKr Channel Trafficking (Presenter: Brian P. Delisle,)
• Drug Therapy to Rescue Ion Channel Trafficking (Presenter: Lia Crotti, MD, PhD)

 

Ion Channels and the Relation Between Location and Function

 

• State-of-the-Art (Presenter: Barry London, MD, PhD)
• How Do Ion Channel Proteins Reach Their Final Location? (Presenter: Robin M. Shaw, MD, PhD)
• A Sodium Channel-Mitochondria Hub: Functional Implications (Presenter: Mario Delmar, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• The Sodium Channel Beta Sub-Units: Location-Specific Functions (Presenter: Robert Gourdie, PhD)
• Characterizing the Receptor-Channel Microdomain (Presenter: Julia Gorelik, MD)

 

Lead Extraction Workshop – Understanding and Learning the Tools and Techniques

 

• Deciding When, Where and How to Extract Leads – Building a Safe Lead Extraction Program (Presenter: George H. Crossley, MD, FHRS)
• Choose Your Weapon: Lasers, Snares, and Mechanical Sheaths for Extraction. (Presenter: Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Know When to Say When: Indications For Aborting an Extraction. (Presenter: Charles J. Love, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Practical tips on using the Bridge balloon – prophylactically and/or emergently. (Presenter: Charles E. h. Kennergren, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• CIED lead extraction data management – EP PASSION and more (Presenter: Jim W. Cheung, MD, FHRS)
• How and Where Do I Grab It? Extraction of the Leadless Pacemaker (Presenter: Emile G. Daoud, MD, FHRS)

 

Leadless Pacing in 2019

 

• Techniques for Improving the Safety and Efficacy of Leadless Pacemakers (Presenter: Rahul N. Doshi, MD, FHRS)
• Safe Extraction of Leadless Pacemakers (Presenter: John Ip, MD)
• The Current State of Leadless ICD and CRT! (Presenter: Petr Neuzil, MD)
• Initial Experience with Leadless Pacing and AVN Ablation in AF Patients (Presenter: Abhishek J. Deshmukh, MD, FHRS)
• Understanding Coverage for Leadless Pacemakers (Presenter: JoEllyn C. Moore, MD, FHRS)
• What is to Come in Leadless Pacing? (Presenter: Lucas V. A. Boersma, MD, PhD)

 

Mapping AF Substrate When to Do It How to Do It

 

• What is the Role Ganglion Plexus Mapping in AF? (Presenter: Sunny S. Po, MD, PhD)
• When Should CFAE Mapping Be Used in AF Ablation? (Presenter: Isabel Deisenhofer, MD)
• What is the Role of Scar Mapping in AF? (Presenter: Nazem Akoum, MD, MS, FHRS)
• What is the Role and Best Way to Perform Focal Impulse and Rotor Mapping During AF Ablation? (Presenter: Sanjiv M. Narayan, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• What is the Role of High Density Mapping in AF Ablation? (Presenter: Elad Anter, MD)
• Translational Perspective (Presenter: Jose Jalife, MD, FHRS)

 

 

New Insights Into AF Mechanisms

 

• Whole Genome Sequencing in Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD)
• Inflammation, Cytokines and AF (Presenter: Naohiko Takahashi, MD)
• Micro-RNAs and AF (Presenter: Michael Gramlich, MD)
• Rotors as the Dominant Driving Mode in AF (Presenter: Omer Berenfeld, PhD, FHRS)

 

Pacing and ICD Device Therapy Updates for 2019

 

• His Bundle Pacing Update: Overview of Patient Selection and How It Works (Presenter: Jessel S. Pestilos, BS)
• Who Gets Conventional Transvenous CIEDs versus Non-Transvenous Devices? (Presenter: Julie B. Shea, MS, MSN, FHRS, CCDS)
• Emerging CIED Technologies: What Does the Future Hold? (Presenter: Christina L. Magnelli-Reyes, BSN, RN)

 

Pathophysiology and Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias in 2019

 

• Idiopathic vs Scar Related Ventricular Arrhythmias: Review of Pathophysiology and Arrhythmia Mechanisms (Presenter: Jeffrey Arkles, MA, MD)
• ECG Localization of Ventricular Arrhythmias (Presenter: Haris M. Haqqani, MBBS, PhD, FHRS)
• Current and Future Strategies to Optimize PVC and VT Ablation (Presenter: Jeffrey R. Winterfield, MD)
• Epicardial Mapping and Ablation: Lessons Learned Over 20 Years (Presenter: Cory M. Tschabrunn, PhD, CEPS)

 

Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Sinoatrial Node

 

• Historical Perspective (Presenter: Jose Jalife, MD, FHRS)
• SAN Dysfunction in Heart Failure (Presenter: Robert A. Rose, PhD)
• SAN Function in Pregnancy (Presenter: CelineFiset,)

 

Posttranslational Regulation of Cardiac Ion Channels in Disease

 

• Historical Perspective (Presenter: Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD, FHRS)
• Palmitoylation of Cardiac Ion Channels (Presenter: Gea-ny Tseng, PhD)
• Estradiol-mediated regulation of calcium channels in the heart: Implications to arrhythmogenesis in LQT2 (Presenter: Guy Salama, PhD, FHRS)
• Phosphorylation of Cardiac Sodium Channels (Presenter: Celine Marionneau, PhD)

 

Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure

 

• What Is Too Old? (Presenter: Benjamin A. Steinberg, MD, MHS, FHRS)
• Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF >50%) (Presenter: Nancy K Sweitzer, MD, PhD)
• HF with Recovered EF (>45%) (Presenter: Jane E. Wilcox, MD)
• HFrEF and Dialysis (Presenter: Jonathan Chrispin, MD)

 

 

 

Psychological Care Considerations for the EP Patient

 

• Psychological Impact of ICD Shocks (Presenter: Samuel Sears, PhD)
• Special Psychological Care Considerations in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Patients (Presenter: Gregory Webster, MD, MPH, CCDS)
• Non-traditional Treatments for the Arrhythmia Patient (Presenter: Heidi M Carroll, BSN, RN)

 

Risk Stratification of SCD Where We Have Been and Where We Need to Go

 

• The Evolution of Risk Stratification — Historical Perspective to Where We’ve Been and Where We Are Going? (Presenter: Alfred E. Buxton, MD)
• Autonomic Dysfunction for Risk Stratification (Presenter: Peng-Sheng Chen, MD, FHRS)
• MRI Scar Imaging — A Better Risk Prediction Tool Than Ejection Fraction? (Presenter: Saman Nazarian, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• What’s in the ECG and SAECG? (Presenter: Mithilesh K. Das, MD)
• EP Study in Post MI Patients — A Reasonable Risk Stratifier? (Presenter: Daniel P. Morin, MD, MPH, FHRS)
• Role of Race and Sex in SCD Risk Stratification — Unrecognized Risk Factors (Presenter: Emily P. Zeitler, MD, MHS)

 

State-of-the-Art Review of Mapping Basic Principles and Overview of Current Technologies

 

• Principles of Unipolar and Bipolar Intracardiac Electrogram Recording Techniques (Presenter: Jonathan W Waks, MD)
• Factors That Influence Electrogram Characteristics: Practical Considerations During Voltage Mapping (Presenter: Cory M. Tschabrunn, PhD, CEPS)
• Atrial Substrate Characterization with Electroanatomic Mapping (Presenter: Edward P. Gerstenfeld, MD, FHRS)
• Ventricular Substrate Characterization with Electroanatomic Mapping (Presenter: VictorBazan, MD)

 

Stroke Prevention in AF 2019 Therapy Update

 

• 2019 Consensus on Periprocedural Anticoagulation Management (Presenter: Melissa L. Callans, MSN, CRNP, FHRS, CCDS)
• Oral Anticoagulation: Dosing, Drug Interactions & Reversibility (Presenter: Kristen B. Campbell, PharmD)
• Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: Indications, Devices and Follow Up Care (Presenter: Donita Atkins, BS, BSN)

 

Substrate-Based Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias

 

• Identification and Isolation of the VT Core (Presenter: David S. Frankel, MD, FHRS)
• Limitations and Opportunities in Voltage Mapping of Ventricular Myocardium (Presenter: Roderick Tung, MD, FHRS)
• Appropriate Endpoints for Substrate Based VT Ablation (Presenter: Paolo Della Bella, MD)
• Epicardial Mapping of Ventricular Substrate during Cardiac Surgery (Presenter: Joshua D. Moss, MD, FHRS)

 

 

Syncope After 40 Years of HRS, Still a Lot of Open Questions

 

• Geography and Syncope: An Unexpected Connection (Presenter: Roopinder K. Sandhu, MD, MPH, FHRS)
• Evaluation of Syncope in Primary Electrical Disease (Presenter: Elizabeth S. Kaufman, MD, FHRS)
• What’s New in POTS? Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Treatment (Presenter: Gabriele Hessling, MD)
• New Guidelines in Syncope Management: The European Perspective (Presenter: Carlos A. Morillo, MD, FHRS)
• What’s New in the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Syncope: The US Perspective (Presenter: Win-Kuang Shen, MD, FHRS)

 

Technology Meets ACHD A Collaboration With the Association of European Pediatric Cardiology

 

• Nontraditional Pacing in Congenital Heart Disease (Presenter: Jeremy P Moore, MD, MS, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P)
• ACHD and MRI: Just Do It (Presenter: Henry Chubb, MA, MBBS, PhD) (PDF)
• ACHD and MRI: Just Do It (Presenter: Henry Chubb, MA, MBBS, PhD) (Slides)
• CRT and ACHD Predicting the Future (Presenter: Roman A. Gebauer, MD)
• Complex Anatomy Can Still Produce Simple Reentrant Substrates (Presenter: Michael R. Epstein, MD, CCDS, CEPS-P)
• Bringing Adult AFIB Technology to ACHD Patients (Presenter: Joachim Hebe, MD)
• Evaluating Risk Beyond Tetralogy of Fallot (Presenter: Frank A. Fish, MD, CEPS-P)

 

The Future Roadmap of AF Management – Where Are We Heading in 2019

 

• AF and Cardiovascular Risk Factors – A Growing Health Care Burden (Presenter: Celine Gallagher, BSN) (PDF)
• AF and Cardiovascular Risk Factors – A Growing Health Care Burden (Presenter: Celine Gallagher, BSN) (Slides)
• AF Ablation or Drug Therapy: What Should I Tell My Patient? (Presenter: Ohad Ziv, MD)
• (N)OAC – Who to Prescribe What? Insights from the 2018 EHRA Guide on Oral Anticoagulation (Presenter: Hein Heidbuchel, MD, PhD)
• Integrated Comprehensive AF Care – The Future AF Management Approach? (Presenter: Jeroen ML Hendriks, MS, PhD, RN)

 

Unbreak My Heart Progress Towards Personalized Arrhythmia Treatment

 

• Understanding Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes via Computational Modeling (Presenter: StefanoSeveri, PhD)
• Generation of Mature Cardiomyocytes from Pluripotent Stem Cells (Presenter: Yoshinori Yoshida, MD, PhD)
• Stem Cell-derived Biological Pacemakers to Treat Conduction System Disorders (Presenter: Eugenio Cingolani, MD)
• Can Polygenic Risk Scores Help Personalize Antiarrhythmic Therapy? (Presenter: Christopher H. Newton-Cheh, MD, MPH)

 

 

 

Use All You Can Get Implementing Advanced Imaging in VT Ablations

 

• High Resolution Body Surface ECG Imaging to Perform Noninvasive VT Mapping (Presenter: Phillip Cuculich, MD)
• Integrating Cardiac CT/MRI with 3-D Mapping to Guide VT Ablation (Presenter: Uma N Srivatsa, MBBS, MS, FHRS)
• Applying Advanced Echocardiography (TTE, TEE, and ICE) to Facilitate VT Ablation (Presenter: Abhishek J. Deshmukh, MD, FHRS)
• Role of Nuclear Imaging for Diagnosis and Management of VT in Inflammatory Cardiac Disease (Presenter: Suraj Kapa, MD, FHRS)

 

What Do the Trials Say for Catheter Ablation

 

• CABANA: Putting All the Evidence Together (Presenter: Douglas L. Packer, MD, FHRS)
• VT Ablation — What Do the Trial Say (Presenter: John L. Sapp, MD, FHRS)
• New Technologies for AF Ablation: What’s the Most Interesting New Trials (Presenter: Young-Hoon Kim, MD)
• What’s New in Managing the LAA — An Update on the AMAZE Study (Presenter: David J. Wilber, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Anticoagulation Discontinuation After Successful Ablation: Where Are We and Where Are We Going (Presenter: Atul Verma, MD, FHRS)

 

What to Do After PVI for Persistent and Long Standing Persistent AF

 

• Isolating the Posterior LA is a Viable Option for Persistent AF: How and in Whom? (Presenter: Stuart P. Thomas, BM)
• Use of Cryoablation for Persistent AF — When, Where and How (Presenter: Julian Chun, MD)
• Persistent AF: When, How and Where Should We Look Outside the Left Atrium? (Presenter: Meleze Hocini, MD)
• Localizing and Ablating Triggers in Persistent AF: Role and Impact on Outcomes (Presenter: Andrea Natale, MD, FHRS)
• Scar Based Ablation is Essential for Persistent AF (Presenter: Oussama M. Wazni, MD, FHRS)
• Outcomes in Persistent AF ablation: Have We Gotten Better? (Presenter: Bruce A. Koplan, MD, MPH, FHRS)

 

 

8. Debate

Ablation Should Be Performed in All Patients With Brugada Syndrome

 

• Yes, All Patients With Brugada Syndrome Should be Ablated! (Presenter: Carlo Pappone, MD, PhD)
• No, there is no role for routine ablation of all Brugada syndrome patients (Presenter: Sami Viskin, MD) (PDF)
• No, there is no role for routine ablation of all Brugada syndrome patients (Presenter: Sami Viskin, MD) (Slides)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Carlo Pappone, MD, PhD) (PDF)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Carlo Pappone, MD, PhD) (Slides)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Sami Viskin, MD) (PDF)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Sami Viskin, MD) (Slides)

 

Can the RV Be Resynchronized

 

• CRT for Right Heart Failure (Presenter: Jordana Kron, MD, FHRS)
• CRT is NOT a Treatment for Right Heart Failure (Presenter: Roger A. Freedman, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Jordana Kron, MD, FHRS) (PDF)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Jordana Kron, MD, FHRS) (Slides)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Roger A. Freedman, MD, FHRS, CCDS) (PDF)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Roger A. Freedman, MD, FHRS, CCDS) (Slides)

 

Device-Detected Subclinical AF of less than 24 Hour Duration To Treat or Not to Treat

 

• Patients with stroke risk factors and subclinical atrial fibrillation lasting more than 6 minutes do NOT require anticoagulation (Presenter: Dipen C. Shah, MD, FHRS)
• Patients with Stroke Risk Factors and Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation Lasting More Than 6 Minutes Should be Treated with Oral Anticoagulation (Presenter: Taya V. Glotzer, MD, FHRS)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Dipen C. Shah, MD, FHRS)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Taya V. Glotzer, MD, FHRS) (PDF)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Taya V. Glotzer, MD, FHRS) (Slides)

 

Does Every Patient With an LVAD Need an ICD A Data-Driven Debate With No Data

 

• Every LVAD Patient Needs an ICD – OH YES! (Presenter: Hasan Garan, MD)
• Every LVAD Patient Needs an ICD – NO WAY! (Presenter: Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Hasan Garan, MD)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD, FHRS, CCDS)

 

If My 13-Year-Old Had 35% PVCs, I Would Consent to an Ablation

 

• Pro Position (Presenter: Akash R. Patel, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• Con Position (Presenter: Ronn E Tanel, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Akash R. Patel, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Ronn E. Tanel, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)

 

If My 6-Year-Old Had Congenital Heart Block, I Would Want Them to Get an Endocardial System

 

• Pro Position (Presenter: David J. Bradley, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• Con Position (Presenter: JosephAtallah, MD)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: David J. Bradley, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Joseph Atallah, MDCM, MS)

 

LAA Occlusion Should Be Used in All Patients With PersistentPermanent AF

 

• Con: All Patients with Persistent/Permanent AF Should Get LAA Occlusion (Presenter: Larry A. Chinitz, MD, FHRS)
• All patients with persistent/permanent AF should get LAA occlusion (Presenter: Vivek Y. Reddy, MD) (PDF)
• All patients with persistent/permanent AF should get LAA occlusion (Presenter: Vivek Y. Reddy, MD) (Slides)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Larry A. Chinitz, MD, FHRS) (PDF)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Vivek Y. Reddy, MD) (PDF)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Vivek Y. Reddy, MD) (Slides)

 

Left Atrial Appendage Electrical Isolation Should Not Be Empirically Performed in Persistent and Longstanding Persistent AF at First Procedure

 

• Left Atrial Appendage Electrical Isolation should not be empirically performed in persistent and longstanding persistent AF at first procedure: PRO (Presenter: Boris Schmidt, MD, F …
• Left Atrial Appendage Electrical Isolation Should be Empirically Performed in Persistent and Longstanding Persistent AF at First Procedure: CONTRA (Presenter: Luigi Di Biase, MD, P …
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Boris Schmidt, MD, FHRS)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FHRS)

 

Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt We Need a Sham Trial for AF Ablation

 

• Pro — A Sham Trial Will Answer Many Questions and is Needed (Presenter: Dhiraj Gupta, MBBS, MD)
• Con — We Know Ablation is Effective and a Sham Trial is Not Needed for AF Ablation (Presenter: Atul Verma, MD, FHRS)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Dhiraj Gupta, MBBS, MD)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Atul Verma, MD, FHRS)

 

The Great Risk Stratification Debate on Sudden Cardiac Death

 

• No, LVEF Alone is Not Sufficient for Risk Stratification in NICM. (Presenter: Wendy S Tzou, MD, FHRS)
• Yes, LVEF Alone is Sufficient for Risk Stratification in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy (Presenter: A. John Camm, MD, FHRS)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: Wendy S. Tzou, MD, FHRS)
• Rebuttal (Presenter: A. John Camm, MD, FHRS)

 

9. EPicenter

Making the EP World a Smaller Place Building and Utilizing an International Network

 

• Networking Through Certification – How IBHRE Helped Me to Establish an International Network (Presenter: Aparna Jaswal, CCDS)
• Networking Through Societies – Why Are We All Here in San Francisco? (Presenter: Fred M. Kusumoto, MD, FHRS)
• Networking Through Research Funding – Building International Research Collaboration Networks (Presenter: Junaid A.B Zaman, MD)
• Networking Through Travel – Personal Tips on EP Training Across Continents. (Presenter: Elena Arbelo, MD, MSci, PhD)

 

The Top 5 Tips and Tricks for a Flourishing Early Career in EP

 

• How HRS Is Especially Helpful in the First 5 Years of your EP Career (Presenter: T. Jared Bunch, MD, FHRS)
• How to Build an Electrophysiology Practice in the First 5 Years – The Top 5 Tips (Presenter: Ali A. Sovari, MD, CEPS-A)
• The Top 5 Critical Skills You Need to Survive Early On in Practice (Presenter: Ivan C. Ho, MD, FHRS)
• How To Learn New Procedural Skills Following Fellowship – The Top 5 Resources (Presenter: Chirag Sandesara, MD, FHRS)
• Life Outside the EP Lab: Top 5 Tips to Maintain Sanity (Presenter: Tina Baykaner, MD, MPH)

 

What You Didn’t Learn in Fellowship Training

 

• How to Unleash the Full Power of Intracardiac Echo (Presenter: Fermin C. Garcia, MD)
• Look Beyond The Colors – Understanding Activation Mapping (Presenter: Freddy Del Carpio Munoz, MD, FHRS)
• The 20 Minute Clinic Visit That Wasn’t. Looking After Patients With Dysautonomia Syndromes. (Presenter: David S Cannom, MD, FHRS)
• How to Put Safety First During VT Ablation Procedures (Presenter: Edmond M. Cronin, MBChB, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-A)
• How to Approach a CRT Non-Responder (Presenter: John Rickard, MD, MPH)

 

Your Journey Will Not Be A Straight Line The Multitudinous Career Paths Available to EP Professionals

 

• Chair (Presenter: Patrick Boyle, BS, PhD, FHRS)

 

10. Featured Symposium

CABANA Unplugged

 

• Chair (Presenter: Christine M. Albert, MD, MPH, FHRS)
• CABANA — Main Trial Results (Presenter: Douglas L. Packer, MD, FHRS)
• Trialists: Secondary Outcomes and Subgroup Analyses (Presenter: Jonathan P. Piccini, MD, MHS, FHRS) (PDF)
• Trialists: Secondary Outcomes and Subgroup Analyses (Presenter: Jonathan P. Piccini, MD, MHS, FHRS) (Slides)
• AF Burden Results (Presenter: Jeanne E. Poole, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Quality of Life Results (Presenter: Daniel B. Mark, MD)
• The Statistical Perspective (Presenter: Kerry L. Lee, PhD)
• Commentary: Limitations of Intention to Treat (Presenter: Daniel B Mark, MD)

 

Crash Course in Syncope for Arrhythmia Experts

 

• From Insertable Loop Recorder to Insertable Cardiac Monitor and Beyond (Presenter: Andrew D. Krahn, MD, FHRS) (PDF)
• From Insertable Loop Recorder to Insertable Cardiac Monitor and Beyond (Presenter: Andrew D. Krahn, MD, FHRS) (Slides)
• Economic Implications of Syncope (Presenter: Robert S. Sheldon, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Conduction Blocks and Syncope: When is Pacing Indicated? (Presenter: Selcuk Adabag, MD, MS, FHRS)
• When Pacing Fails in Syncope — A Practical Algorithm (Presenter: Artur Fedorowski, MD, PhD)
• Will Use of Algorithms Improve Syncope Diagnosis and Management? (Presenter: Carlos A. Morillo, MD, FHRS)
• Cardio-Neuromodulation for Cardioinhibitory Syncope (Presenter: JOSE CMATEOS, MD, PhD)

 

Screening for AF in 2019

 

• Smart Phones and Watches — What is Here and What is Coming (Presenter: Ben Freedman, MBBS, PhD)
• Brief Episodes of AF on Continuous Monitoring — Meaningless Versus Meaningful (Presenter: Mintu P Turakhia, MD, MS, FHRS)
• Impact of Wearable Patch ECG Monitoring on AF Detection and Treatment (Presenter: SteveSteinhubl, MD, MS)
• Device Detected AF – Risk for Stroke and Beyond (Presenter: Jorge A. Wong, MD, MPH)
• AF Screening Post Stroke- How, when, why? (Presenter: HoomanKamel,)
• Genomics Approaches to AF Screening (Presenter: Steven A. Lubitz, MD, MPH)

 

Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Assessment in the Population

 

• Racial Difference in Sudden Cardiac Death Risk (Presenter: Rajat Deo, MD)
• Risk Factors for SCD in the Young (Presenter: Sumeet S. Chugh, MD, FHRS)
• Utility of Gene Sequencing in Adult Onset Sudden Cardiac Death (Presenter: Christine M. Albert, MD, MPH, FHRS)
• Genetic Variants and Myocardial Fibrosis: The Pathophysiologic Link to SCD (Presenter: Juhani Junttila, MD, PhD)
• Idiopathic VF in the Real World-How Idiopathic is it? (Presenter: EloiMarijon, MD, PhD)

 

 

 

11. How-To

How to Develop an Effective and Efficient Remote Monitoring Practice

 

• Evidence Based Medicine: How Does Remote Monitoring Improve Patient Outcomes? (Presenter: Suneet Mittal, BA, MD, FHRS)
• Review of 2015 Expert Consensus Statement and Guidelines on Remote Monitoring of CIEDs (Presenter: Martha G. Ferrara, DNP, FNP, FHRS, CCDS)
• Clinical Decision Making and Prioritizing Urgent versus Non-urgent Alerts (Presenter: Laurel Kay Racenet, MSN, FNP, FHRS, CEPS, CCDS)
• Practical Strategies and Techniques to Maximize Patient and Provider Compliance (Presenter: Lynn M. Brewer, CCDS)

 

How to Exploit Strengths and Avoid Pitfalls of Mouse Cardiac Arrhythmia Models

 

• Pinpointing Mechanisms of Sudden Cardiac Death (Presenter: Hector H Valdivia, MD, PhD)
• Deciphering the Genetic Basis of Human Arrhythmia Syndromes (Presenter: Xander H. T. Wehrens, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Delineating Mechanisms of the Integrated Fight-or-Flight Response (Presenter: Crystal M. Ripplinger, PhD, FHRS)
• Manipulating Distinct Cell Populations via Optogenetic Stimulation (Presenter: Matthew W. Kay, DSC)
• Understanding When and Why to Move from Mice to a Large-Animal Model (Presenter: Glenn I. Fishman, MD, FHRS)

 

How to Interpret Variants of Uncertain Significance (VUS)

 

• Exploiting Ion Channel Structure to Assess Pathogenicity of VUS (Presenter: Brett Kroncke, PhD)
• Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes to Identify Genetic Modifiers of LQTS2 (Presenter: Isabelle Deschenes, PhD)
• Clinical Perspective (Presenter: Arthur A. M. Wilde, MD, PhD)
• Genome Editing of iPSC to Decipher Channelopathy Variants (Presenter: Karim Sallam,) (PDF)
• Genome Editing of iPSC to Decipher Channelopathy Variants (Presenter: Karim Sallam,) (Slides)

 

How to Manage Arrhythmias in Advanced Heart Failure Device and Medical Options

 

• Management of Atrial Fibrillation in VADs (Presenter: Roy M. John, MD, PhD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Management of Ventricular Tachycardias in VADs (Presenter: Joshua D. Moss, MD, FHRS)
• CRT post-LVAD (Presenter: Liviu Klein, MD, MS)
• Arrhythmias in the Transplanted Heart (Presenter: JeffTeuteberg, MD)

 

How to Optimally Deliver CRT Strategies That Enhance Response

 

• How Should I Target the LV Lead in a non-LBBB Patient? (Presenter: Rahul N. Doshi, MD, FHRS)
• How Do I Get the Lead to the Optimal Location Despite Anatomical Constraints? (Presenter: Brett D. Atwater, MD)
• How Do I Use Multipoint Pacing to Enhance Response in My Patient? (Presenter: Maurizio Lunati, MD)
• How Do I Place an LV Endocardial Lead in My CRT Non-responder? (Presenter: Marc Strik, MD, PhD)

 

How to Perform Epicardial VT Ablation

 

• Epicardial Access — Where Did We Start? (Presenter: Eduardo B. Saad, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Selection of Patients for Epicardial VT Ablation: Who and When? (Presenter: David J. Wilber, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Epicardial Access – Tools and Techniques (Presenter: Paolo Della Bella, MD)
• Avoiding Complications Related to Epicardial Access and Ablation (Presenter: Arash Aryana, MD, MS, FHRS)
• Optimization of Ablation Lesions in the Epicardial Space (Presenter: Thomas Deneke, MD, PhD, FHRS)

 

How to Place Special CIEDs and LAA Closure Devices

 

• How to do a Lariat LAA ligation? (Presenter: Abdi Rasekh, MD)
• How to Place an Endocardial LAA Occluder Device? (Presenter: Jie Cheng, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• How to do a Thoracoscopic LAA Epicardial Clip? (Presenter: Sacha P. Salzberg, MD)
• How to place a pulmonary arterial pressure sensor for HF management? (Presenter: Leo Simpson, MD, FHRS)
• How to do a Subpectoral CIED Implant (Presenter: Rajesh Kabra, MD, FHRS)
• How to place an LV endocardial leadless pacemaker for CRT (Presenter: Martin Seifert,) (PDF)
• How to place an LV endocardial leadless pacemaker for CRT (Presenter: Martin Seifert,) (Slides)

 

How to Rapidly and Safely Isolate the Pulmonary Veins

 

• What Are Appropriate Targets For A PV Isolation Using RF Ablation Procedure (Presenter: Mattias Francis Duytschaever,)
• PVI With The Cryoballoon: Best Balance Of Fast, Safe and Effective (Presenter: Wilber W. Su, MD, FHRS)
• Why Next Generation Laser Balloon Will Challenge Cryo For PVI Procedures (Presenter: Julian Chun, MD)

 

How to Use Cardiomyocytes Derived From Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Arrhythmia Research

 

• Using iPSC to Study Channelopathies (Presenter: Lior Gepstein, MD, PhD)
• Expanding the Impact of hiPSC Studies Through High Throughput Patch Clamp (Presenter: Alfred L. George, MD)

 

How to Use the Best Diagnostic Maneuvers in Differentiating Supraventricular and Ventricular Tachycardia

 

• Pacing Maneuvers in Atrial Tachycardia (Presenter: Peter M. Kistler, MBBS, PhD, FHRS)
• Pacing Maneuvers in WPW (Presenter: Jose Luis Merino, MD, PhD)
• Narrow Complex Tachycardia: Are You Sure it is SVT? (Presenter: Christian de Chillou, MD, PhD)

 

Pacing Palooza Overview of Device Options

 

• Leadless Pacemaker: Who, How & What to Watch for in Follow Up (Presenter: Julie B. Shea, MS, MSN, FHRS, CCDS)
• Update on MultiPoint & LV Endocardial Pacing in CRT (Presenter: Laurel Kay Racenet, MSN, FNP, FHRS, CEPS, CCDS)
• His Bundle Pacing: Outpatient Management and Programming Considerations (Presenter: Elizabeth E. Davenport, BA)

 

PedAdult Congenital Heart Disease and Clinical EP Tips and Tricks for Practice

 

• Expert Tips For The Perfect AVNRT Ablation (Presenter: Sunny S. Po, MD, PhD)
• Pay It Forward: Tips For Teaching Ablation (Presenter: George F. Van Hare, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P)
• Pay it Forward: Clean Up Your Mess (Presenter: Sabrina S. Tsao, BS, MB, MBBS, CCDS, CEPS-P)
• Ablation Near Vital Structures (Presenter: Gabriele Hessling, MD)
• When Can Ablation Replace ICD Therapy? (Presenter: Kyoko Soejima, MD)
• Knowing When to Add the D to CRT (Presenter: Mark E. Alexander, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)

 

Put on Your Big Boy Pants

 

• Brave Enough to Fight Dragons: A TED Talk (Presenter: Maully J. Shah, MBBS, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P)
• Everything In the Toolbox: It’s Not Over Until It Is Gone (Presenter: Kathryn K. Collins, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• Avoiding ICDs Even in Secondary Prevention (Presenter: Jennifer N. Avari Silva, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• “Undiagnosing” The Channelopathy (Presenter: Aarti Dalal, DO, CEPS-P)
• There is No Such Thing As Too Complex: How to Do A Complex ACHD Ablation With Severe Access Limitations (Presenter: Sylvia Abadir, MD, CCDS)

 

 

12. Joint Session

ABCHRS Joint Session Diversifying Arrhythmias

 

• Explaining Differences in SCD in Blacks and Whites (Presenter: Rajat Deo, MD)
• ICD Therapy in Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy – Implications for Black Individuals with Chronic Systolic Heart Failure (Presenter: Sana M. Al-Khatib,)
• The Genetics of Arrhythmia Susceptibility – Explaining the AF Paradox (Presenter: Gregory M. Marcus,)
• CABANA- Characteristics and Outcomes in Women and Non-whites (Presenter: Douglas L. Packer, MD, FHRS)
• Oral Anticoagulation for NVAF in Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Populations (Presenter: Larry R. Jackson, MD)

 

ACCHRS Joint Session Updates on Clinical Guidelines

 

• The Key New ACC/AHA/HRS AF Guidelines Recommendation: What did they get right? (Presenter: Richard Kovacs, MD)
• The Key New ACC/AHA/HRS AF Guidelines Recommendation: What’s wrong or missing? (Presenter: David N. Kenigsberg, MD, FHRS)
• The AHA/ACC/HRS Ventricular Arrhythmias Guidelines: Most Important Gap (Presenter: Jose A. Joglar, MD, FHRS)
• The AHA/ACC/HRS Ventricular Arrhythmias Guidelines: Are the ICD recommendations right? (Presenter: Freddy Del Carpio Munoz, MD, FHRS)
• RV,CRT, His bundle pacing for LVEF > 35%: The New Guidelines got it right (Presenter: Keith R. Oken, MD) (PDF)
• RV,CRT, His bundle pacing for LVEF > 35%: The New Guidelines got it right (Presenter: Keith R. Oken, MD) (Slides)
• RV,CRT, and His bundle pacing for LVEF > 35%: The New Guidelines don’t help (Presenter: Dan Sorajja, MD)

 

AHAHRS Joint Session Atrial Fibrillation Burden Questions and More Questions

 

• Atrial Fibrillation Burden and Outcomes From AF Clinical Trials: Why Should We Care? (Presenter: Lin Yee Chen, MD, FHRS)
• Wearable Technologies: A Boon or a Bane for Measuring Atrial Fibrillation Burden? (Presenter: Mintu P Turakhia, MD, MS, FHRS)
• Device-detected Atrial Fibrillation: What is the Critical Threshold for Anticoagulation? (Presenter: Peter A. Noseworthy, MD, FHRS)
• Chicken or the Egg: Can Heart Failure Optimization or CRT Reduce AF Burden? (Presenter: John Rickard, MD, MPH)
• AF Management: Should Reducing AF Burden be Enough? (Presenter: Ayman A. Hussein, MD, FHRS)
• Should Atrial Fibrillation Burden be Added to the CHA2DS2-VASc Score? (Presenter: Marco Perez,)

 

APHRSHRS Joint Session From Pathophysiology to Practice

 

• Isolated atrial cardiomyopathy: fact or fiction? (Presenter: Minglong Chen, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Post STAR AF2: Is There Still a Role for Substrate Modification? (Presenter: Carlos A. Morillo, MD, FHRS)
• Fire or ICE: How different are they? (Presenter: Shinsuke Miyazaki, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Substrate Identification with MRI: Implications for Ablation Strategy? (Presenter: Nassir F. Marrouche, MD, FHRS)

 

CCSHRS Joint Session Secondary AF, Is It No Big Deal?

 

• Current Practice in Treating Secondary AF (Presenter: Atul Verma, MD, FHRS)
• Late Recurrence of AF After an Acute Episode: What Do We Know (Presenter: David H. Birnie, MD)
• Clues From the Echo World to Identify Patients at Risk of Late Recurrence of AF (Presenter: Fadi Mansour, MD, CCDS)
• Thromboembolics Events After Secondary AF – A Need for Further Follow-up (Presenter: Lena Rivard, MD, MSci)

 

CHRSHRS Joint Session Safety of Discontinuation of Oral Anticoagulant After AF Ablation

 

• What is the key determinant of post-AF ablation anticoagulation strategy: recurrence of AF or risk of stroke? (Presenter: ShaowenLiu, MD, PhD)
• Use vs. Discontinuation of Anticoagulant in Patients Without Apparent Recurrence After AF Ablation — Viewpoint in USA (Presenter: Hugh Calkins, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Choice of Anticoagulant in Patients Without Apparent Recurrence After AF Ablation: Warfarin, NOAC or Aspirin? (Presenter: Atul Verma, MD, FHRS)
• Use vs. Discontinuation of Anticoagulant in Patients Without Apparent Recurrence After AF Ablation — Viewpoint in Europe (Presenter: Riccardo Cappato, MD, FHRS)

 

CSPEHRS Joint Session His Purkinjie Conduction System Pacing

 

• His-Purkinjie Conduction System Pacing in China: Experience and Prospect (Presenter: Wei Hua,)
• His-Purkinjie Conduction System Pacing: Clinical Studies and Emerging Techniques (Presenter: Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD, FHRS)
• Intraseptal Peri-LBB Pacing from Venous Access (Presenter: Weijian Huang, MD, FHRS)
• The characteristics and values of LBB potential in intraseptal Peri-LBB pacing -case study (Presenter: Xingbin Liu, MD, FHRS)

 

CVCTHRS Joint Session Clinical Trials in Electrophysiology Navigating the Evidence Post-CABANA

 

• Introductory Remarks: HRS and CVCT Partnership (Presenter: FaiezZannad, MD)
• What is the Totality of Evidence? — External Validity of CABANA. Consistency with Other AF Ablation Trials, Other Non-Trial Evidence, and Generalizability Issues (Presenter: Peter …
• Interventional Therapy Trial Design Pitfalls and Solutions – Methodology and Statistical Insight (Presenter: Faiez Zannad, MD)
• Role of Registries and Pragmatic Trials for the Evaluation of Interventional Treatments (Presenter: Nikolaos Dagres, MD)
• Interventional Trials from an Industry Vantage Point: Trials, Registries, and Post-market Surveillance (Presenter: Kenneth M. Stein, MD, FHRS)
• Regulatory Perspective: What is “Regulatory Grade” Real World Evidence? (Presenter: Kimberly A. Selzman, MD, MPH, FHRS)
• How to Translate into International Guidelines?: HRS (Presenter: Thomas F. Deering, MBA, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• How to Translate into International Guidelines?: ESC-EHRA (Presenter: Gerhard Hindricks, MD)

 

ECASHRS Joint Session Evolving Therapeutic Strategies for Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure

 

• Non-Antiarrhythmic Pharmacological Therapies (Presenter: N. A. MarkEstes, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Antiarrhythmic Pharmacological Therapies (Presenter: Albert L. Waldo,)
• Interventional Therapies: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (Presenter: Thorsten W Lewalter,)
• Interventional Therapies: Catheter Ablation (Presenter: Johannes Brachmann, PhD, FHRS)

 

EHRAHRS Joint Session State-of-the-Art in Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

 

• How Well Does Electro-Anatomical Mapping Reflect the VT Substrate? (Presenter: Ivo Roca-Luque, MD, PhD)
• Neuromodulation for Treating Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia (Presenter: Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation: When and How (Presenter: Paolo Della Bella,)
• Radiotherapy as a Last Resort (Presenter: Cliff Robinson, MD)

 

HFSAHRS Joint Session Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Sarcoidosis

 

• Cardiac Sarcoid: Screening and Diagnostic Criteria (Presenter: Jordana Kron, MD, FHRS)
• Cardiac Imaging in Sarcoidosis: State of the Art (Presenter: Van Selby,)
• Electroanatomic Mapping-Guided Endomyocardial Biopsy in Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy: Who and Why? (Presenter: LeslieCooper, MD)
• Sudden Death and Risk Stratification in Patients with Established Cardiac Sarcoid (Presenter: David H. Birnie, MD)

 

IHRSHRS Joint Session Management of Complex Arrhythmias

 

• Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy – Drugs, Diagnostics and Ablation (Presenter: Calambur Narasimhan, MD)
• Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation: For Whom & How? (Presenter: Yash Lokhandwala,)
• Catheter Ablation of Atrial Arrhythmias in Rheumatic Heart Disease (Presenter: Narayanan Namboodiri,)
• Atrial Tachyarrhythmias Following Surgical AF Ablation: Mechanisms and Management (Presenter: Rakesh Gopinathannair, MA, MD, FHRS)
• Epicardial Ablation of VT: Minimizing Risks & Improving Success (Presenter: Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Ablation of Epicardial and Multiple Accessory Pathway SVTs (Presenter: Anil Saxena, MBBS, MD)

 

ISHNEISEHRS Joint Session QRS Morphologies That Influence Interventional Strategies

 

• Brugada Syndrome — Can the Surface ECG Guide Ablation Strategy? (Presenter: Kazutaka Aonuma, MD)
• Surface ECG Mapping for PVCs: Identifying Site of Origin (SOO): SOO or SOS? (Presenter: Adrian Baranchuk, MD)
• ECG Imaging Technologies to Improve Patient Selection for CRT and Device Optimization (Presenter: Niraj Varma, MD, PhD)
• The QRS as a Guide for Selection of Patients for Successful His Bundle Pacing (Presenter: Jonathan S. Steinberg, MD, FHRS)
• Optimization of the Surface ECG for SCD Risk Prediction (Presenter: Larisa G. Tereshchenko, MD, PhD, FHRS, CCDS)

 

JHRSHRS Joint Session Advanced Treatments of Complex Ventricular Arrhythmias

 

• Catheter Ablation of Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia / PVC with Unusual Origin (Presenter: Hiroshi Tada,)
• Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Sarcoidosis (Presenter: Akihiko Nogami, MD, PhD)
• Catheter Ablation of VT in Patients with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (Presenter: Fermin C. Garcia, MD)

 

LAHRSHRS Joint Session Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Is the Epicardium the Key to Improve the Results

 

• Endo-epicardial Myofiber Architecture and Arrhythmogenesis (Presenter: Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Re-defining LA Posterior Wall Isolation: Role of Septopulmonary Bundle (Presenter: Luis Carlos Saenz Morales, MD)
• How to Recognize and Treat Epicardial Connections During Peri-Mitral Flutter Ablation (Presenter: Fermin C. Garcia, MD)
• Is there a Role for Epicardial Mapping and Ablation of AF? (Presenter: Andrea Natale, MD, FHRS)

 

SADSHRS Joint Session Pediatric and Young Adult Ventricular Arrhythmia Outpatient Diagnosis and Management

 

• What Constitutes “Benign” ventricular Arrhythmia (Presenter: Peter F. Aziz, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• Not so Benign Ventricular Ectopy (Presenter: Sami Viskin, MD)
• Athletes and Exercise Induced Ventricular Arrhythmias: Who is an Athlete? — Clearing Scary Ventricular Arrhythmias (Presenter: Charles I. Berul, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P)
• Assessment of Postoperative Congenital Heart Disease Ventricular Arrhythmia: Electrophysiologic vs Noninvasive Testing (Presenter: Edward P Walsh, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P)

 

SCAIHRS Joint Session Intersection Between Structural Heart Procedures and Electrophysiology

 

• CMR Assessment and Guidance in Ventricular Tachycardia (Presenter: Roderick Tung, MD, FHRS)
• CMR Scanning in Patients with Implantable Cardiac Devices (Presenter: KanaeMukai, BS, MD)
• CMR Assessment and Guidance in Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: Hiroshi Ashikaga,)
• CMR for Patients undergoing CRT (Presenter: Kenneth C. Bilchick, MD, MS, FHRS) (PDF)
• CMR for Patients undergoing CRT (Presenter: Kenneth C. Bilchick, MD, MS, FHRS) (Slides)

 

SCMRHRS Joint Session Clinical Value of CMR in the Evaluation of Patients With Cardiac Arrhythmias

 

• CMR Assessment and Guidance in Ventricular Tachycardia (Presenter: Roderick Tung, MD, FHRS)
• CMR Scanning in Patients with Implantable Cardiac Devices (Presenter: KanaeMukai, BS, MD)
• CMR Assessment and Guidance in Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: Hiroshi Ashikaga,)
• CMR for Patients undergoing CRT (Presenter: Kenneth C. Bilchick, MD, MS, FHRS) (PDF)
• CMR for Patients undergoing CRT (Presenter: Kenneth C. Bilchick, MD, MS, FHRS) (Slides)

 

SCVPHRS Joint Session Sudden Death in the Young and in the Athlete

 

• Epidemiology of Sudden Death in the Athlete and pre-participation Screening (Presenter: Xavier Jouven, MD, PhD)
• Normal Heart and the need of uniform protocols of autopsy investigation (Presenter: Cristina Basso, MD, PhD)
• Toxicology, the Forgotten Actor in the Scene (Presenter: JacobTfelt-Hansen, DSC, MD)
• Commotio Cordis (How Much Common Is It?) (Presenter: Mark S. Link, MD, FHRS)
• Molecular Autopsy (Presenter: Christopher Semsarian, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FHRS)

 

WSAHRS Joint Session Progress in Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices Miniaturization in Technology and Extra-Cardiac Approach

 

• A Combination of S-ICD and Leadless Pacing: Will it be Mainstream in Future Practice? (Presenter: MichaelGlikson,)
• Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator “the lifevest” – Device Design, Limitations, and Areas of Improvement (Presenter: Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Real World Experience with Wearable Cardiac Defibrillators (Presenter: CIsrael,)

 

 

 

 

13. Late-Breaking Clinical Trials

Late Breaking Clinical Trials Session I

 

• Chair (Presenter: Fred M. Kusumoto, MD, FHRS)
• Transcutaneous Electrical Vagus Nerve Stimulation To Suppress Atrial Fibrillation (TREAT AF): A Randomized Clinical Trial (Presenter: StavrosStavrakis, MD, PhD)
• Commentator – Transcutaneous Electrical Vagus Nerve Stimulation To Suppress Atrial Fibrillation (TREAT AF): A Randomized Clinical Trial (Presenter: Peng-Sheng Chen, MD, FHRS)
• Prospective Randomized Comparison Of Rotor Ablation Vs Conventional Ablation For Treatment Of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation – The REAFFIRM Trial (Presenter: JohannesBrachmann,)
• Commentator – Prospective Randomized Comparison Of Rotor Ablation Vs Conventional Ablation For Treatment Of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation – The REAFFIRM Trial (Presenter: Gregory …
• Evaluate Renal Artery Denervation In Addition to Catheter Ablation To Eliminate Atrial Fibrillation (ERADICATE-AF) Trial (Presenter: Jonathan S. Steinberg, MD, FHRS)
• Commentator – Evaluate Renal Artery Denervation In Addition to Catheter Ablation To Eliminate Atrial Fibrillation (ERADICATE-AF) Trial (Presenter: Cara N. Pellegrini, MD, FHRS)
• Baroreflex Activation Therapy In Patients With Heart Failure With A Reduced Ejection Fraction (Presenter: Michael R. Zile, MD)
• Commentator – Baroreflex Activation Therapy In Patients With Heart Failure With A Reduced Ejection Fraction (Presenter: Sanjeev Saksena, MBBS, MD, FHRS)
• His Corrective Pacing Or Biventricular Pacing For Cardiac Resynchronization In Heart Failure: A Randomized Pilot Trial (HIS SYNC) (Presenter: RoderickTung, MD, FHRS)
• Commentator – His Corrective Pacing Or Biventricular Pacing For Cardiac Resynchronization In Heart Failure: A Randomized Pilot Trial (HIS SYNC) (Presenter: Nora Goldschlager, MD, F …
• LBCT Abstract PDF Copies (Embargoed until time of presentation) (Presenter: Late Breaking Clinical Trials,) (PDF)
• LBCT Abstract PDF Copies (Embargoed until time of presentation) (Presenter: Late Breaking Clinical Trials,) (Slides)

 

Late Breaking Clinical Trials Session II New Data for Device Therapies

 

• Understanding Outcomes With The S-ICD In Primary Prevention Patients With Low Ejection Fraction (UNTOUCHED) Study: High Conversion Efficacy And Low Adverse Event Rate During The Fi …
• Commentator – Understanding Outcomes With The S-ICD In Primary Prevention Patients With Low Ejection Fraction (UNTOUCHED) Study: High Conversion Efficacy And Low Adverse Event Rate …
• Update From The Prevention Of Arrhythmia Device Infection Trial (padit); Development Of The Padit Infection Risk Score (Presenter: David H. Birnie, MD)
• Commentator – Update From The Prevention Of Arrhythmia Device Infection Trial (padit); Development Of The Padit Infection Risk Score (Presenter: Maria Birgersdotter-Green, MD, FHRS …
• Decline In Ventricular Arrhythmia Events And Mortality In The Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trials (Presenter: ValentinaKutyifa, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Commentator – Decline In Ventricular Arrhythmia Events And Mortality In The Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trials (Presenter: Leslie A. Saxon, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• After RAFT: Long Term Outcomes Of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (Presenter: Soori T Sivakumaran, MD)
• Commentator – After RAFT: Long Term Outcomes Of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (Presenter: Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, FHRS)
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy In Chemotherapy-induced Cardiomyopathy: Results Of The Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial – Chemotherapy-induced Cardiomyopath …
• Commentator – Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy In Chemotherapy-induced Cardiomyopathy: Results Of The Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial – Chemotherapy-induced …

 

Late Breaking Clinical Trials Session III Late Breaking Science

 

• Prospective Evaluation Of Feasibility, Electrophysiological And Echocardiographic Characteristics Of Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing (Presenter: PugazhendhiVijayaraman, MD, FHRS)
• Is Nonselective His Bundle Pacing Good Enough? Long-term Outcomes From The Geisinger- Rush Hbp Registry (Presenter: DominikBeer, DO)
• Preventive Ablation Of Ventricular Tachycardia In Patients With Myocardial Infarction: The BERLIN-VT Trial (Presenter: Karl-HeinzKuck, MD, FHRS)
• Five-year Outcomes In Cardiac Surgery Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Concomitant Surgical Ablation Versus No Ablation. The Long-term Follow-up Of The Prague-12 Study …
• Real-time Electrogram Analysis For Drivers Of Atrial Fibrillation (Radar): A Multi-center, Fda-ide, Clinical Trial Of Persistent Af (Presenter: Vivek Y. Reddy, MD)
• Pulsed Field Ablation For Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Lesion Durability And Chronic Safety (Presenter: Vivek Y. Reddy, MD)

 

Late Breaking Clinical Trials Session IV Innovations

 

• First-in-human Chronic Implant Experience Of The Substernal Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (Presenter: Ian G. Crozier, MBChB, MD, FHRS)
• Commentator – First-in-human Chronic Implant Experience Of The Substernal Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (Presenter: Sanjeev Saksena, MBBS, MD, FHRS)
• DIGITAL-AF II: Results From A Real-life Digital Atrial Fibrillation Screening And Outcome Registry In The General Population (Presenter: TineProesmans, MASc)
• Commentator – DIGITAL-AF II: Results From A Real-life Digital Atrial Fibrillation Screening And Outcome Registry In The General Population (Presenter: David J. Slotwiner, MD, FHRS)
• Commentator – Non-invasive Localization Of Cardiac Arrhythmias Using Electromechanical Wave Imaging (Presenter: Gregory F. Michaud, MD, FHRS)
• A Novel Percutaneous Carotid Coil Filter For Stroke Prevention In Atrial Fibrillation: Outcomes Of The First-in-human CAPTURE Trial (Presenter: Vivek Y. Reddy, MD)
• Commentator – A Novel Percutaneous Carotid Coil Filter For Stroke Prevention In Atrial Fibrillation: Outcomes Of The First-in-human CAPTURE Trial (Presenter: Gregory F. Michaud, MD …
• Bipolar Catheter Ablation For The Treatment Of Refractory Scar-related Ventricular Tachycardia: A Multicenter, Prospective Fda Ide Study (Presenter: Srinivas R. Dukkipati, MD, FHRS …
• Commentator – Bipolar Catheter Ablation For The Treatment Of Refractory Scar-related Ventricular Tachycardia: A Multicenter, Prospective Fda Ide Study (Presenter: David J. Callans, …

 

 

14. Master Class

Approach to Complex VT

 

• Master: Unpacking the Approach to VT (Presenter: Francis Marchlinski, MD, FHRS)
• Case Presenter: NICM such as HOCM or one with Endo/epic VT — Mapping, use of EGM,Entrainment, mapping and how to use voltage to make decision etc, when to who epicardial etc (Pres …
• Case Presenter: Case of Sarcoid — Approach for Mapping and Ablation for Septal VT (Presenter: Suraj Kapa, MD, FHRS)
• Case Presenter: ICM — Mapping, use of EGM,Entrainment, when to who epicardial , how to go epicardial post CABG (Presenter: Srinivas R. Dukkipati, MD, FHRS)

 

Challenge the Legend

 

• Case presenter (Presenter: Salim F Idriss, MD, PhD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• Case presenter (Presenter: Bhavya Trivedi, MD, PhD, CEPS-P)

 

Complex SVT – Mastered!

 

• Master (Presenter: George J Klein, MD)
• Case presenter (Presenter: RamananKumareswaran, MD)
• Case Presenter (Presenter: Narayanan Namboodiri, MBBS, MD)

 

Device Troubleshooting – Understanding the Post Implant Nuances!

 

• Pacemaker Troubleshooting (Presenter: Carsten W. Israel, MD)
• ICD troubleshooting (Presenter: Charles D. Swerdlow, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• CRT Troubleshooting (Presenter: Andrew D. Krahn, MD, FHRS)

 

You Won’t Find It in the Guidelines! Ask the Master

 

• Case Presentation (Presenter: Charles A. Henrikson, MD, FHRS)
• Case Presentation (Presenter: Marye J. Gleva,)
• Case Presentation (Presenter: Raul D. Mitrani, MD, FHRS, CCDS)

 

 

15. Mini Board Review

EP 101 Introduction to EP for the New Allied Professional – Part I

 

• Introduction to Pacing: Basic Principles (Presenter: Amy G Tucker, BSN, CCDS)
• Introduction to ICD Therapy: Basic Principles and Concepts (Presenter: Douglas Steven Beinborn, BSN, MA, RN)
• Introduction to CRT: Basic Principles and Programming (Presenter: Nancy A. Lee, RN, FHRS, CCDS)
• Do’s and Don’ts in the EP Lab: Key Concepts to Remember During Device Procedures (Presenter: Anastasios Manaris, MD, FHRS, CCDS)

 

EP 101 Introduction to EP for the New Allied Professional – Part II

 

• Basic Principles of the EP Study (Presenter: Jonas A. Cooper, MD, MPH)
• Basic Principles of SVT/Atrial Flutter Ablation (Presenter: Cory M Tschabrunn, PhD, CEPS)
• Basic Principles of AF / VT Ablation (Presenter: Alex J. Cambridge, BS, CEPS, CCDS)
• Overview of EP Laboratory Complications: Diagnosis and Treatment (Presenter: Nancy Duran, FNP, NP)

 

Preparation for ABIM and EHRA Examinations

 

• Preparing for the Examination (Presenter: Edward P Gerstenfeld, MD, FHRS)
• SVT Tracings (Presenter: Jonathan M Kalman, MBBS, PhD, FHRS)
• VT: How To Tackle Difficult Tracings (Presenter: Haris M. Haqqani, MBBS, PhD, FHRS)
• VT Ablation: Entrainment (Presenter: Henry H Hsia, MD, FHRS)
• Atrial Tachycardias, Atrial Flutter, Atypical Atrial Flutter (Presenter: Mathew D Hutchinson, MD, FHRS)

 

Preparation for Device Questions

 

• Preparation for Device Questions (Presenter: Paul J Wang, MD, FHRS)
• Pacemaker Questions (Presenter: Ulrika Maria Birgersdotter-Green, MD, FHRS)
• CRT Questions (Presenter: Jeanne E Poole, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• EP Through Devices Practical Questions (Presenter: Noel G Boyle, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Lead Management: Infection and Extraction (Presenter: Christine Tompkins, MD)

 

 

16. Mini-Course

Ablation of Summit PVCs

 

• Chair (Presenter: G. Neal Kay, MD, CCDS)
• Anatomy and Electrocardiography of the LV summit (Presenter: Marmar Vaseghi, MD, FHRS)
• Endocardial Ablation Approach to LV Summit Arrhythmias (Presenter: Fermin C. Garcia, MD)
• Epicardial Ablation Approach to LV Summit Arrhythmias (Presenter: ArashAryana, MD, MS, FHRS)
• Surgical Ablation of LV Summit Arrhythmias (Presenter: Roderick Tung, MD, FHRS)
• Remote Magnetic Navigation-Guided Catheter Ablation of Left Ventricular Summit (Presenter: Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD)
• Interventional Approaches to Lesion Formation in the LV Summit — The Old and The New (Presenter: Saurabh Kumar, MD, PhD)

 

 

Complex VT Ablations in Children New Age Help for the Impossible Substrate

 

• A Case of An Impossible VT in a Child: HELP! (Presenter: Martin Runciman, MBBS, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• Making Sense of Papillary Muscle VT (Presenter: John K. Triedman, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• Needle Tipped Catheter Ablation for the Hard to Approach VT (Presenter: Duy Thai Nguyen, MA, MD, FHRS)
• Imaging Strategies to Aid Complex VT Ablations (Presenter: Saman Nazarian, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• VT Ablation in Brugada Syndrome? Is There a Role in the Young Person? (Presenter: Koonlawee Nademanee, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• VT Ablation in ARVC: Can WE Assure Long-term Success? (Presenter: Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD)

 

Device Therapy for Heart Failure State-of-the-Art 2019

 

• A Look Back On Cardiac Pacing (Presenter: Stavros Stavrakis, MD, PhD)
• Assessing Response to CRT: When, How, and Why (Presenter: Christophe I. Leclercq, MD, PhD)
• Multisite or Multipoint: Where Do We Stand in 2019? (Presenter: Rasmus Borgquist, MD, PhD)
• Neuromodulation for the Failing Heart: 2019 & Beyond (Presenter: Olujimi A. Ajijola, MD, PhD)
• Leadless Pacing or His Bundle Pacing: What is the Right Direction for 2019 & Beyond? (Presenter: Gaurav A. Upadhyay, MD, FHRS)

 

Extra-Cardiac Targets to Improve AF Outcomes

 

• Ralph Lazzara Lectureship Award: Mechanisms Underlying the Link between Body Composition and Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: Stanley Nattel, MD, FHRS)
• Treating Sleep Apnea for AF – When, How, and Why? (Presenter: Dominik K Linz, MD, PhD)
• Exercise and AF – Prevention or Causation? (Presenter: Marco Perez,)
• Aggressive Upstream Therapy to Prevent AF Progression (Presenter: Harry J.G.M. Crijns, PhD)
• Comprehensive Risk Factor Management – Effect on AF Outcomes (Presenter: Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD, FHRS)
• Gut Microbes – Targets for AF? (Presenter: Sunny S. Po, MD, PhD)

 

Gender, Age and Arrhythmias Better Be Young and Female?

 

• Eric N. Prystowsky Lectureship Award: Sex Differences in Electrophysiology and Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Arrhythmias (Presenter: Anne M. Gillis, MD, FHRS)
• Does Gender Influence Treatment Outcomes in AF? (Presenter: Isabel Deisenhofer, MD)
• ARVC, HCM and Other Cardiomyopathies: Age Predicts Risk? (Presenter: Christopher Semsarian, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FHRS)
• Sudden Death During Sports Activity: Only in Young Men? (Presenter: Paul Dorian, MD, FHRS)
• Gender and the Risk of VT/VF (Presenter: Christine Tompkins, MD)
• Impact of Age and Gender in Inherited Arrhythmias (Presenter: Elizabeth S. Kaufman, MD, FHRS)

 

Implantable Loop Recorders, Smart Rhythm Devices and More

 

• What is the Incremental Benefit of ILRs in Patients with Cryptogenic Stroke? (Presenter: Rod S. Passman, MD, FHRS)
• ILRs Can Be Utilized Better in Working Up Syncope (Presenter: Behzad B. Pavri, MD, FHRS)
• How to Manage Data Deluge From Implantable Devices? (Presenter: Venkatakrishna N. Tholakanahalli, MD, FHRS)
• ILRs are Better External Monitors for AF Management (Presenter: Moussa Mansour, MD, FHRS)
• Are We Ready for Incorporating Rhythm Monitoring in Clinical Practice Using Smart Phone Technologies? (Presenter: Subramaniam C. Krishnan, MD, FHRS)
• Population Screening for Atrial Fibrillation Using Smartphone-Based Technology — New Grass Roots Patient Engagement (Presenter: Christine M. Albert, MD, MPH, FHRS)

 

LAA 2019 Part I

 

• Anatomic Variations of LAA – Impact on Pathophysiology and Closure (Presenter: Sunil Kapur, BS, MD)
• Why Does the LAA Turn Rogue in Atrial Fibrillation Patients? (Presenter: David R Holmes, MD)
• Understanding Physiology – LAA Homeostasis and atrial function (Presenter: Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy, MD, FHRS)
• Periprocedural Cardiac Imaging for Effective LAA Management — TEE/CT (Presenter: Jacqueline Saw, MD)
• Who is the Right Candidate for LAA Closure? (Presenter: Claudio Tondo, MD, PhD, DPhil)
• LAA Exclusion as Adjunct to AF ablation – AMAZE and more (Presenter: Nitish Badhwar, MBBS, FHRS)

 

LAA 2019 Part II

 

• Current Evidence for LAA Occlusion With Endocardial Umbrella Devices (Presenter: Vivek Y. Reddy, MD)
• LAA Exclusion Using Epicardial Devices (Presenter: Randall J. Lee, MD, PhD)
• Managing Life-Threatening Complications Arising from LAA Occlusion (Presenter: Thorsten W Lewalter, MD, PhD)
• Managing Post LAAO Leaks and Device Related Thrombus (Presenter: Rodney P. Horton, MD, FHRS)
• Ongoing Clinical Trials in LAA Closure — Do We Really Need Them All? (Presenter: Saibal Kar, MBBS, MD)
• FDA Perspective — What More Data Do We Need in the LAA Space? (Presenter: Andrew Farb, MD)
• EHRA/EAPI Consensus Document Recommendations on Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: What is New? (Presenter: Michael Glikson, MD)

 

Little Patients Can Be Big Challenges

 

• Using Fetal Pacing and Team Building as a Construct for Success: A TED Talk (Presenter: YanivBar Cohen, MD)
• Why the Electrophysiologist Should Care About SIDS and Seizures (Presenter: Martin Tristani-Firouzi, MD)
• How to Use Population Genetics to Understand Sudden Death in the Very Young (Presenter: JacobTfelt-Hansen, DSC, MD)
• How I Manage the Challenging Neonate with Pharmacology (Presenter: Jonathan Robert Skinner, MD, FHRS)
• How I Manage the Difficult Neonate: Ablation (Presenter: Elizabeth A. Stephenson, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• How I Manage the Difficult Neonate Using Devices (Presenter: Douglas Y. Mah, MD, CEPS-P)
• How to Manage the Difficult Neonate. When Doing Nothing is the Best Approach (Presenter: James C. Perry, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• Little Baby: Tiny Toys. How the FDA Can Help with Miniaturization (Presenter: Hetal Odobasic, BS, MS)

 

Managing Arrhythmias in HF Patients Insights from Recent Clinical Trials

 

• An Overview of VEST: What Did We Learn? (Presenter: Jeffrey E. Olgin, MD, FHRS)
• VEST: A Clinical Perspective (Presenter: Ilan Goldenberg, MD)
• VEST: A Clinical Trialist Perspective (Presenter: Anne B. Curtis, MD, FHRS)
• An Overview of CASTLE-AF: What Did We Learn? (Presenter: Johannes Brachmann, PhD, FHRS)
• CAMERA-MRI: What Did We Learn? (Presenter: Peter M. Kistler, MBBS, PhD, FHRS)
• CASTLE-AF and CAMERA-MRI: A Clinical Perspective (Presenter: Albert L. Waldo, MD, FHRS, CCDS)

 

The Difficult Coronary Sinus Lead

 

• How to Implant LV Leads in Patients with Coronary Sinus Anomalies (Presenter: Sandeep Bansal, MD, MPH)
• Negotiating a Tricky CS OS (Presenter: Mark Panna, MD, FHRS)
• Getting Leads into Small Branch Veins (Presenter: Gregory E. Supple, MD, FHRS)
• Managing High Thresholds and Phrenic Stimulation (Presenter: Nestor Cabanillas, MD)
• When the CS is Inaccessible: Options? (Presenter: Timm-Michael Dickfeld, MD, PhD)
• Snare Technique for LV Lead Implantation (Presenter: Albert Y. Sun, MD)

 

 

17. Moderated ePoster

2019 Pediatric Electrophysiology Potpourri

 

• Pectoral Nerve Blocks Decrease Post-Operative Pain And Opiate Use After Pacemaker Or ICD Placement In Children (Presenter: JeffreyYang, MD, BS)
• Thromboembolic Complications In Patients With Atrial Standstill And Inability To Atrial Pace (Presenter: Taylor Stewart Howard, MD)
• Comparison Of Outcomes Of Pediatric Catheter Ablation Under General Anesthesia Versus Sedation: An Analysis Of Data From The IMPACT Registry (Presenter: Christopher M. Janson, MD, …
• Role Of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava In Arrhythmogenesis And Ablation In Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: VaibhavVaidya, MBBS)

 

Arrhythmia Mechanisms in Inheritable Arrhythmia Syndromes

 

• The Fibro-fatty Environment Is A Critical Determinant Of Arrhythmia Substrates In Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (Presenter: Sunil K. Vasireddi, BSBME, MD)
• Next-generation Sequencing Based Genetic Testing Can Detect Concealed Cardiomyopathies In Patients With Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation (Presenter: Ki YungBoo,)
• Role Of Depolarizing Currents In Brugada Syndrome’s Cellular Phenotype (Presenter: Zeina R Al Sayed,)
• Quantification Of Transmural Arrhythmia Dynamics In Human Rvot (Presenter: Ndeye RokhayaFaye, Ph.D)

 

                Best in Show Case Reports

 

• Chair (Presenter: T. Jared Bunch, MD, FHRS)
• A Tragic Case Of LifeVest Failure To Detect And Deliver Appropriate Therapy For Ventricular Arrhythmias (Presenter: ArielVinas,)
• Bidirectional Ablation For Bidirectional VT (Presenter: NicholasMantini, MD)
• A Novel Diagnostic Approach To An Undifferentiated Mass On A Device Lead (Presenter: DAVIDCHANG, MD)
• Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy For The Treatment Of Ventricular Tachycardia Secondary To Cardiac Lipoma (Presenter: lihonghuang,)

 

Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices – Present and Future

 

• Misdiagnosis Of Ventricular Tachycardia In Patients With Cardiac Sarcoidosis With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator- Problem With The Stability Discriminator (Presenter: Debab …
• Implantable Defibrillator Early After Primary Percutaneous Intervention For St-elevation Myocardial Infarction: The Defibrillator After Primary Angioplasty (dapa) …
• An Entirely Extracardiac, Minimally Invasive, Pacing System (Presenter: Anne-Floor B.E. Quast, MD)
• Tricuspid Valve Dysfunction: A Multicenter Echocardiographic Comparison Between Leadless Versus Transvenous Single-Chamber Pacing Therapy (Presenter: NiekBeurskens, MD)
• A Novel Evaluation Method For Detection Of Three-dimensional Lead Curvature And Associated Strains Of Implanted Leads (Presenter: TamasSzili-Torok, MD, PhD)

 

Defining Substrate Based Ventricular Arrhythmias – Novel Approaches to Mapping

 

• Mechanisms And Ablation Challenges For Ventricular Tachycardia In Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices: The Importance Of Peri-cannula Origins (Presenter: RyohsukeNarui, M …
• Safety And Outcomes Of Substrate-guided VT Ablation In Sinus Rhythm. Results Of The Multicenter Registry Of Scar Dechanneling (Presenter: FelipeBisbal Van Bylen,)
• High Density Mapping Of Dynamic Functional Late Potentials And Functional Late Repolarization Identifies Critical Sites For Ablation In Ventricular Tachycardia (Presenter: Neil T. …
• Totally Endoscopic Robotic Epicardial Ablation Of Refractory Left Ventricular Summit Arrhythmia: Feasibility And Outcomes Of Initial 10 Cases (Presenter: ZaidAziz, MD)
• Ablation Of CT-derived Wall Thickness Channels In Post-infarction Ventricular Tachycardia: Comparison To Conventional Lava Elimination Strategy (Presenter: MasateruTakigawa, MD)
• Multi-size Electrodes For Substrate Identification In Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Validation By Whole Heart Histology (Presenter: ClaireGlashan, MD)

 

Enhancing Clinical Outcomes in Device Therapy Patients

 

• Post Electrophysiology Procedure Monitoring With a Novel Wearable Device (Presenter: LiorJankelson, MD)
• Procedural Profiles and Outcomes of Coronary Venous Injuries During Coronary Sinus Lead Placement for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (Presenter: JohnnyChahine,)
• Coronary Venoplasty To Facilitate Left Ventricular (LV) Lead Placement During Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) Implant (Presenter: Chen Chen ElaineBoey, MBBS)
• Change In Blood Pressure Following Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy And Subsequent Clinical Outcomes In Madit-crt (Presenter: Khaled H Abdulla,)
• Rates And Predictors Of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections Within 90 Days Following Implantation: Insights From The Nationwide Readmissions Database 2010 – 2014 (Pres …

 

Epidemiology of AF Revisited

 

• Risk Of Dementia By Incident Atrial Fibrillation In Elderly Population (Presenter: DongminKim, MD)
• Prevalence Of Silent Atrial Fibrillation In The Women’s Health Initiative Strong And Healthy Silent Atrial Fibrillation Recording Study (whish Star) (Presenter: JeffreyLin, MD)
• Atrial Fibrillation As A Phenotypical Characteristic Of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: Experience From The Nordic Arvc Registry (Presenter: Maria A Baturova, MD, …
• Patient Experience With Caffeine and Cardiac Ectopy (Presenter: Christina D Fang,)
• Prognostic Significance Of Atrial Fibrillation Without Comorbidities: The Reasons For Geographic And Racial Differences In Stroke (regards) Study (Presenter: Matthew J. Singleton, …

 

Innovations in Monitoring and Device Therapy for Heart Failure

 

• A Feasibility Study To Find Optimal Pacing Site Of Left Quadripole Lead Based On Non-invasive Electrocardiographic Imaging (Presenter: StepanZubarev,)
• Synchronized Biventricular Pacing with Wirelessly Powered Pacemakers (Presenter: HongmingLyu,)
• Novel Quadripolar Active Fixation Left Ventricular Pacing Lead For Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: One-year Follow Up Data From A Multi Center Uk Registry (Presenter: MichaelCha …
• Novel Device-based Algorithm Could Obtain Optimal Hemodynamics During Exercise In Patients With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Results Of Exercise Stress Echocardiographic Opti …

 

Managing Data – Beyond the Device Implantation!

 

• The Role Of A Novel Remote Monitoring Data Management System In Ameliorating Data Deluge From Implantable Loop Recorders (Presenter: Manish K. Wadhwa, MD, FHRS)
• Are Current Generation Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDS) Good Enough To Last A Lifetime? (Presenter: NigelGupta, MD)
• Driving Restrictions And Early Arrhythmias In Patients Receiving A Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (DREAM-ICD Study) (Presenter: ChristianSteinberg, MD)
• Efficiency and Accuracy Of Arrhythmia Detection Using Implantable Cardiac Monitor: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Reveal LINQTMAnd Confirm RxTM

 

Mapping AF What ECG Recordings Can Tell

 

• Spatial Characteristics Of Fibrillatory Wave Loops Correlate with Atrial Fibrillation Complexity And Drivers (Presenter: MariannaMeo, PhD)
• Micro-atrial Fibrillation Episodes (4 Beats – 29s) Are Usually Followed By Clinical Atrial Fibrillation (≥30s) (Presenter: Linda Sofia Birgitta Johnson, MD, PhD)
• High Density Epicardial Mapping Of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Association Of Rotational Activity With Lines Of Block At The Crista Terminalis (Presenter: Chrishan Joseph Nalli …
• The Prediction Of New-onset Atrial Fibrillation After Cavo-tricuspid Isthmus Dependent Atrial Flutter Ablation (Presenter: YUHIFUJIMOTO, MD)

 

Mechanistic Insights Into Heart Failure Therapies

 

• His-bundle Pacing Is Associated With Positive Left Ventricular Remodeling And Improvement In Functional Mitral Regurgitation (Presenter: DavideGenovese, MD)
• His Bundle Pacing Versus Biventricular Pacing In Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Acute Hemodynamic And Electrophysiological Effects (Presenter: Floor CWM Salden, MD)
• Therapy With Ivabradine Improves Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Uptake In Dogs With Chronic Heart Failure (Presenter: Hani N. Sabbah, PhD)
• Vectorcardiography Demonstrates Electrical Synchronization By Multipoint Pacing With Dynamic AVD Programming (Presenter: Frits W Prinzen, PhD)

 

New Lessons in SVT

 

• Machine Learning Can Predict Accessory Pathway Location With Greater Accuracy Than A Conventional Algorithm (Presenter: AhranArnold, MBBS)
• VA Linking After Atrial Entrainment Of Typical Fast-slow Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia Is Masked Depending On The Pacing Rate (Presenter: YoshiakiKaneko, MD, PhD)
• Localizing Posteroseptal Accessory Pathways- Right Vs Left- Insights From Ventricular Overdrive Pacing (Presenter: DebabrataBera, MD)
• Ablation Of Supraventricular Tachycardias From Concealed Left-sided Nodoventricular And Nodofascicular Accessory Pathways (Presenter: RicardoCardona Guarache, MD, MPH)
• Identification Of Conduction Isthmuses By Coherence Map To Treat Multiple Reentrant Circuits In Scar-related Atrial Tachycardia (Presenter: Jennifer Jeanne B. Vicera, MD)
• Catheter Ablation Of Atypical Atrial Flutter Using The HD-grid Mapping Catheter (Presenter: Jippe C Balt, MD, PhD)

 

Nuances in CIEDs Implantation and Management

 

• Ultrasound Real Time Guided Venous Access To Reduce Vascular Complications In Stimulation Device Implant Procedures (Presenter: Federico José Malavassi, MD)
• Leadless Pacemaker Implant, Anticoagulation Status, And Outcomes: Results From The Micra Transcatheter Pacing System Post-approval Registry (Presenter: Mikhael F. El-Chami, MD, FHR …
• “Snare-Over-Snare” Technique During Percutaneous Lead Extraction (Presenter: Edward C. Clermont, BSE, MD)
• Use of The Penumbra Indigo Aspiration System During Transvenous Lead Extraction (Presenter: Travis D. Richardson, MD)
• Optimal Cied Surgical Pocket Management Using A Microengineered Biocellulose Membrane (Presenter: FrancescoRobotti, PhD)

 

Oral Anticoagulation and LAA Occluder Effects, Side-Effects and Open Questions

 

• Of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus In Patients Treated With Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin For Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: KentaroMinami,)
• Risk Of Thromboembolic Events And Intracranial Hemorrhage In Patients Who Are On And Off Oral Anticoagulation Therapy After Catheter Ablation Of Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: Jor …
• ACT Correlates Poorly With Anti Factor Xa Assay In Patients On Novel Anticoagulants Undergoing AF Ablation (Presenter: ArtemAstsaturov, MD)
• Risk And Implications Of Collateral Damage To The Contiguous Vessels From Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Devices – A Systematic Review (Presenter: Sharan Prakash Sharma, MD)
• Safety And Efficacy Of Direct Current Cardioversion In Patients With Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device (Presenter: Sharan Prakash Sharma, MD)

 

Pediatric EP Outcomes

 

• A New Foundation For ECG Analysis In Youth (Presenter: AndrasBratincsak, MBA, MD, PhD)
• 411 For Young Icd Patients And Parents: Seeking Different Information? (Presenter: Lauren M. Schneider, PhD)
• Contemporary Outcomes Of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation For Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia In Children And Young Adults (Presenter: Edward Thomas O’Leary, MD)
• The Long-term Complications Of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy In Children And Patients With Congenital Heart Disease (Presenter: HenryChubb, MA, MBBS, PhD)
• Impact Of Catheter Ablation For Atrial Arrhythmia On The Reduction Of Repeat Cardioversion In Patients With Adult Congenital Heart Disease (Presenter: SatoshiKawada, MD)
• Revisiting Pediatric Electrophysiologists’ Approach To Asymptomatic Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (Presenter: HenryChubb, MA, MBBS, PhD)

 

Systemic Determinants of AF Ablation Outcomes and Complications

 

• Chair (Presenter: Dennis H Lau, MBBS, PhD, FHRS)
• Marked Reduction in Recurrence Rates Following Bariatric Surgery in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation (Presenter: EoinDonnellan, MD)
• Risk Factors For The Occurrence of Stroke After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: The Relevance Between Epicardial Adipose Tissue And Embolic Stroke (Presenter: JinheeAhn, MD)
• Catheter Ablation Of Atrial Fibrillation Reduces The Future Risk Of Dementia During A Long-term Follow-up: A National Cohort Study (Presenter: Yenn-JiangLin, MD, PhD)
• Is Epicardial Adipose Tissue The Cause Or Consequence Of Atrial Fibrillation?: Implication Of Ablation Effects (Presenter: SeinaYagyu,)
• Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length Is Associated With Atrial Remodeling And Predicts The Recurrence Of Atrial Fibrillation After Radiofrequency Ablation Therapy (Presenter: Kuo LiPa …

 

Transcriptional Regulation of Heart Rhythm

 

• Transcriptomic Profiling Of The Developing Cardiac Conduction System At Single-Cell Resolution (Presenter: William R Goodyer, MD, PhD)
• Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure Independently Alter Gene Expression in Human Atrial Tissue Samples (Presenter: StefZeemering, PhD)
• Human Disease Model Of IRX5 Mutations Reveals Key Role For This Transcription Factor In The Regulation Of Cardiac Conduction (Presenter: Zeina R Al Sayed, PhD)

 

 

18. Pioneers Unplugged

HRS Awardee Pioneers

 

• Chair (Presenter: Igor R. Efimov, PhD, FHRS)
• Panelist (Presenter: David J Milan, MD)
• Panelist (Presenter: Rishi Arora, MD, FHRS)
• Panelist (Presenter: Raul D. Mitrani, MD, FHRS, CCDS)

 

Meet the Mentor

 

• Chair (Presenter: Patrick Boyle, BS, PhD, FHRS)
• Mentor (Presenter: Geoffrey S Pitt, MD, PhD)
• Mentor (Presenter: Peng-Sheng Chen, MD, FHRS)
• Mentor (Presenter: Bjorn C. Knollmann, MD, PhD)
• Mentor (Presenter: Isabelle Deschenes, PhD)
• Mentor (Presenter: Sumeet S. Chugh, MD, FHRS)
• Mentor (Presenter: Connie R Bezzina, PhD)
• Mentor (Presenter: Alfred L. George, MD)
• Mentor (Presenter: Carol Ann Remme, MD, PhD)
• Mentor (Presenter: David J Christini, PhD)
• Mentor (Presenter: Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD)
• Mentor (Presenter: Brian O’Rourke, PhD)

 

 

Pioneers in VT Ablation

 

• Chair (Presenter: William G. Stevenson, MD, FHRS)
• Panelist (Presenter: Francis Marchlinski, MD, FHRS)
• Panelist (Presenter: Paolo Della Bella, MD)
• Panelist (Presenter: Warren M. Jackman, MD, FHRS)

 

 

19. Rapid Fire Cases

Challenging Cases What to Do When

 

• My Patient’s ICD is at ERI and has a Functioning Fidelis? or Riata? Use it, Extract or Abandon and Replace? (Presenter: Robert N. Goldstein, MD, FHRS)
• My Pacemaker Patient has Pacing Induced Cardiomyopathy — Upgrade to CRT- D or P? (Presenter: Christine Tompkins, MD)
• My Patient has Numerous LV Branches! How Do I Choose? (Presenter: Theofanie Mela, MD)
• My ICD Patient Scheduled for LVAD has Lead Endocarditis- Should I Reimplant the ICD? (Presenter: Ashish A. Bhimani, BSE, MD, FHRS)
• My Post-TAVR Patient with EF of 40% has AV Block- What Device Should I Implant? (Presenter: Elaine Wan, MD, FHRS)
• The LV Lead No Longer Captures: What’s the Best Approach? (Presenter: Frederick T. Han, MD, FHRS)

 

Decoding the Complex Atrial Flutter

 

• Multielectrode Mapping of Post-AF Ablation Atrial Flutters (Presenter: Subbarao Choudry, MD) (PDF)
• Multielectrode Mapping of Post-AF Ablation Atrial Flutters (Presenter: Subbarao Choudry, MD) (Slides)
• Ultrahigh Density Mapping to Identify the Isthmus (Presenter: Pierre Jais, MD) (PDF)
• Ultrahigh Density Mapping to Identify the Isthmus (Presenter: Pierre Jais, MD) (Slides)
• Intra-atrial Reentrant Tachycardia in Congenital Heart Disease (Presenter: Edward P Walsh, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P) (PDF)
• Intra-atrial Reentrant Tachycardia in Congenital Heart Disease (Presenter: Edward P Walsh, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P) (Slides)
• Atypical Atrial Flutter After Cardiac Transplantation (Presenter: William Whang, MD, FHRS) (PDF)
• Atypical Atrial Flutter After Cardiac Transplantation (Presenter: William Whang, MD, FHRS) (Slides)
• Left Atrial Appendage Tachycardias (Presenter: Rodney P. Horton, MD, FHRS) (PDF)
• Left Atrial Appendage Tachycardias (Presenter: Rodney P. Horton, MD, FHRS) (Slides)
• Ablation of Mitral Isthmus Dependent Atrial Flutter (Presenter: Gregory F. Michaud, MD, FHRS) (PDF)
• Ablation of Mitral Isthmus Dependent Atrial Flutter (Presenter: Gregory F. Michaud, MD, FHRS) (Slides)

 

New Devices, New Problems!

 

• Periprocedural Programming Management for Improved Sensing, Defibrillation and More (Presenter: Bharat K. Kantharia, MD, FHRS)
• My SICD Patient Needs a Pacemaker! Extract Implant a Transvenous ICD or Simply Add a Leadless pacemaker? (Presenter: Mikhael F. El-Chami, MD, FHRS)
• How to Minimize Inappropriate Sensing in SICD? (Presenter: Martin C. Burke, DO)
• Troubleshooting and Programming Issues in Leadless Pacemakers (Presenter: Nitish Badhwar, MBBS, FHRS)
• How to Minimize Periprocedural Complications Related to SICD Implantation? (Presenter: M. Rizwan Rizwan Afzal, MD)
• Panelist (Presenter: Bharat K. Kantharia, MD, FHRS)

 

SVT Is Not Always Benign – Cases

 

• Persistent AT Leading to Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy (Presenter: Felix Bourier, MD)
• How to Tackle This Difficult JET? (Presenter: Johannes C. Von Alvensleben, MD, CEPS-P)
• Malignant WPW (Presenter: Thomas M. Munger, MD, FHRS)
• A Case of Long RP Tachycardia (Presenter: Teiichi Yamane, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Double Trouble: Drug Refractory AT in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (Presenter: Maully J. Shah, MBBS, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-P)
• A Case of an AT Arising From the Aortic Cusp (Presenter: Yash Lokhandwala,)

 

What I Learned From My Worst Case

 

• A Pharmacologic Nightmare (Presenter: Carolina A. Escudero, MD, MS)
• I Should Have Left That Lead In Place (Presenter: Thomas A. Pilcher, MD, MS, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• I Am Not Sure That Was Aborted Sudden Death (Presenter: Stephanie Frances Chandler, MD)
• My Device Nightmare (Presenter: Caridad M. de la Uz, MD)

 

 

20. Special Session

#EP The Social Media Revolution

 

• International Collaboration Through Social Media: Flattening the Global EP World (Presenter: Suneet Mittal, BA, MD, FHRS)
• Social Media & Education: Can Education be Provided by Twitter (Presenter: Jason G. Andrade, MD, FHRS)
• Why Social Media is the Best MOC (Presenter: Faisal M. Merchant, MD, FHRS)
• Social Media for Successful Advocacy: Pipe Dream or Reality (Presenter: Jennifer N. Avari Silva, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• How a Year in Social Media Made Me Better Electrophysiologist (Presenter: Rakesh Gopinathannair, MA, MD, FHRS)

 

 

 

 

Allied Professionals Luncheon 21st Century EP and 40 Years of Growth

 

• 40 Years of HRS: Past, Present & Future (Presenter: Erica S. Zado, PAC, FHRS)
• Update on EP Biosensors and Wearables (Presenter: Monica Pammer Austin, PAC)

 

Allied Professionals Luncheon Real-World Approach to Evolving Practices in EP

 

• Implementing Shared Decision-Making Tools/Decisional Aids (Presenter: Lori Harvey, CCNS, CNS, CCDS)
• Evolving Device Clinic Staffing Strategies in the Age of “Big Data” (Presenter: David J. Orenstein, FHRS, CEPS, CCDS)
• Creating Multi-disciplenary Integrated Clinics for Improved Patient Care (Presenter: Jeroen ML Hendriks, MS, PhD, RN)
• Performing MRI’s in Patients with Cardiac Devices (Presenter: Tamara M. Brunker, MHS, PAC)

 

Atrial Fibrillation Centers of Excellence What Can HRS Do to Help

 

• What is a “Center of Excellence” and Why Should I Consider Establishing This at My Hospital? (Presenter: Suneet Mittal, BA, MD, FHRS)
• Taking Care of the “Whole Patient”: The Role of Prevention (Presenter: Jonathan M. Kalman, MBBS, PhD, FHRS)
• What are the “Nuts and Bolts” of Establishing a Center? (Presenter: James Allred, MD)
• An International Perspective (Presenter: Thomas Deneke, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• The Role of the Interdisciplinary Team (Presenter: Jeroen ML Hendriks, MS, PhD, RN)
• The Role of Registries in Centers of Excellence: How Do We Improve Performance? (Presenter: William R. Lewis, MD, FHRS)

 

Attendee Orientation

 

• Chair (Presenter: Fred Kusumoto,) (PDF)
• Chair (Presenter: Fred Kusumoto,) (Slides)

 

Beware the DIY Genome Analysis Update for Practitioners of Inaccurate Results in Direct-to-Consumer Testing for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease Genes

 

• What’s in a Test? Differences Between Clinical Genetic Testing and Direct to Consumer Testing (Presenter: Tia Gabriela Rill Moscarello, BS, MS)
• Wrong Diagnoses and Inappropriate ICDs: Pitfalls of using DTC results for clinical care (Presenter: Brittney A. Murray, MS)
• Long Term Implications of DTC Testing, Clinical Utility and Use of Healthcare Resources (Presenter: Patricia L Arscott, MS, CGC)

 

Cardiac Electrophysiology Society Scientific Session Predicting and Treating AF – The Impact of Big Data Analysis

 

• CES Business meeting (Presenter: Charles Antzelevitch, PhD, FHRS) (PDF)
• CES Business meeting (Presenter: Charles Antzelevitch, PhD, FHRS) (Slides)
• Atrial fibrillation: Lessons learned from the Framingham Heart Study (Presenter: Emelia J. Benjamin, MD)
• Monitoring Devices to Detect Early Stage AF (Presenter: Gregory M. Marcus, MD, FHRS)
• Present and Future of AF Ablation and Other Invasive Approaches (Presenter: Hugh Calkins, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• The 2019 Gordon K. Moe Lectureship: Atrial Fibrillation — From Genetics to Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets (Presenter: Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD)

 

Cardiac Imaging for Screening, Prognostication, and Treatment of Arrhythmias

 

• Advanced MR Tissue Imaging: A Novel Arrhythmia Predictor and Screening Tool (Presenter: Peter M. Kistler, MBBS, PhD, FHRS)
• Redefining “Lone Atrial Fibrillation” Using Advanced Imaging Modalities (Presenter: Christian Mahnkopf, MD)
• Imaging of Atrial Myopathy to Predict Cardiovascular Outcomes (Presenter: Nazem Akoum, MD, MS, FHRS)
• Fibrosis and Ventricular Arrhythmogenesis: Role of Cardiac MRI (Presenter: Mohammad Shenasa, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Cardiac MRI and CT for Cardiac Mapping and Ablation (Presenter: Philipp Sommer, MD, FHRS)

 

CCEP Program Directors’ Luncheon CCEP Training in 2019

 

• Chair (Presenter: Usha B. Tedrow, MD, MS, FHRS)
• Invited Speaker (Presenter: George H. Crossley, MD, FHRS)
• Invited Speaker (Presenter: Ronald D. Berger, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Invited Speaker (Presenter: Usha B. Tedrow, MD, MS, FHRS)

 

Early Career Research

 

• “Now that my notes are done…” — Performing Research as a Young Clinician (Presenter: Sanjiv M. Narayan, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Odd Bedfellows: QI and Traditional Science (Presenter: Jose Luis Merino, MD, PhD)
• Finding the Right Journal for Your Manuscript (Presenter: Peng-Sheng Chen, MD, FHRS)
• Show Me the Money: Funding Opportunities at the NIH and Elsewhere (Presenter: Jonathan R. Kaltman, MD)
• Collaboration Beyond HR Scientific Sessions (Presenter: Christopher Semsarian, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FHRS)

 

Global Disparities in Cardiac Pacemaker Therapy

 

• Global Disparities in Pacemaker Use: Overview of the Problem and Potential Solutions (Presenter: Behzad B. Pavri, MD, FHRS)
• Pacemaker Re-Use: Review of the Evidence (Presenter: Sunil K. Sinha, MD, FHRS)
• A Way Forward: Project My Heart Your Heart (Presenter: Thomas C. Crawford, MD, FHRS)
• FDA Perspective on Pacemaker Re-Use (Presenter: Brian Lewis, MD)
• Global Disparities in Pacemaker Use: Where Do We Go From Here? (Presenter: Stephen C. Vlay, MD, FHRS)
• Panel Discussion (Presenter: Panel Discussion)

 

 

 

 

 

Global Heart Rhythm Quality Improvement Forum

 

• Reducing Risk Factors via Team-based Care (Presenter: Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD, FHRS)
• Key Issues Related to Adhering to AF Guidelines in China (Presenter: Yan Yao, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Initiating AF Ablation Standardization (Presenter: Thomas Deneke, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Developing Effective AF Care in India (Presenter: Anil Saxena, MBBS, MD)

 

Global Roundtable Challenging Cases in Clinical EP (China, Croatia, S. Africa, Argentina, Israel)

 

• Case from China (Presenter: NING Zhang, MD)
• Case from Croatia (Presenter: Ivan Sikirica,)
• Invited Speaker (Presenter: Sarah Kraus, MBChB)
• Case from Argentina (Presenter: Luis E Aguinaga Arrascue, MD, PhD)
• Case from Israel (Presenter: Anat Milman, MD, PhD)

 

Heart Rhythm Bowl Finals

 

• Chair (Presenter: Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy, MD, FHRS)
• Official Judge (Presenter: Amin Al-Ahmad, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Official Judge (Presenter: T. Jared Bunch, MD, FHRS)
• Official Judge (Presenter: Wendy S. Tzou, MD, FHRS)
• Official Judge (Presenter: Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD, FHRS)
• Official Scorekeeper (Presenter: Ragesh Panikkath, MD)
• Official Scorekeeper (Presenter: Ricardo Cardona Guarache, MD, MPH)
• Official Scorekeeper (Presenter: Rakesh Gopinathannair, MA, MD, FHRS)
• Official Scorekeeper (Presenter: Niti Chadha, MBBS, MD, CCDS, CEPS-A)

 

Heart Rhythm Bowl Semifinals

 

• Chair (Presenter: Dhanunjaya R. Lakkireddy, MD, FHRS)
• Official Judge (Presenter: Amin Al-Ahmad, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Official Judge (Presenter: T. Jared Bunch, MD, FHRS)
• Official Judge (Presenter: Wendy S. Tzou, MD, FHRS)
• Official Judge (Presenter: Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD, FHRS)
• Official Scorekeeper (Presenter: Rakesh Gopinathannair, MA, MD, FHRS)
• Official Scorekeeper (Presenter: Sergio L. Pinski, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS-A)
• Official Scorekeeper (Presenter: Jason G. Andrade, MD, FHRS)
• Official Scorekeeper (Presenter: Niti Chadha, MBBS, MD, CCDS, CEPS-A)

 

Heart Rhythm Society’s Research Fellowship Awards

 

• Chair (Presenter: Kenneth R. Laurita, PhD) (PDF)
• Chair (Presenter: Kenneth R. Laurita, PhD) (Slides)
• Winner of the Kenneth M. Rosen Fellowship in Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology Scholarship (Presenter: Anna Pfenniger, MD, PhD)
• Winner of the Clinical Research Award in Honor of Mark Josephson and Hein Wellens Scholarship (Presenter: Adam C. Lee, MBBS, CEPS-A, CCDS)
• Past HRS Fellowship Award Winner (Presenter: Gregory M. Marcus, MD, FHRS)
• 2019 Award Presentation and Significance of HRS Awards (Presenter: Peng-Sheng Chen, MD, FHRS)

 

HeartRhythm Journal Presents Part I New Therapies for Cardiac Arrhythmias

 

• Permanent His-bundle Pacing as an Alternative to Biventricular Pacing for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Multicenter Experience (Presenter: Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD, FHRS)
• Permanent His-bundle Pacing: Long-term Lead Performance and Clinical Outcomes (Presenter: Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD, FHRS)
• Catheter Ablation vs Electrophysiologically Guided Thoracoscopic Surgical Ablation in Long-standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: The CASA-AF Study (Presenter: Tom Wong,)
• Clinical Effectiveness of a Systematic “Pill-in-the-Pocket” Approach for the Management of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: Jason G. Andrade, MD, FHRS)

 

 

HeartRhythm Journal Presents Part II: New Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias

 

• Presence of cardiomyocytes exhibiting Purkinje-type morphology and prominent connexin45 immunoreactivity in the myocardial sleeves of cardiac veins (Presenter: SzilviaKugler, MD)
• Using the genome aggregation database, computational pathogenicity prediction tools, and patch clamp heterologous expression studies to demote previously published long QT syndrome …
• Antiarrhythmic Effects of Vagal Nerve Stimulation after Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation in the Setting of Chronic Myocardial Infarction (Presenter: Marmar Vaseghi, MD, MS, PhD, FHR …
• Cardiac Electrical Dyssynchrony Is Accurately Detected by Noninvasive Electrocardiographic Imaging (Presenter: Laura R Bear, PhD)

 

History Session Agustin Castellanos Jr. (1928-2017)

 

• Agustin Castellanos Jr.: The Man, Those Times and A Teacher’s Remarkable Journey to Critical Deductive Scholarship (Presenter: Robert J. Myerburg, MD)
• “Tino” Castellanos and the early days of His Bundle Physiology, Pathology and Pacing (Presenter: Ruey J. Sung, MD)
• Pioneering Studies in Electrocardiography and the Diagnosis of Conduction Abnormalities in Acute Myocardial Infarction (Presenter: Samuel Levy, MD)
• Deductive ECG Analysis in Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia and its Laboratory Validation — A Master’s Lesson Opening a New Frontier — Ablation (Presenter: Nadir Saoudi, MD, …
• Barouh Berkovits and” Tino” Castellanos: The Extraordinary Couple who bought us Dual Chamber Pacemakers (Presenter: Sanjeev Saksena, MBBS, MD, FHRS)

 

Innovation in Cardiac Electrophysiology How an Idea Grows From Concept to Reality

 

• Panel Discussion (Presenter: Paul J. Wang, MD, FHRS)
• Entrepreneurship: Medical Innovation and Return on Investment (Presenter: George Stuart Mendenhall, MD, FHRS)
• The Route to FDA Approval (Presenter: Kimberly A. Selzman, MD, MPH, FHRS)
• Acceptance: From Science to Primetime (Presenter: Gust H Bardy, MD)

 

Integrating Mobile Technologies Into Clinical Care New Partnerships

 

• Using Mobile Medical Technology to Communicate with Patients: Opportunities and Challenges (Presenter: David J. Slotwiner, MD, FHRS)
• Strategies to Use Mobile Medical Technology to Enhance Clinician- Patient Communication (Presenter: KathyLoveless, ACNP, CEPS, CCDS)
• Case Study: Using Mobile Medical Technologies to Enhance Patient Care (Presenter: Raghuveer Dendi, MD, FHRS)
• Case Study: Using Mobile Medical Technologies to Enhance Patient Care (Presenter: Rohit Malhotra,)
• Case Study: Using Mobile Medical Technology to Enhance Parent Care for Children (Presenter: Nathan Miller, BSN, NREMTB, RN)
• FDA Regulation of Mobile Medical Technology (Presenter: Arielle Drummond, PhD)

 

Live Case Presentation From Geisinger Heart Institute

 

• Chair (Presenter: Gopi Dandamudi, MD, FHRS)
• Panelist (Presenter: Weijian Huang, MD, FHRS) (PDF)
• Panelist (Presenter: Weijian Huang, MD, FHRS) (Slides)

 

Live Case Presentation From Vanderbilt University

 

• Chair (Presenter: Bruce A. Koplan, MD, MPH, FHRS)
• Operator (VT) (Presenter: Arvindh N. Kanagasundram, MD, FHRS) (PDF)
• Operator (VT) (Presenter: Arvindh N. Kanagasundram, MD, FHRS) (Slides)
• Moderator (VT) (Presenter: William G. Stevenson, MD, FHRS)
• Operator (LAA) (Presenter: Christopher R. Ellis, MD, FHRS)

 

Novel Approaches to Arrhythmia Therapy

 

• Gene Therapy for AF (Presenter: J. Kevin Donahue, MD)
• Optogenetics (Presenter: Patrick Boyle, BS, PhD, FHRS)
• Advances and Challenges in Drug Discovery for AF (Presenter: Sunil Kapur, BS, MD)
• CaMKII Inhibition in Heart Failure and AF (Presenter: Mark E. Anderson, MD, FHRS)
• Cytokine based therapy for AF (Presenter: David Conen, MD, MPH)

 

Presenting the 2019 HRS Expert Consensus Statement on Evaluation, Risk Stratification, and Management of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy

 

• HRS Clinical Documents (Presenter: Julia H. Indik, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Diagnostics (Presenter: Andrew D. Krahn, MD, FHRS)
• Genetics (Presenter: Daniel P. Judge, MD)
• Pathophysiology (Presenter: Michael John Ackerman, MD, PhD)
• General Management and Exercise (Presenter: Cynthia A. James, PhD, CGC)
• Arrhythmia Management and Risk Stratification (Presenter: N. A. Mark Estes, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• Diagnosis and Management of Left-Sided ARVC Case Study (Presenter: LuisaMestroni, MD)
• Electrophysiology Case Study (Presenter: Mark S. Link, MD, FHRS)

 

Presenting the 2019 HRSEHRAAPHRSLAHRS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias

 

• Preprocedure Assessment (Presenter: Haris M. Haqqani, MBBS, PhD, FHRS)
• Indications for Catheter Ablation of VA (Presenter: Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD, MHS, FHRS, CCDS)
• Mapping of VA (Presenter: Thomas Deneke, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Practical Aspects of Catheter Ablation of VA (Presenter: Francis E. Marchlinski, MD, FHRS)
• Postprocedural Care (Presenter: Luiz Leite, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Co-Chair (Presenter: Frank M. Bogun, MD)

 

Putting Real World Evidence to Work Answering Today’s Research and Regulatory Questions

 

• Using Registry Data for your Research Question: A Guide for Clinical Scientists (Presenter: Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD, FHRS, CCDS)
• The Role of Registry Data in the Regulatory Environment (Presenter: Li Wang, MS, PhD)
• The NCDR ICD Registry: It’s Status, Relevance and Future Use (Presenter: Paul D Varosy, MD, FHRS)
• EP PASSION: A New Paradigm for Lead Surveillance (Presenter: Kimberly A. Selzman, MD, MPH, FHRS)
• Feasibility Study to Evaluate the Use of mHealth as Data Source in Post-Market Surveillance (Presenter: Rachel J. Lampert, MD, FHRS)

 

Shared Decision Making (SDM) From Theory to Clinical Practice

 

• What is Shared Decision Making and Why Do We Need It? (Presenter: David J. Slotwiner, MD, FHRS)
• What is an SDM Tool? How Do I Find or Create One? (Presenter: DanielMatlock, MD, MPH)
• Shared Decision Making: CMS Perspective (Presenter: Robert Kazmierski, PhD)
• SDM in Clinical Practice: Patients Considering LAAO Therapy (Presenter: Bryan Baranowski, MD)
• SDM in Clinical Practice: Patients Considering Anticoagulation for AF? (Presenter: Peter A. Noseworthy, MD, FHRS)

 

Stanford Biodesign New Arrhythmia Technologies Retreat Highlights

 

• Biologic Markers and SCD (Presenter: Christine M Albert, MD, MPH, FHRS)
• Genetics of Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD)
• Modeling Arrhythmias: An Update (Presenter: Natalia A. Trayanova, PhD, FHRS)
• Pacing, Neuromodulation, and Sensors for Heart Failure (Presenter: Jagmeet P. Singh, MD, PhD, FHRS)
• Novel Imaging of Substrate in Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: Eugene G. Kholmovski, PhD)
• Nonthermal Electroporation Ablation (Presenter: Kars Neven, MD, PhD)
• Laser and Ultrasound Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: Jacob S Koruth, MBBS, MD) (PDF)
• Laser and Ultrasound Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: Jacob S Koruth, MBBS, MD) (Slides)
• Balloon Cryoablation of Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: Wilber W. Su, MD, FHRS)
• EP-guided Noninvasive Cardiac Radioablation (ENCORE) (Presenter: Phillip Cuculich, MD)

 

What Are Atypical Clinical Paths Really Like

 

• Doctors Without Borders (Presenter: Sri Sundaram, MD, FHRS)
• Electrophysiology in the Military (Presenter: Matthew Needleman, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)
• National Institutes of Health Fellowships (Presenter: Crystal M. Ripplinger, PhD, FHRS)
• Rural Electrophysiology (Presenter: Susan P. Etheridge, MD, FHRS, CEPS-P)

 

What to Do When That Familial Disease Might Not Be So Familial After All Implications of New Data for Managing HCM & ARVC Families

 

• Non-Familial ARVC — Is it All Exercise-Induced? (Presenter: Cynthia A. James, MS, PhD)
• Non-Familial HCM — Can it Be Predicted by Phenotype? (Presenter: Jodie Ingles, MPH, PhD)
• Implications for Genetic Counseling — Anticipatory Guidance and Variant Interpretation (Presenter: Katherine G. Spoonamore, MS, CGC)
• Implications for Clinical Surveillance of Relatives (Presenter: Peter van Tintelen, MD, PhD)

 

Women in EP Networking Luncheon Supporting and Promoting Women Investigators

 

• Chair (Presenter: Ulrika Maria Birgersdotter-Green, MD, FHRS)
• Invited Speaker (Presenter: Silvia G Priori, MD, PhD)
• Invited Speaker (Presenter: Christine M. Albert, MD, MPH, FHRS)
• Invited Speaker (Presenter: C. NoelBairey Merz,)
• Utility Of Thirty-day Continuous Ambulatory Monitoring To Identify Patient With Delayed Occurrence Of Atrioventricular Block After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (Presenter … (PDF)
• Utility Of Thirty-day Continuous Ambulatory Monitoring To Identify Patient With Delayed Occurrence Of Atrioventricular Block After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (Presenter … (Slides)
• The Power Of Three: An Uncommon Cause Of Atrial Far-field Myopotential Capture (Presenter: Lauren Ashley Rousseau, PAC, CCDS) (PDF)
• A Novel Irrigated Temperature-Controlled Lattice Ablation Catheter for Deep Ventricular Substrate: A Preclinical Biophysical Characterization (Presenter: AyeletShapira-Daniels, MD) (PDF)
• A Novel Irrigated Temperature-Controlled Lattice Ablation Catheter for Deep Ventricular Substrate: A Preclinical Biophysical Characterization (Presenter: AyeletShapira-Daniels, MD) (Slides)
• Characterizing Macroreentrant Atrial Flutter With Electromechanical Wave Imaging (Presenter: LeaMelki, MS) (PDF)
• Characterizing Macroreentrant Atrial Flutter With Electromechanical Wave Imaging (Presenter: LeaMelki, MS) (Slides)
• Remote Monitoring Alerts For Atrial Fibrillation And Implications For Anticoagulation: A Retrospective Analysis Of A Large Remote Monitoring Cohort (Presenter: CatherineO’Shea, MBB … (PDF)
• Remote Monitoring Alerts For Atrial Fibrillation And Implications For Anticoagulation: A Retrospective Analysis Of A Large Remote Monitoring Cohort (Presenter: CatherineO’Shea, MBB … (Slides)
• Ventricular Assist Device Patients Experience A High Incidence Of ICD Shocks Despite Programming With ATP (Presenter: Julie B. Shea, MS, MSN, FHRS, CCDS) (PDF)
• Ventricular Assist Device Patients Experience A High Incidence Of ICD Shocks Despite Programming With ATP (Presenter: Julie B. Shea, MS, MSN, FHRS, CCDS) (Slides)

 

Young Investigator Awards Competition

 

• Essential Role Of Sodium Channel Isoforms In Maintaining The Robust Intranodal Conduction Of The Human Sinoatrial Node (Presenter: NingLi, MD, PhD)
• Targeting Serum Glucocorticoid Kinase 1 In Obesity-related Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: AneeshBapat, MD)
• Cardiac Restricted Loss Of Zfhx3 Perturbs Atrial Sidedness And Increases Susceptibility To Atrial Arrhythmias (Presenter: AlanHanley,)
• A Novel Ring-type Wearable Device Equipped With Deep Learning Algorithm Using Photoplethysmographic Signals For Detecting Atrial Fibrillation (Presenter: SoonilKwon,)
• Percutaneous Epicardial Placement Of A Prototype Miniature Pacemaker Under Direct Visualization: An Infant Porcine Chronic Survival Study (Presenter: Rohan Narendra Kumthekar, MD)

 

 

 

21. Translational Electrophysiology

EP Lab 2049 How Today’s Scientific Innovations Will Transform Tomorrow’s Arrhythmia Treatments

 

• Noninvasive Characterization of Focal Arrhythmia with Electromechanical Wave Imaging (Presenter: ElisaKonofagou,)
• Ultra-Rapid, Tissue-Selective Ablation with Pulsed Electric Fields (Presenter: Vivek Y. Reddy, MD)
• Ablation Guided by Deep Learning-Based Classification of Intracardiac Electrograms (Presenter: Jerome Kalifa, MD)
• Noninvasive Cardiac Radiation for Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia (Presenter: Phillip Cuculich, MD)
• Targeted Ablation Procedures Guided by Personalized Computational Modeling (Presenter: Natalia A. Trayanova, PhD, FHRS)

 

MicroRNAs Involvement in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Disease

 

• MiRNAs and Sinus Node Dysfunction (Presenter: Vadim V Fedorov, PhD) (PDF)
• MiRNAs and Sinus Node Dysfunction (Presenter: Vadim V Fedorov, PhD) (Slides)
• MiRNAs Triggered Cardiac Remodeling (Presenter: Isabelle Deschenes, PhD)
• MiRNAs and Heart Failure Mortality (Presenter: Ryan L. Boudreau,)
• MiRNAs Biophysically Modulate Cardiac Ion Channels (Presenter: Jidong Fu, MD PhD)
• MicroRNA and Sudden Cardiac Death (Presenter: Barry London, MD, PhD)

 

The Right Ventricle as an Arrhythmia Source What Is Different About It

 

• Asymmetric Response to Exercise and its Impact to Arrhythmias (Presenter: Andre La Gerche, MBBS, PhD)
• Combining Computer Modeling and Cardiac Imaging to Understand Right Ventricular Pump Function and Susceptibility to Arrhythmias (Presenter: Joost Lumens, MSBME, PhD)
• The Right Ventricle in Brugada Syndrome: Structural Substrate and the Success of Epicardial Ablation (Presenter: Koonlawee Nademanee, MD, FHRS, CCDS)

 

Ventricular Arrhythmias and the His Purkinje System

 

• Historical Perspective (Presenter: Ruben Coronel, MD, PhD)
• Translator (Presenter: Glenn I. Fishman, MD, FHRS) (PDF)
• Translator (Presenter: Glenn I. Fishman, MD, FHRS) (Slide