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08:00 – 08:30
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Coffee & Visit Exhibition
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08:30 – 10:40
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PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTIONAL THERAPIES:
HOW TO BEST ACCOMPLISH THEM: WHAT TO EXPECT TODAY?
Chairs: Dipen Shah & Richard Schilling
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08:30 – 08:50
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PVI
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Dipen Shah
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08:50 – 09:10
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WACA
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Hakan Oral
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09:10 – 09:30
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Maze
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Frank Marchlinski
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09:30 – 09:50
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CFAE
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Koonlawee Nademanee
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09:50 – 10:20
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Autonomic Modification
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Hiroshi Nakagawa
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10:20 – 10:40
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Treating “permanent” AF
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Richard Schilling
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10:40 – 11:00
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Coffee & Visit Exhibition
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11:00 – 12:30
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THE BEST ABSTRACTS FROM ACC, AHA, ECAS, ESC,
EUROPACE AND HRS
Chairs: Albert L. Waldo & Bruce Lindsay
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11:00 – 11:30
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Stefan Hohnloser
“Dronedarone in atrial fibrillation: Results from the ATHENA trial”
Presented at the HRS Meeting May 2008
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11:30 – 11:50
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Hendrik Bonnemeier
“Effect of aging on onset scenarios of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation”
Presented at the ESC September 2007
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11:50 – 12:10
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Stephen Cha
“Hospitalization after First Atrial Fibrillation Diagnosis: Changing Trends and Relation to Practice Pattern”
Presented at the ACC Meeting March 2008
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12:10 – 12:30
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Afraaz Irani
“Visualization Ablation gaps in vitro using a deflectable fiber optic endocardial visualization catheter”
Presented at the ACC Meeting March 2008
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12:30 – 13:30
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Lunch and Visit Exhibition
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13:30 – 14:10
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AF AND IMPLANTABLE DEVICES: DETECTION, DIFFICULTIES AND THERAPIES
Chairs: Massimo Santini & George Klein
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13:30 – 13:50
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Devices to detect, diagnose and monitor AF
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George Klein
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13:50 – 14:10
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Resynchronisation therapy in the presence of AF
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Anne Curtis
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14:10 – 15:40
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HOW TO ……..
Chairs: Edward Rowland & Sabine Ernst
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14:10 – 14:25
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….Perform a transceptal puncture
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Roberto de Ponti
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14:25 – 14:40
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….Get the most out of ICE
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Andrea Natale
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14:40 – 14:55
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….Use combination drug therapy in AF
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Albert L. Waldo
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14:55 – 15:10
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….Occlude the LAA
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Vivek Reddy
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15:10 – 15:25
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….Manage Peri procedural anticoagulation
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David Haines
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15:25 – 15:40
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....Assess AF Burden
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Mark O’Neill
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15:40 – 16:00
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Tea and Coffee
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16:00 – 17:00
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION OF NEW AND
INVESTIGATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES
Chairs: Hiroshi Nakagawa & John Morgan
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16:00 – 16:15
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Balloon AF Ablation
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Karl Heinz Kuck
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16:15 – 16:30
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Simultaneous multi electrode RF delivery
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Lucas Boersma
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16:30 – 16:45
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Merge technologies
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Vivek Reddy
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16:45 – 17:00
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Mesh Mapping and Pulsed RF Ablation
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David Keane
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17:00 – 17:40
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REMOTE NAVIGATION AND CATHETER CONTROL
Chairs: Shih-Ann Chen & Hans Kottkamp
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17:00 – 17:20
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Stereotaxis
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Giuseppe Augello
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17:20 – 17:40
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Hansen Medical
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Prapa Kanagaratnam
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17:40 – 17:45
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Closing remarks and end of Symposium
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Riccardo Cappato &
D. Wyn Davies
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