The Programme
Day 1 - Thursday 24th September 2009
| 08:55 – 09:00 |
Opening - D Wyn Davies and Riccardo Cappato
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| 09:00 – 10:00 |
HISTORY OF AF FROM OBSERVATION TO PRACTICE
Chairs: D George Wyse and Riccardo Cappato |
| 09:00 - 09:20 |
Historical anecdotes on AF |
Berndt Luderitz |
| 09:20 - 09:40 |
Landmark Studies in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation |
John Camm |
| 09:40 - 10:00 |
And today. What do we think we know now about the electrophysiology of AF? |
Maurits Allessie |
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10:00 – 10:45
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THE AF TEAM. WHAT DOES IT TAKE?
Chairs: D Wyn Davies and Linda Giusti
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| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Physician
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Prapa Kanagaratnam |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Nurse |
Debbie Sevant |
| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Technician/Physiologist |
Ian Wright |
| 10:45 – 11:15 Coffee and Visit the Exhibition |
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11:15 – 12:45
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PATIENT / PHYSICIAN INTERACTION
Chairs: Trudie Lobban and Wyn Davies |
| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Gerard 1 year on |
Gerard O’Sullivan |
| 11:30 - 11:50 |
The psychologist’s/psychiatrist’s perspective |
Jackie Gordon |
| 11:50 - 12:05 |
A surgically treated female patient’s perspective |
Hazel Hickey |
| 12:05 - 12:25 |
A general family practitioner’s perspective |
Matthew Fay |
| 12:25 - 12:45 |
A cardiologist’s perspective |
Riccardo Cappato |
| 12:45 – 13:45 Lunch and Visit the Exhibition |
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13:45 – 15:00
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NEW HORIZONS: FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES AND THERAPIES
Chairs: D Wyn Davies and David Keane
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| 13:45 - 14:00 |
EndoSense |
Dipen Shah |
| 14:00 - 14:15 |
Mesh Ablator |
David Keane |
| 14:15 - 14:30 |
CardioFocus |
Petr Neuzil |
| 14:30 - 14:45 |
CyberHeart |
D Wyn Davies |
| 14:45 - 15:00 |
HD Catheter |
Jian Chen |
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15:00 – 16:30
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WHAT’S CHANGED FOR ME LATELY IN MANAGING MY AF PATIENTS?
Chairs: Antonio Raviele and David Wilber
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| 15:00 - 15:18 |
More/New Chronic Antithrombotic Strategies |
D George Wyse |
| 15:18 - 15:36 |
Earlier ablation – or not |
Edward Rowland |
| 15:36 - 15:54 |
More ablation of persistent AF – or not |
Dipen Shah |
| 15:54 - 16:12 |
More discontinuation of anticoagulation after ablation – or not |
Albert L Waldo |
| 16:12 - 16:30 |
More information from device interrogation |
Taya Glotzer |
| 16:30 – 17:00 Tea and Visit Exhibition |
| 17:00 – 18:30 |
NEW DRUG TREATMENTS: IMPORTANT IN FUTURE CLINICAL PRACTICE?
Chairs: Samuel Levy and D George Wyse |
| 17:00 - 17:20 |
Are lessons from AFFIRM, RACE and AF CHF already out of date? |
Albert L Waldo |
| 17:20 - 17:40 |
Dronedarone |
Stefan Hohnloser |
| 17:40 - 18:00 |
Is there a long-term alternative to anticoagulation? |
Vivek Reddy |
| 18:00 - 18:30 |
Novel anticoagulants - Is this the dawn of a paradigm shift? |
Michael Ezekowitz |
| 18:30 – 19:00 |
CHOOSING THE CATHETER OR THE SCALPEL: Round Table Discussion
Chairs: Gerard Guiraudon and Nicholas Peters |
| 18:30 - 18:45 |
Never for an arrhythmia surgeon? |
Hans Kottkamp |
| 18:45 - 19:00 |
Never for an interventional electrophysiologist |
Ottavio Alfieri |
| 20:00 – 23:00 Cocktails followed by Gala Dinner |
Day 2 - Friday 25th September 2009
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08:30 – 10:00
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THE DIFFERENT AF RF ABLATION TECHNIQUES
Chairs: Feifan Ouyang and Warren Jackman
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08:30 - 08:45
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RF – are we using all the power first of all?
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Fred Wittkampf
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08:45 - 09:00
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PVI and WACA
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Richard Schilling
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09:00 - 09:15
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CFAE and Autonomic Modification
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Warren Jackman
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09:15 - 09:30
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Ablation of non-paroxysmal AF: Linear Maze, stepwise or random?
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Meleze Hocini
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09:30 - 10:00
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Are we heading towards an unified approach to AF ablation?
Round Table Discussion: Richard Schilling, David Keane, Douglas L Packer, Warren Jackman, Mark O’Neill
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| 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee and Visit Exhibition |
| 10:30 – 12:00 |
BEST ABSTRACTS FROM AHA, ACC, ECAS, HRS, EUROPACE, ESC
Chairs: Hugh Calkins and Edward Rowland |
| 10:30 - 10:50 |
Modality and Guideline-Adherent Antithrombotic Treatment compared with undertreatment and overtreatment in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Presented at the ACC Meeting 2009
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Laurent Fauchier |
| 10:50 - 11:10 |
Comparative Ablation Analysis in a Swine Intracardiac Model: Lesion Effectiveness of Ablation within the Therapeutic Range of 2 irrigated, 1 non irrigated and one cryoablation catheter.
Presented at the AHA Meeting 2008 |
Robert Robichaux |
| 11:10 - 11:30 |
Visually-guided isolation of the PVs Using a Compliant Laser Balloon Catheter.
Presented at the HRS Meeting 2008 |
Srinivas Dukkipati |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Feasibility of biopolymer scaffold-based fibroblast engineering for creation of impulse propagation blocking and conducting pathways in vitro.
Presented at the HRS Meeting 2008 |
Douglas L Packer |
| 12:00 – 13:00 |
HOW TO …. ?
Chairs: Prapa Kanagaratnam and Mike Griffith |
| 12:00 - 12:20 |
Perform a transeptal puncture |
Roberto de Ponti |
| 12:20 - 12:40 |
Use ICE |
Douglas L Packer |
| 12:40 - 13:00 |
Define and confirm success after AF ablation |
Carlo Pappone |
| 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and Visit Exhibition |
| 14:00 – 15:15 |
VIDEO DEMOS
Chairs: Sabine Ernst and Vias Markides |
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14:00 - 14:15
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Hansen Medical |
Prapa Kanagaratnam |
| 14:15 - 14:30 |
Stereotaxis |
Giuseppe Augello |
| 14:30 - 14:45 |
Cryo Balloon Ablation |
Heinz-Friedrich Pitschner |
| 14:45 - 15:00 |
CARTO® 3 System |
Sabine Ernst |
| 15:00 - 15:15 |
PVAC Ablations |
Maurits Wijffels |
| 15:15 – 16:00 |
3-D MAPPING
Chairs: Douglas L Packer and Richard Schilling |
| 15:15 - 15:30 |
When and How? |
David Wilber |
| 15:30 - 15:45 |
Why/when not? |
Koonlawee Nadamanee |
| 15:45 - 16:00 |
Integration of Rotational CT and Realtime Fluoroscopy |
Hein Heidbuchel |
| 16:00 – 17:20 |
COCHRANE LIBRARY (The Meta-analyses Corner)
Chairs: Richard Hauer and George Klein |
| 16:00 - 16:20 |
Limitations of the literature, registries and surveys in aiding clinical practice |
Hugh Calkins |
| 16:20 - 16:40 |
Anti-arrhythmic drugs |
Harry Crijns |
| 16:40 - 17:00 |
Catheter Ablation |
Gerhard Hindricks |
| 17:00 - 17:20 |
From all of the above, how should I now treat my different AF patients? |
George Klein |
| 17:20 – 17:30 |
Closing Remarks and Cocktails, tea and biscuits!
Riccardo Cappato and D Wyn Davies |
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