This EACTS Arrhythmia Course course will run from 10-11 January 2020
FRIDAY 10 JANUARY (08:00-18:00)
Part 1: Atrial Fibrillation Heart Team A.D. 2020 |
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| FUNDAMENTALS | ||
| Presentations: | ||
| Atrial fibrillation – from pathophysiology to clinical management | ||
| Everything you always wanted to know about catheter ablation, but were too afraid to ask | ||
| Living anatomy for electrophysicists (EPs) and ablating surgeons – live heart specimen presentation | ||
| Arrhythmia monitoring – sunshine and shadows | ||
| Live Case: | ||
| Hybrid non-X-ray atrial fibrillation ablation | ||
| TECHNIQUES | ||
| Live-in-a-box videos: | ||
| Catheter cryoballoon ablation | ||
| Radiofrequency catheter ablation | ||
| Stand-alone and concominant MAZE IV | ||
| GALAXY procedure | ||
| Epicardial unilateral ablation | ||
| Bilateral thoracoscopic bipolar ablation | ||
| Unilateral bipolar ablation | ||
| Transabdominal and subxiphoid approach for ablation | ||
| Discussion: How to choose the optimal ablation technique | ||
| AF HEART TEAM 2020 | ||
| Presentations: | ||
| Heart team in concomitant ablation | ||
| Latest data from Polish KROK Registry on concomitant ablation | ||
| Arrhythmia heart team | ||
| Patient-centric EP-surgeon interaction | ||
| “CEASE AF” and other ongoing trials in the field | ||
| Best of a EP and surgeon’s experience in atrial fibrillation treatment | ||
| Discussion | ||
Part 2: Heart Team in VT and Neuromodulation |
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| Presentations: | ||
| Hybrid approach in ventricular tachycardia (VT) | ||
| Brugada syndrome: Pathophysiology and treatment | ||
| Current view on neuromodulation | ||
| Epicardial ventricular tachycardia | ||
| Epicardial treatment of Brugada syndrome and inappropriate sinus tachycardia | ||
| Live Case: | ||
| Thoracoscopic bilateral sympathectomy for ventricular tachycardia | ||
| Close |
SATURDAY 11 JANUARY (08:00-13:30)
Part 3: Pacemaker Transvenous Lead Extraction |
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| Presentations: | ||
| Transvenous lead extraction (TLE): Epidemiology and indications | ||
| Subclavian access techniques and results for complex TLE | ||
| Non-subclavian access for TLE | ||
| Role of the heart team in TLE | ||
| Live-in-a-box video: Complex lead extraction cases | ||
| Live-in-a-box video: Lead extraction using suction device | ||
| Coffee break and wetlab in lead extraction technologies | ||
Part 4: Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) |
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| Presentations: | ||
| Left atrial appendage occlusion – rationale, indications and outcomes | ||
| Catheter LAAO -state of the art | ||
| Live-in-a-box video: LAAO using hybrid approach | ||
| Left atrial appendage closure in different surgical scenarios | ||
| Mechanistic finding after LAAO | ||
| Stand-alone epicardial LAAO – need for registry | ||
| LAAO in patients in sinus rhythm? – rationale and current data | ||
| LAAO in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) | ||
| Live Case: | ||
| Thoracoscopic LAA closure – sole therapy | ||
| Take home message | ||
| Close |
The above programme is subject to change
COURSE INFORMATION
Date/Duration
20-21 June 2024 (2 day course)
Location
Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration
Woloska Str. 137
02-507 Warsaw
Poland
See HERE for more information
Course Directors
P Suwalski, Warsaw; T Hanke, Hamburg
Course Format
2 day programme interactive lectures, live-in-a-box videos and live surgical cases.
Course Fee
To be announced
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