Cardiac
Preliminary Program
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
12:00 Registration
12:30 Welcome
12:40 Introduction by the chairmen
Session 1 - Reducing AF Recurrence
12:55 Techniques for validating success, waiting, drugs, inducibility
13:35 An introduction to ECI force measurement: technology and evidence
14:05 Live case - PAF ablation with electrical contact
During live case:
- Case review and audience participation - AF and the prognostic benefit of AF ablation
- Coffee break
- Contact force - techniques, technologies and evidence
- Multiple energy sources to reduce recurrence
- Key note lectures - My management if I had asymptomatic AF - what, when and why
16:35 Case review and audience participations (IEPC Alumni)
17:00 Adjournment day 1
19:30 Group dinner
Thursday, February 10, 2011
08:30 Welcome and overview of day’s cases
Session 2 - Optimizing your Outcomes
08:55 Patient selection, consent and preparation - when in the learning curve, who and how to select
9:30 Live case - left atrial tachycardia (Flutter with NavX)
During live case:
- How to treat patients with recurrent AF/Attach and when not to treat them
- Case review and audience participations (IEPC Alumni Network)
12:30 Lunch (case will run in if needed)
Session 3 - Optimizing Maneuverability and Accuracy
13:30 Live case - persistent AF (with CoolFlex) and introduction to Mediguide.
During live case:
- Maneuverability how and when to use reach for maneuverability - catheters, steerable sheaths, robots
- 3D navigation and image integration: tips and tricks for knowing where you are
- Case review and audience participations (IEPC Alumni Network)
16:00 Closing remarks
16:15 Meeting evaluation
16:30 Meeting close