Advanced Catheter Ablation: New Tips, Techniques and Technologies for Complex Arrhythmias

September 7-10, 2019
Swissotel Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Credit Types: AMA PRA Category 1™ (28.0), ABIM MOC Points (28.0), Price: $1095-$975 | Early registration saves $100

Program

7:00 a.m.

Saturday, September 7. 2019

7:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

7:45 a.m.

Welcome and Course Introduction

8:00 a.m.

Fundamentals and Supraventricular Tachycardias

Moderator: William Stevenson, MD

8:00 a.m.

Mapping Fundamentals, Electrograms, and Entrainment Pitfalls

William Stevenson, MD

8:40 a.m.

Focal Atrial Tachycardia: Recognition, Mapping, Ablation

Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA

9:20 a.m.

Diagnostic Maneuvers for SVT/AVNRT/Accessory Pathways

Gregory Michaud, MD

9:50 a.m.

Question and Answer - Panel: Drs. Noseworthy and Michaud

10:00 a.m.

Refreshment Break

10:20 a.m.

Ablation of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT): Beyond the Right Atrium

Warren Jackman, MD

11:00 a.m.

Illustrative Cases of AVNRT

Warren Jackman, MD

11:50 a.m.

Question and Answer - Panel: Dr. Jackman

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Ablation of Challenging SVT, AVRNT/Accessory Pathways

Moderator: Douglas Packer, MD

1:00 p.m.

Cavotricuspid Isthmus Dependent Atrial Flutter: Tough Cases

Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA

1:40 p.m.

Challenging Accessory Pathways I

Warren Jackman, MD

2:30 p.m.

Arrhythmias in the Scarred Atria: Congenital Heart Disease, Post-Surgical Cases

Gregory Michaud, MD

3:00 p.m.

Question and Answer - Panel: Drs. Michaud, Jackman, and Wilber

3:15 p.m.

Refreshment Break

3:30 p.m.

Challenging Pathways II - Posteroseptal Pathways

Warren Jackman, MD

4:00 p.m.

Biophysics of RF: Understanding the Dangers of Contact Force and High Output Ablation.

Douglas Packer, MD

4:30 p.m.

Intracardiac Ultrasound Workshop: How Do You Get Those Views?

Gregory Michaud, MD

5:00 p.m.

Question and Answer - Panel: Drs. Jackman, Packer, and Michaud

5:15 p.m.

Adjourn

7:30 a.m.

Sunday, September 8, 2019

7:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:55 a.m.

Introductions and Comments

David Wilber, MD

8:00 a.m.

Ventricular Tachycardia

Moderator: David Wilber, MD

8:00 a.m.

Anatomy of the Ventricles Relevant to Ablation: Approaches / ECG Correlations

Samuel Asirvatham, MD

8:45 a.m.

Step by Step Approach to Ablating Outflow Tract Tachycardias

Douglas Packer, MD

9:15 a.m.

LV Summit Ventricular Arrhythmia Cases

David Wilber, MD

9:45 a.m.

Question and Answer - Panel: Drs. Asirvatham, Packer, and Wilber

10:00 a.m.

Refreshment Break

10:20 a.m.

Papillary Muscle Arrhythmias: ICE guided RF and Cryo

Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA

10:50 a.m.

Fascicular Ventricular Tachycardia

Samuel Asirvatham, MD

11:20 a.m.

Scar-Related VTs: Defining the Substrate: Voltage Mapping and Imaging in Ischemic vs Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathies

David Wilber, MD

11:50 a.m.

A Targeted Approach to Scar-Related VTs: Defining Channels

William Stevenson, MD

12:20 p.m.

Question and Answer - Panel: Drs. Noseworthy, Asirvatham, Wilber, and Stevenson

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

Ventricular Tachycardia

Moderator: William Stevenson, MD

1:30 p.m.

Epicardial Mapping and Ablation: Getting There and Getting the Job Done Safely

David Wilber, MD

2:00 p.m.

Ablation of RV Scar-related VT: ARVC, Sarcoid, Tetralogy of Fallot

William Stevenson, MD

2:30 p.m.

Hemodynamically supported VT ablation: Who and How

Vivek Reddy, MD

3:00 p.m.

Scar Homogenization for VTs: Who and How

Andrea Natale, MD

3:30 p.m.

Question and Answer - Panel: Drs. Wilber, Reddy, and Natale

3:45 p.m.

Refreshment Break

4:00 p.m.

Case Studies in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

Smit Vasaiwala, MD

4:30 p.m.

Ablation of Polymorphic VT/Ventricular Fibrillation

Vivek Reddy, MD

5:00 p.m.

Question and Answer - Panel: Drs. Vasaiwala and Reddy

5:15 p.m.

Adjourn

6:50 a.m.

Monday, September 9, 2019

6:50 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:25 a.m.

Opening Comments

7:30 a.m.

Atrial Fibrillation

Moderator: Douglas Packer, MD

7:30 a.m.

The Atria: Critical Anatomy. What You Need to Know

Samuel Asirvatham, MD

8:15 a.m.

Achieving Reliable Pulmonary Vein Isolation with RF ablation

Gregory Michaud, MD

9:00 a.m.

AF Ablation Outcomes in 2019

Douglas Packer, MD

9:30 a.m.

Question and Answer - Panel: Drs. Asirvatham, Packer, and Michaud

9:45 a.m.

Refreshment Break

10:00 a.m.

Identifying and Ablating Non PV Triggers: A Case Based Approach

Andrea Natale, MD

10:30 a.m.

Cryoablation for AF

Gregory Michaud, MD

11:00 a.m.

Ablation of Persistent AF

David Wilber, MD

11:30 a.m.

Post Ablation Atrial Tachycardias: A Systematic Approach

Samuel Asirvatham, MD

12:00 p.m.

Question and Answer - Panel: Drs. Natale, Wilber, and Asirvatham

12:15 p.m.

Working Lunch - Pick up lunch

12:30 p.m.

Interactive Case Based Discussions of Persistent AF: What is the Best Approach in 2019? Panelists: Drs. Natale, Packer, Michaud, and Wilber

Moderator: Smit Vasaiwala, MD

1:15 p.m.

Atrial Fibrillation

Moderator: David Wilber, MD

1:15 p.m.

Emerging Tools for AF

Vivek Reddy, MD

1:45 p.m.

Avoiding Complications and Managing Risk in AF Ablation

Douglas Packer, MD

2:15 p.m.

Appendage Closure: Devices and Strategies

Vivek Reddy, MD

2:45 p.m.

Question and Answer - Panel: Drs. Reddy and Packer

3:00 p.m.

Refreshment Break – Move to Anatomy Session

3:15 p.m.

Hands on Anatomy Session

Samuel Asirvatham, MD

5:30 p.m.

Adjourn

7:15 a.m.

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

7:15 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast Panel Discussion: Managing Anticoagulation in Patients Undergoing Ablation - Panelists: Drs. Natale, Packer, and Stevenson

Moderator: David Wilber, MD

8:10 a.m.

Opening Comments

Moderator: Douglas Packer, MD

8:15 a.m.

Stereotactic Radioablation

Douglas Packer, MD

8:45 a.m.

Illustrative Case Discussion

Moderator: Douglas Packer, MD

8:45 a.m.

Putting It All Together: Complex Atrial Arrhythmias - Post AF Ablation and Otherwise

Andrea Natale, MD, Douglas Packer, MD, David Wilber, MD

Moderator: Douglas Packer, MD

9:45 a.m.

Refreshment Break

10:15 a.m.

Putting It All Together: Case Presentations of Ventricular Arrhythmias

Douglas Packer, MD, William Stevenson, MD, David Wilber, MD

Moderator: William Stevenson, MD

11:30 a.m.

Adjourn

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28.0
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28.0

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Advanced Catheter Ablation: New Tips, Techniques and Technologies for Complex Arrhythmias

September 7-10, 2019Swissotel Chicago, Chicago, IL

Program

7:00 a.m.

Saturday, September 7. 2019

Fundamentals and Supraventricular Tachycardias

Ablation of Challenging SVT, AVRNT/Accessory Pathways

7:30 a.m.

Sunday, September 8, 2019

Ventricular Tachycardia

Ventricular Tachycardia

6:50 a.m.

Monday, September 9, 2019

Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial Fibrillation

7:15 a.m.

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Illustrative Case Discussion

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Swissotel Chicago, Chicago, IL