Arrhythmias and the Heart: A Cardiovascular Update
January 31 - February 5, 2027
In-Person | Grand Hyatt Kauai, Kauai, HI
Currently accepting registrations!
Credit Types:
AMA PRA Category 1™
(28.0),
AAPA
(28.0),
ANCC
(28.0),
ABIM MOC
(28.0),
ABS MOC
(28.0),
Price: $915 - $1,025 | Register by 12/31 to save $100!
Program
1:45 p.m.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2027
1:45 p.m.
Registration
2:00 p.m.
ECG INTERPRETATION FOR DAILY PRACTICE
This interactive session will focus on the practical interpretation of ECGs encountered in daily clinical practice and the electrophysiology laboratory. Through a case-based review of ECG tracings, participants will strengthen their approach to rhythm analysis, arrhythmia diagnosis, conduction abnormalities, and localization of cardiac electrical disorders. Emphasis will be placed on recognizing key ECG patterns, avoiding common pitfalls, and applying findings to clinical decision-making and EP procedures. The session is designed to enhance confidence and accuracy in ECG interpretation for both general cardiology and electrophysiology practice.
2:00 p.m.
Level Setting: Introduction to All Those Squiggly Lines
Fred Kusumoto, MD
2:15 p.m.
Basic ECG Reading I
Fred Kusumoto, MD
3:00 p.m.
Basic ECG Reading II
Fred Kusumoto, MD
3:45 p.m.
Clues for Cardiovascular Assessment and Exam
Leslie Janik, APRN
4:00 p.m.
Refreshment Break
4:15 p.m.
Basic Electrograms in the EP Lab
Fred Kusumoto, MD
5:15 p.m.
Basic Electrograms from Implanted Devices
Melinda Barber, ARNP
6:00 p.m.
Summary to All Those Squiggly Lines
Fred Kusumoto, MD
6:15 p.m.
Adjourn for the Day
6:30 a.m.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2027
6:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:15 a.m.
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION & STROKE PREVENTION: Application of Guidelines Into Everyday Practice for Clinicians
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:15 a.m.
Lifestyle Modification in AF Management: How to Translate the Guidelines Into Practice?
Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:35 a.m.
Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Who and How?
Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
7:55 a.m.
Device Detected Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation: When Do I Recommend Anticoagulation and What Is the Evidence?
Duy Nguyen, MD
8:15 a.m.
Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: Better Than (or As Good As) Anticoagulation?
Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, MSc
8:35 a.m.
Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: Everyone?
Anca Chiriac, MD
8:55 a.m.
National Registries: Valuable or Just More Paperwork?
Sana Al-Khatib, MD, MHS
9:15 a.m.
Questions and Answers
10:05 a.m.
CASE CONUNDRUMS: ATRIAL FIBRILLATION MANAGEMENT: Atrial Fibrillation Directed Treatment
Moderator: Malini Madhavan, MBBS
10:05 a.m.
My 85-Year-Old Patient Has Recurrent and Symptomatic PAF, COPD, and CKD, Intolerant of Drugs: Ablation or PM Implantation with AVN Ablation?
Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, MSc
10:20 a.m.
A 68-Year-Old Patient Has Asymptomatic Persistent Atrial Fibrillation for at Least Two Years Referred to You: Would You Recommend Rhythm Control, and How Would You Evaluate?
Anca Chiriac, MD
10:35 a.m.
65-Year-Old Female Undergoes Combined AF Ablation and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Complicated by Pericardial Effusion Requiring a Pericardial Drain. When or Do I Start Anticoagulation?
Leslie Janik, APRN
10:50 a.m.
Questions and Answers
11:05 a.m.
CASE CONUNDRUMS: ATRIAL FIBRILLATION MANAGEMENT: Stroke Risk Reduction Treatment
Moderator: Malini Madhavan, MBBS
11:05 a.m.
75-Year-Old Male with AF Ablation a Year Ago Without Perceived Recurrence. Stop Anticoagulation?
Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
11:20 a.m.
A 68-Year-Old Patient with Persistent AF Has a Stroke While on Usual Doses of DOAC. What Next?
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
11:35 a.m.
63-Year-Old Woman with Well Controlled Hypertension. Her Pacemaker Reveals a High Atrial Rate Episode of 8 Hours. Start Anticoagulation?
Duy Nguyen, MD
11:50 a.m.
63-Year-Old Male – Stroke Risk Prediction - CHA2DS2-VASc and Artificial Intelligence
Paul Friedman, MD
12:05 p.m.
Questions and Answers
12:25 p.m.
4 Things to Know
Malini Madhavan, MBBS
12:35 p.m.
Adjourn for the Day
6:30 a.m.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2027
6:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS AND SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH PREVENTION: State-of-the-Art and Guideline-Based Practice
Moderator: Win-Kuang Shen, MD
7:00 a.m.
ECG PEARLS: Wide QRS Tachycardia
Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
7:30 a.m.
Primary SCD Prevention in Patients with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Does ICD Provide Incremental Benefit to Contemporary Medical Therapy?
Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, MSc
7:50 a.m.
PVCs and Idiopathic VT: How Many PVCs Are Too Many, and How Do I Manage?
Anca Chiriac, MD
8:30 a.m.
Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with LVADs or Hemodynamic Support: We Can Do This, But Should We?
Komandoor Srivathsan, MD
8:50 a.m.
Abnormal Gene Equals ICD Implant?
Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD
9:10 a.m.
Choosing an ICD: Transvenous, Subcutaneous or Substernal: Which Device for Which Patient?
Paul Friedman, MD
9:30 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:55 a.m.
Refreshment Break – Visit Exhibits
8:10 a.m.
Ablation or Medications for Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Heart Disease
Suraj Kapa, MD
10:25 a.m.
VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS AND SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH PREVENTION: Case Conundrums: Ventricular Arrhythmia Management
Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD
10:25 a.m.
74-Year-Old Man with Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy and an LVEF of 33% by Echocardiography After 3 Months of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy. ICD?
Suraj Kapa, MD
10:40 a.m.
40-Year-Old with LMNA Mutation Presents with 5 ICD Shocks for Polymorphic VT. How Would You Manage?
Freddy Del-Carpio Munoz, MD
10:55 a.m.
65-Year-Old with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, EF 35%, Presents with 5 Episodes of Monomorphic VT Terminated with ATP. AAD or Ablation or Both?
Melinda Barber, ARNP
11:10 a.m.
58-Year-Old Male with History of HCM, VT and AF Presents with ICD Shock. How Do You Distinguish Appropriate from Inappropriate Shocks? How Do You Manage Inappropriate Shocks Due to SVT?
Malini Madhavan, MBBS
11:25 a.m.
64-Year-Old Male is Admitted with Anterior STEMI S/P Revascularization, LVEF of 35% and NSVT Episode. Would You Prescribe a Wearable Defibrillator?
Morgan Koch, PA-C
11:40 a.m.
35-Year-Old Healthy Female Presents with Wide Complex Tachycardia and Syncope During Exercise. Medication, Ablation or Defibrillator?
Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, MSc
11:55 a.m.
Questions and Answers
12:30 p.m.
Adjourn for the Day
6:30 a.m.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2027
6:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
HEART FAILURE AND OTHER CONDITIONS
Moderator: Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
7:00 a.m.
ECG PEARLS: Interesting ECG’s SVT, Conduction
Malini Madhavan, MBBS
7:30 a.m.
Medical Management of New Heart Failure with Reduced LVEF
Elizabeth Dineen, DO
7:50 a.m.
Advanced Heart Failure Management: When to Refer for LVAD and Transplant?
Daniel Yip, MD
8:10 a.m.
Management of HFpEF: A Practical Approach and Advances in Therapy
Chris Ray, MD
8:30 a.m.
Management of AF in Heart Failure: Rate vs Rhythm Control
Freddy Del-Carpio Munoz, MD
8:50 a.m.
Pulmonary Embolism: It Used to Just be Heparin and Pray…?
Riyaz Bashir
9:10 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:35 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
10:05 a.m.
HEART FAILURE AND OTHER CONDITIONS II
Moderator: Malini Madhavan, MBBS
10:05 a.m.
Top Five Heart Failure Studies in 2026-2027
Daniel Yip, MD
10:25 a.m.
Diagnostic Evaluation of Newly Diagnosed Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Role of Imaging
Kyle Klarich, MD
10:45 a.m.
Rhythm Disorders in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Role of AAD, Ablation and Devices
Duy Nguyen, MD
11:05 a.m.
Rhythm Disorders in Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Role of AAD, Ablation and Devices
Fred Kusumoto, MD
11:25 a.m.
Rhythm Disorders in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: Role of AAD, Ablation and Devices
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
11:45 a.m.
Cardio-Oncology: An Update on Cardiac Effects of Immunotherapy
Chris Ray, MD
12:05 p.m.
Panel Discussion
12:25 p.m.
4 Things to Know
Malini Madhavan, MBBS
12:30 p.m.
Adjourn for the Day
6:30 a.m.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2027
6:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
HEART RHYTHM RELATED CONDITIONS: Complications and Syncope
Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD
7:00 a.m.
ECG PEARLS: Paced Rhythms
Siva Mulpuru, MD
7:30 a.m.
Venous Thrombosis After CIED Implant: Too Little Adoo Over Something?
Riyaz Bashir
7:50 a.m.
Taking Care of Patients After Catheter Ablation: What Can Go Wrong?
Leslie Janik, APRN
8:10 a.m.
Management of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After Surgery
Morgan Koch, PA-C
8:30 a.m.
Syncope: What Do Guidelines Tell Us and When Can Patients Drive?
Danesh Kella, MBBS
8:50 a.m.
Neurocardiogenic Syncope, POTS, and IAST: Aren‘t They All the Same?
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
9:10 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
9:50 a.m.
HEART RHYTHM RELATED CONDITIONS: Cardiac Device Management
Moderator: Win-Kuang Shen, MD
9:50 a.m.
CIED Infection: Key Take Aways from the New Guidelines for the Primary Cardiologist
Siva Mulpuru, MD
10:10 a.m.
When to Pace or Not to Pace After TAVR: Indications and Outcomes
Ciorsti MacIntyre, MD
10:30 a.m.
Physiologic Pacing vs Coronary Sinus Pacing for Cardiac Resynchronization. What Do We Know in 2027?
Sana Al-Khatib, MD, MHS
10:50 a.m.
Interesting Intracardiac Electrograms (EGMs) in Device Patients
Melinda Barber, ARNP
11:10 a.m.
CARDIAC DEVICE WORKSHOP
Moderator: Win-Kuang Shen, MD
11:10 a.m.
63-Year-Old Pacemaker Dependent Patient Gets an Alert for Ventricular Lead Noise: Now What?
Ciorsti MacIntyre, MD
11:25 a.m.
75-Year-Old with a Lead Related Mass Identified on Transthoracic Echo: Endocarditis or Something Else?
Kyle Klarich, MD
11:40 a.m.
35-Year-Old with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and an ICD with EF Recovery from 35% to 55% Who Has Never Required Therapy Presents for Generator Replacement: Now What?
Siva Mulpuru, MD
12:25 p.m.
4 Things to Know
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
12:30 p.m.
Adjourn for the Day
12:05 p.m.
Panel Discussion
6:30 a.m.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2027
6:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
STATE-OF-THE-ART SESSION – LOOKING FORWARD
Moderator: Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
7:00 a.m.
ECG PEARLS: Diagnosing Heart Disease
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
7:30 a.m.
Advances in Cardiac Ablation: What Do I See in the Crystal Ball?
Suraj Kapa, MD
7:50 a.m.
Plenary Lecture - The Future of Medicine: How Health Policy, Technology, and ? Will Impact Care
Sana Al-Khatib, MD, MHS
8:20 a.m.
Wearables and Consumer Medical Electronics: Current Application in Clinical Medicine. What’s Next?
Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
8:40 a.m.
Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Clinical Practice: Present and Future
Paul Friedman, MD
9:00 a.m.
Five Studies That Impacted my Practice in 2026. What to Look For in 2027
Danesh Kella, MBBS
9:20 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:35 a.m.
Refreshment Break | Visit Exhibits
9:50 a.m.
Picture Contest Voting
10:00 a.m.
UPDATE ON SELECT TOPICS
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
10:00 a.m.
Gene Therapy for Cardiac Arrhythmias: Present and Future
Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD
10:20 a.m.
Pulmonary Embolism: It Used to Just Be Heparin and Pray?
Riyaz Bashir
10:40 a.m.
Arrhythmia Management in Complex Congenital Heart Disease: Drugs, Ablation, Device?
Malini Madhavan, MBBS
11:00 a.m.
The Athlete’s ECG: Any Special Considerations?
Elizabeth Dineen, DO
11:20 a.m.
Panel Discussion
11:30 a.m.
Closing Comments, Course Overview
11:35 a.m.
Course Adjourns
Credit Types Offered
-
AMA PRA Category 1™28.0
-
AAPA28.0
-
ANCC28.0
-
ABIM MOC28.0
-
ABS MOC28.0
Price: $915 - $1,025 | Register by 12/31 to save $100!
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