Arrhythmias and the Heart: A Cardiovascular Update

January 30 - February 3, 2023
In-Person or Livestream | Fairmont Orchid, Kamuela, Hawaii

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Program

4:00 p.m.

Sunday, January 29

4:00 p.m.

Pre-registration 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

6:00 a.m.

Monday, January 30

6:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

7:15 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions - Course Directors

7:30 a.m.

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND STROKE PREVENTION: State-of-the-Art Update: Put the Guidelines to Every Day Practice for Clinicians

Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD

7:30 a.m.

Artificial Intelligence in Atrial Fibrillation: Clinical Practice Today, Future, and Potential Pit Falls

Paul Friedman, MD

7:50 a.m.

Lifestyle Modification in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Weight Management, Exercise, Caffeine, and Alcohol

Fred Kusumoto, MD

8:10 a.m.

Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation: Clinical Pearls for Every Day Practice

Thomas Munger, MD

8:30 a.m.

Stroke Prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: When and How to Use DOACs vs. Warfarin

Konstantinos Siontis, MD

8:30 a.m.

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: Selecting Candidates, Procedural Advances, and Post-operative Care

Thomas Munger, MD

9:10 a.m.

Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Who Should Be Referred, and Tips for Post Procedure Care

Douglas Packer, MD

9:35 a.m.

Panel Discussion: Top 5 Key Points Panel: Drs. Kusumoto, Siontis, Munger, and Packer

Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD

9:45 a.m.

Refreshment Break

10:10 a.m.

ILLUSTRATIVE CASES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND STROKE PREVENTION

Panel: Drs. Shen, Scott, Munger, Deshmukh, and Siontis

Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD

10:10 a.m.

My Patient With CHADSVASC Score of 3 Has Been Ablated and Is in NSR: When Would Left Atrial Appendage Closure Be Appropriate?

Win Kuang Shen, MD

10:25 a.m.

My Patient has CHA2DS2-VASs of 1: Would You Recommend AC?

Luis Scott, MD

10:40 a.m.

My Patient Has a Pacemaker With Documented Atrial High Rate Events (AHREs): When Would You Consider Anticoagulation?

Paul Friedman, MD

10:55 a.m.

My Patient Has Shortness of Breath After AF Ablation – Diagnosis and Management

Thomas Munger, MD

11:10 a.m.

My Patient Has Failed AF Ablation Twice – What New Options Are Available?

Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS

11:25 a.m.

My Patient Has Cryptogenic Stroke: Long Term Rhythm Monitoring or Proceed With Anticoagulation?

Konstantinos Siontis, MD

11:40 a.m.

Questions and Answers: Top 5 Key Points Panel: Drs. Shen, Scott, Munger, Deshmukh, and Siontis

Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD

12:15 p.m.

Adjourn

12:00 a.m.

Tuesday, January 31

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 I

Moderator: Win Kuang Shen, MD

7:00 a.m.

ECG Pearls: Wide QRS Tachycardia

Stephen Hammill, MD

7:30 a.m.

Genetics of SCD and Ventricular Dysfunction: When and How to Screen

Naveen Pereira, MD

7:50 a.m.

Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death With ICD in Ischemic Heart Disease: Guideline Directed Management and Situations Outside of Guidelines

Luis Scott, MD

8:10 a.m.

Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death With ICD in Non-ischemic Heart Disease

Thomas Munger, MD

8:30 a.m.

Role of Ablation for Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients With Structural Heart Disease: Clinical Indications and Technological Advances

Konstantinos Siontis, MD

8:50 a.m.

When to Consider a Wearable ICD? Evidence and Practice Guidelines

Win Kuang Shen, MD

9:10 a.m.

Panel Discussion: Top 5 Key Points Panel: Drs. Pereira, Scott, Munger, and Siontis

Moderator: Win Kuang Shen, MD

9:30 a.m.

Refreshment Break

9:55 a.m.

VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS AND SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH PREVENTION: State-of-the-Art and Guideline-Based Practice II

Panel: Drs. Ackerman, Siontis, Vijayarman, Friedman, Deshmukh, and Packer

Moderator: Thomas Munger, MD

9:55 a.m.

Long QT, Brugada, CPVT: Genetic Testing and Clinical Management

Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD

10:15 a.m.

My Patient Has a Normal Heart and PVCs --How Many Are Too Many? How Do I Manage?

Konstantinos Siontis, MD

10:30 a.m.

My Patient Received an ICD Shock: How to Determine and How to Manage

Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD

10:45 a.m.

My Patient Has Dialysis, EF 25% and Episodic Bradycardia – Transvenous, Subcutaneous or Extra Vascular ICD?

Paul Friedman, MD

10:55 a.m.

My Patient Received Recurrent Shocks: How Do I Tell If They Are Appropriate or Inappropriate, and What To Do For Non-Electrophysiologists?

Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS

11:15 a.m.

My Patient Has Failed Two VT Ablations, What Do I Do Next? Is There a Role for Proton Beam, Needle Tipped Electrodes, and Other New Wave Ablation Tools?

Douglas Packer, MD

11:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion Panel: Drs. Ackerman, Siontis, Vijayarman, Friedman, Deshmukh, and Packer

12:00 p.m.

Adjourn

12:00 a.m.

Wednesday, February 1

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:00 a.m.

HEART FAILURE I

Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD

7:00 a.m.

Learning From the 12-Lead ECG

Stephen Hammill, MD

7:30 a.m.

Identifying and Predicting Ventricular Dysfunction With Artificial Intelligence: Role in Practice Today and Tomorrow

Naveen Pereira, MD

7:50 a.m.

Diagnosing Congestive Heart Failure

Grace Lin, MD

8:10 a.m.

Medical Management of HFrEF: A Practical Approach and Role of Anti-Diabetes Medications

Alfredo Clavell, MD

8:30 a.m.

Medical Management of HFpEF: A Practical Approach and Advances in Therapy

Grace Lin, MD

8:50 a.m.

CRT for Heart Failure: Indications, New Tools, and Non-Responders

Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD

9:10 a.m.

Panel Discussion Panel: Drs. Pereira, Lin, Clavell, and Vijayarman

Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD

9:30 a.m.

Refreshment Break

10:00 a.m.

HEART FAILURE II

Moderator: Naveen Pereira, MD

10:00 a.m.

Role of Mitral Valve Interventions in Heart Failure

Grace Lin, MD

10:20 a.m.

Amyloid Cardiomyopathy

Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, CM, MS

10:40 a.m.

Advanced Heart Failure: Mechanical Support and Transplantation

Alfredo Clavell, MD

11:00 a.m.

Sarcoid Heart Disease

Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, CM, MS

11:20 a.m.

Structural Heart Disease – a Genetic Disorder?

John Giudicessi, MD, PhD

11:40 a.m.

Panel Discussion Drs. Lin, Clavell, Abou Ezzeddine, and Giudicessi

Moderator: Naveen Pereira, MD

12:00 p.m.

CASE-BASED WORKSHOP

Panel: Drs. Lin, Clavell, Abou Ezzeddine, and Giudicessi

Moderator: Naveen Pereira, MD

12:00 p.m.

Cardiogenic Shock

Grace Lin, MD

12:10 p.m.

ECMO

Alfredo Clavell, MD

12:20 p.m.

Sarcoid Heart Disease

Omar Abou Ezzeddine, MD, CM, MS

12:30 p.m.

Adjourn

12:00 a.m.

Thursday, February 2

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:00 a.m.

HEART RHYTHM RELATED CONDITIONS: SVT, Syncope, and More

Moderator: Win Kuang Shen, MD

7:00 a.m.

Interesting ECG’s SVT, Conduction, and Pacing

Stephen Hammill, MD

7:30 a.m.

Common SVT’s: Differential Diagnosis and Management of AVNRT, AVRT, and AT

Douglas Packer, MD

7:50 a.m.

Typical vs. Atypical Atrial Flutter: How Do I Manage?

Malini Madhavan, MBBS

8:10 a.m.

POTS and/or IAST: How Do I Manage? What Causes It?

John Giudicessi, MD, PhD

8:30 a.m.

Syncope: When to Worry and What Do Guidelines Tell Us?

Win Kuang Shen, MD

8:50 a.m.

ILLUSTRATIVE CASE DISCUSSION

Panel: Drs. Packer, Madhavan, Giudicessi, Scott, and Kusumoto

Moderator: Win Kuang Shen, MD

8:50 a.m.

Pre-excited Tachycardia

Luis Scott, MD

9:00 a.m.

Atypical Flutter

Malini Madhavan, MBBS

9:10 a.m.

Syncope and Driving

Fred Kusumoto, MD

9:30 a.m.

Refreshment Break

9:50 a.m.

HEART RHYTHM RELATED CONDITIONS; Bradycardia and Selected Topics

Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD

9:50 a.m.

Bradycardia and Pacing: Old and New Recommendations From the Guidelines

Fred Kusumoto, MD

10:10 a.m.

Physiologic Pacing HIS Bundle Pacing, LBB Area Pacing, Multi-Site Pacing: Is It Ready for Prime Time?

Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD

10:30 a.m.

When to Pace or Not to Pace After TAVR: Short and Long Term Outcomes

Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS

10:50 a.m.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, ARVC and LV Noncompaction: Risk Stratification and SCD Prevention

Konstantinos Siontis, MD

11:10 a.m.

Management of Arrhythmias Before, During, and After Pregnancy: Which Drug Should I Use?

Sabrina Phillips, MD

11:30 a.m.

Athletes With Risk of SCD: If or When Can I Participate in Sports Again?

Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD

11:50 a.m.

Panel Discussion - Drs. Vijayarman, Deshmukh, Siontis, Phillips, and Ackerman

Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD

12:15 p.m.

Adjourn

12:00 a.m.

Friday, February 3

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:00 a.m.

STATE-OF-THE-ART SPECIAL SESSION: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Today

Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD

7:00 a.m.

ECGs for the Clinician: Diagnosing Heart Disease

Stephen Hammill, MD

7:30 a.m.

AI Basics for Clinicians: From Neural Networks to NLP, What Does It All Mean

Zachi Attia, PhD

7:50 a.m.

Ethics and Artificial Intelligence

8:10 a.m.

Artificial Intelligence and the Future Women’s Heart Health

Demilade Adedinsewo, MD

8:30 a.m.

Application of AI to Wearables: Identifying Left Ventricular Dysfunction From an Apple Watch Promise, Pitfalls, and Clinical Data

Zachi Attia, PhD

8:50 a.m.

From Silicon to Bedside to Home: Summary of Clinical Trials and Applications in AI and the Road Ahead

Konstantinos Siontis, MD

9:10 a.m.

Panel Discussion and Audience Questions Drs. Attia, Adedinswo, and Siontis

9:20 a.m.

Refreshment Break

9:40 a.m.

Picture Contest - Voting

9:50 a.m.

STATE-OF-THE-ART UPDATE OF SELECTED TOPICS

Moderator: Win Kuang Shen, MD

9:50 a.m.

Peripartum Cardiomypathy: Who’s at Risk, How do We Find it, and New Insights

Demilade Adedinsewo, MD

10:10 a.m.

Adult Congenital Heart Disease I – PFO and ASD

Sabrina Phillips, MD

10:30 a.m.

Ablation in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: When to Refer, What to Expect, and Postoperative Care

Malini Madhavan, MBBS

10:50 a.m.

Adult Congenital Heart Disease – Complex Lesions

Sabrina Phillips, MD

11:10 a.m.

Special Session: Device Troubleshooting for the Non-specialists: ECGs, CXRs, and Electrograms, a Series of Cases (and bring cases from home) Drs. Friedman, Kusumoto, and Scott

11:55 a.m.

Closing Comments - Course Overview

12:00 p.m.

Adjourn