Arrhythmias and the Heart: A Cardiovascular Update

January 13-17, 2025
In-Person or Livestream | Fairmont Orchid, Kamuela, Big Island, HI

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Program

4:00 p.m.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2025

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Registration

6:00 a.m.

MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2025

6:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

7:15 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

Paul Friedman, MD, Fred Kusumoto, MD, Win-Kuang Shen, MD

7:30 a.m.

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION & STROKE PREVENTION: State-of-the-Art Clinical Update – Application of Guidelines into Everyday Practice for Clinicians

Moderator: Win-Kuang Shen, MD

7:30 a.m.

Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Lifestyle Modification: What Does the Guideline Tell Us About Exercise, Weight, Caffeine, and Alcohol?

Fred Kusumoto, MD

7:50 a.m.

Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Which Drug for Which Patient?

Malini Madhavan, MBBS

8:10 a.m.

Device Detected Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation: When Do I Recommend Anticoagulation and What Is the Evidence?

Duy Nguyen, MD

8:30 a.m.

Advances in Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: Does the New Guideline Change My Practice Patient Selection and Postoperative Care?

Thomas Munger, MD

8:50 a.m.

Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation: Clinical Pearls, An Update from Guidelines

Win-Kuang Shen, MD

9:10 a.m.

Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Evidence That Supports the Class I Recommendation in Selected Patients

Paul Friedman, MD

9:30 a.m.

Panel Discussion

9:45 a.m.

Refreshment Break | Time to Visit Exhibits

10:10 a.m.

ILLUSTRATIVE CASES: Atrial Fibrillation Management

Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD

10:10 a.m.

My 70-Year-Old Patient with a CHA2DS2-VASC Score of 2 Does Not Wish to Take the “Rat Poison” (any anticoagulation) After an Apparent Successful Ablation 3 Months Ago: Stop Anticoagulation, Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion, or Something Else?

Komandoor Srivathsan, MD

10:25 a.m.

My 85-Year-Old Patient Has Recurrent and Symptomatic AF, COPD, and CKD, Intolerant of Drugs: Ablation or PM Implantation with AVN Ablation?

Christopher McLeod, MB, ChB, PhD

10:40 a.m.

Patient Has a Pacemaker with One Episode of 8-Hour Atrial High-Rate Event (AHRE): Would You Recommend Starting Anticoagulation?

Hicham El Masry, MD

10:55 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?

Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, MSc

11:10 a.m.

Patient Has Long-Persistent AF: Would You Recommend PVI, PVI + Posterior Isolation, Alcohol, or Convergence Hybrid Approach?

Luis Scott, MD

11:25 a.m.

My Patient Has Paroxysmal AF: RFA, Cryo, or PFA: What Would You Recommend?

Suraj Kapa, MD

11:40 a.m.

Panel Discussion

12:20 p.m.

4 Things to Know

Paul Friedman, MD

12:30 p.m.

Adjourn for the Day

6:30 a.m.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2025

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: Fred Kusumoto, MD

7:00 a.m.

ECG Pearls: Wide QRS Tachycardia

Stephen Hammill, MD

7:30 a.m.

Primary SCD Prevention in Patients with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Does ICD Provide Incremental Benefit to Contemporary Medical Therapy?

Christopher McLeod, MB, ChB, PhD

7:50 a.m.

ICD for Primary SCD Prevention in Ischemic Heart Disease: Guidelines and Situations Outside of Guidelines

Jodie Hurwitz, MD

8:10 a.m.

Wearable Defibrillation: Evidence and Practice Guidelines

Komandoor Srivathsan, MD

8:30 a.m.

Arrhythmias in Athletes: When Should I Be Worried and How to Counsel My Patients?

Luis Scott, MD

8:50 a.m.

Ablation for Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Structural Heart Disease: Clinical Indications and Technological Advances

Suraj Kapa, MD

9:10 a.m.

Panel Discussion

9:30 a.m.

Refreshment Break | Time to Visit Exhibits

9:55 a.m.

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

Moderator: Malini Madhavan, MBBS

9:55 a.m.

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

Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD

10:15 a.m.

PVCs and Idiopathic VT: How Many PVCs Are Too Many, and How Do I Manage?

Freddy Del-Carpio Munoz, MD

10:35 a.m.

VT Storm and Recurrent ICD Shocks

Hicham El Masry, MD

11:05 a.m.

Panel Discussion

11:30 a.m.

Jeopardy - AF/VA

Suraj Kapa, MD, Duy Nguyen, MD, Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, MSc

12:25 p.m.

4 Things to Know

Win-Kuang Shen, MD

12:30 p.m.

Adjourn for the Day

6:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025

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.

Heart Failure Mechanisms and Classification: What Does a General Healthcare Provider Need to Know?

Grace Lin, MD

7:50 a.m.

Biomarkers and Cardiac Imaging for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure

Margaret Redfield, MD

8:10 a.m.

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

Brian Hardaway, MD

8:30 a.m.

Management of HFpEF: A Practical Approach and Advances in Therapy

Margaret Redfield, MD

8:50 a.m.

Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Stepwise Medical Approach

9:10 a.m.

Panel Discussion

9:30 a.m.

Refreshment Break | Time to Visit Exhibits

9:50 a.m.

HEART FAILURE AND RHYTHM MANAGEMENT

Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD

9:50 a.m.

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

Yong Mei Cha, MD

10:10 a.m.

Cardio-Oncology: An Update of Immunotherapy, Benefit and Risk

Grace Lin, MD

10:30 a.m.

Advanced Non-Pharmacological Therapy for Heart Failure: Mechanical Support and Transplantation

Brian Hardaway, MD

10:50 a.m.

Cardiac Rehab and Exercise Prescription for Heart Failure Patients

Carmen Terzic, MD, PhD

11:10 a.m.

Panel Discussion

11:25 a.m.

Illustrative Cases: Heart Failure

Moderator: Grace Lin, MD

11:25 a.m.

Case 1: Pulmonary Hypertension

11:45 a.m.

Case 2: Amyloid Cardiomyopathy

Grace Lin, MD

12:05 p.m.

Case 3: Familial Cardiomyopathy

Carmen Terzic, MD, PhD

12:25 p.m.

4 Things to Know

Fred Kusumoto, MD

12:30 p.m.

Adjourn for the Day

6:30 a.m.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2025

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

Win-Kuang Shen, MD

7:50 a.m.

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

Freddy Del-Carpio Munoz, MD

8:10 a.m.

APCs and Non-Sustained Atrial Tachycardia: Clinical Implications and Management

Thomas Munger, MD

8:30 a.m.

POTS and/or IAST: What Causes It? Can We Denervate?

Malini Madhavan, MBBS

8:50 a.m.

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

Guru Kowlgi, MBBS

9:10 a.m.

Panel Discussion

9:30 a.m.

Refreshment Break | Time to Visit Exhibits

9:50 a.m.

HEART RHYTHM RELATED CONDITIONS: Bradycardia and Selected Topics

Moderator: Thomas Munger, MD

9:50 a.m.

Bradycardia and Pacing: Old and New Recommendations from the Guidelines

Fred Kusumoto, MD

10:10 a.m.

Conduction System Pacing: Techniques, Technology, and Recommendations from the Guidelines

Yong Mei Cha, MD

10:30 a.m.

When to Pace or Not to Pace After TAVR: Indications and Outcomes

Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS

10:50 a.m.

Panel Discussion

11:10 a.m.

Jeopardy - HF/SVT/Device

Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS, Fred Kusumoto, MD, Komandoor Srivathsan, MD

12:25 p.m.

4 Things to Know

Thomas Munger, MD

12:30 p.m.

Adjourn for the Day

6:30 a.m.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025

6:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:00 a.m.

STATE-OF-THE-ART UPDATE OF SELECTED TOPICS

Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD

7:00 a.m.

ECGs for the Clinician: Diagnosing Heart Disease

Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS

7:30 a.m.

Arrhythmia Practice in the Real World: From the Heart Rhythm Society

Jodie Hurwitz, MD

7:50 a.m.

Cardiac Devices: Leadless, Tissue Integration, Rechargeable, and Future Applications

Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, MSc

8:10 a.m.

Virtual Cardiac Rehab and Healthy Lifestyle: State-of-the-Art

Carmen Terzic, MD, PhD

8:30 a.m.

Gene Therapy for Cardiac Arrhythmias: Present and Future

Michael Ackerman, MD, PhD

8:50 a.m.

Advances in VT Ablation: Is Cardio Radioablation Ready for Clinical Practice?

Hicham El Masry, MD

9:10 a.m.

Panel Discussion

9:40 a.m.

Refreshment Break | Time to Visit Exhibits

9:40 a.m.

Picture Contest Voting

9:50 a.m.

STATE-OF-THE-ART SESSION – LOOKING FORWARD: New Strategies and Technologies

Moderator: Win-Kuang Shen, MD

9:50 a.m.

Wearables and Consumer Medical Electronics: Current Application in Clinical Medicine. What’s Next?

Duy Nguyen, MD

10:10 a.m.

Cardio-Neural Ablation for Functional Bradycardia: Evidence or Hype?

Guru Kowlgi, MBBS

10:30 a.m.

Arrhythmia Management in Complex Congenital Heart Disease: Drugs, Ablation, and Device

Christopher McLeod, MB, ChB, PhD

10:50 a.m.

Integrating AI Into Clinical Practice: Present and Future

Paul Friedman, MD

11:10 a.m.

Panel Discussion

11:25 a.m.

Closing Comments

11:30 a.m.

Course Adjourns

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Program

4:00 p.m.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2025

6:00 a.m.

MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2025

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION & STROKE PREVENTION: State-of-the-Art Clinical Update – Application of Guidelines into Everyday Practice for Clinicians

ILLUSTRATIVE CASES: Atrial Fibrillation Management

6:30 a.m.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2025

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

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

6:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025

HEART FAILURE I

HEART FAILURE AND RHYTHM MANAGEMENT

Illustrative Cases: Heart Failure

6:30 a.m.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2025

HEART RHYTHM RELATED CONDITIONS: SVT, Syncope and More

HEART RHYTHM RELATED CONDITIONS: Bradycardia and Selected Topics

6:30 a.m.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025

STATE-OF-THE-ART UPDATE OF SELECTED TOPICS

STATE-OF-THE-ART SESSION – LOOKING FORWARD: New Strategies and Technologies

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