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
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 in the ICU: Role of Ablation and How Do I Manage?
Hicham El Masry, MD
10:55 a.m.
Recurrent ICD Shocks, Appropriate or Inappropriate: How Do I Manage?
Konstantinos Siontis, MD
11:15 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
Atta Behfar, MD, PhD
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.
Case-Based Workshop
Moderator: Grace Lin, MD
11:25 a.m.
Case 1: Cardiogenic Shock
Atta Behfar, MD, PhD
11:40 a.m.
Case 2: Pulmonary Hypertension
Brian Hardaway, MD
11:55 a.m.
Case 3: Amyloid Cardiomyopathy
Grace Lin, MD
12:10 p.m.
Case 4: 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
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
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
Stephen Hammill, MD
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.
Cardiac Regeneration: Impact on Heart Failure and Arrhythmia
Atta Behfar, 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?
Konstantinos Siontis, 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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