Cardiac Rhythm Device: Implantation, Management, and Follow Up

June 21-23, 2019
Sofitel, New York, NY

Registration Closed
Credit Types: AMA PRA Category 1™ (17.0), ABIM MOC Points (17.0), Price: $900 - $990 | Early registration saves $100

Program

Friday, June 21, 2019
7:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:45 a.m.
Welcome and Pre-test - Course Directors
8:00 a.m.
Cardiac Rhythm Devices: Guidelines and Future Technologies
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
8:00 a.m.
Indications for Pacing: What do the New Guidelines Say?
Fred Kusumoto, MD
8:25 a.m.
Should Patients With Mid-Range LVEF (35-50%) Receive RV Pacing, His Bundle Pacing, or CRT?
David Slotwiner, MD
8:50 a.m.
Leadless Pacing: Present and Future
Yong Mei Cha, MD
9:15 a.m.
His Bundle Pacing: Practical Tips for Success
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
9:40 a.m.
Cases and Questions: Right Patient– Right Device? - Panelists: Drs. Slotwiner, Cha, and Mulpuru
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Cardiac Rhythm Devices: Practical Clinical Challenges
Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD
10:35 a.m.
Managing Devices Outside the EP Lab: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Therapeutic Radiation, and Surgery
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
11:00 a.m.
Debate: Patients with a 6 hour atrial high rate episode detected by a device should be started immediately on anticoagulation
Robert Rea, MD, K. L. Venkatachalam, MD
11:45 a.m.
Cybersecurity: My Bevice Has been Hacked?
David Slotwiner, MD
12:10 p.m.
Panel Discussion and Questions - Panelists: Drs. Slotwiner, Rea, Venkatachalam, and Shen
Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD
12:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Moderator: Yong Mei Cha, MD
1:30 p.m.
ICD for Sudden Death Prevention in 2019: Focus on Guidelines
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
1:55 p.m.
ICDS in Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: What’s the Data?
Fred Kusumoto, MD
2:15 p.m.
Extravascular ICDs: Current and Future State
Paul Friedman, MD
2:40 p.m.
How to Optimally Program ICDs
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
3:00 p.m.
Rapid Fire Cases: My Patient Should Receive an ICD? - Panelists: Drs. Shen, Friedman, and Deshmukh
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
3:30 p.m.
Adjourn
Saturday, June 22, 2019
6:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Early Bird Session: Interesting ECG's: Pacing and CRT
K. L. Venkatachalam, MD
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) and Beyond
Moderator: Yong Mei Cha, MD
8:00 a.m.
Who Benefits the Most from Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT): Current Guidelines
Freddy Del Carpio Munoz, MD
8:20 a.m.
How to Improve CRT Response and Manage Non-responders: LV Lead Placement, New Technologies, and other Strategies
Yong Mei Cha, MD
8:40 a.m.
Tips and Tricks for Difficult Coronary Sinus Lead Placement
Samuel Asirvatham, MD
9:00 a.m.
Cardiac Contractility Modulation, Endovascular LV stimulation, and Other New Therapies for Heart Failure: Ready for Prime Time?
Paul Friedman, MD
9:20 a.m.
Panel Discussion and Questions - Panelists: Drs. Friedman, Del Carpio Munoz, and Asirvatham
Moderator: Yong Mei Cha, MD
9:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:00 a.m.
Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Lead Management and Extraction
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
10:00 a.m.
Device Implant techniques and How to Prevent and Manage Implant Complications
Robert Rea, MD
10:20 a.m.
Differential Diagnosis and Management of a Painful, Red or Swollen Pocket
Raul Espinosa, MD
10:40 a.m.
CIED Infection: Diagnosis and Treatment
Daniel DeSimone, MD
11:00 a.m.
Lead Extraction: Indications, Technical Challenges, and Outcomes
Siva Mulpuru, MD
11:20 a.m.
Lead Management: When to Extract, Cap, or Downgrade
Yong Mei Cha, MD
11:40 a.m.
Case Based Decision Making - Panelists: Drs. Mulpuru, Cha, DeSimone, Rea, and Espinosa
Moderator: Suraj Kapa, MD
12:30 p.m.
Lunch Break - Lunch on your own
2:00 p.m.
Cardiac Anatomy for Implanters and Safe Lead Extraction
Samuel Asirvatham, MD
4:00 p.m.
Adjourn
Sunday, June 23, 2019
6:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
Early Bird Session: Common Device Troubleshooting: Case Presentations
Mark Henrich, BSN, BA, RN, Tamara Meyers-Laplace, RN
7:45 a.m.
Post Test
CIED Programming and Trouble Shooting
Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD
8:00 a.m.
When Should Devices be Turned Off?
Fred Kusumoto, MD
8:25 a.m.
Cardiac Devices and Wearables: Synergism or Data Overload?
Suraj Kapa, MD
8:50 a.m.
Approach to Troubleshooting: Pacemaker Cases
Raul Espinosa, MD
9:15 a.m.
Approach to Troubleshooting: ICD Cases
Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS
9:40 a.m.
Approach to Troubleshooting: CRT Cases
Freddy Del Carpio Munoz, MD
10:15 a.m.
Device Troubleshooting Pot Pourri – Audience cases, Bring a case from home - Panelists: Drs. Deshmukh, Kapa, Espinosa, and Del Carpio
Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD
10:55 a.m.
Closing Remarks
11:00 a.m.
Adjourn
Credit Types Offered
  • AMA PRA Category 1
    17.0
  • ABIM MOC Points
    17.0

Price: $900 - $990 | Early registration saves $100

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