Cardiac Rhythm Device Summit: Implantation, Management, and Follow Up
June 29 - July 1, 2018
Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, CA
Registration Closed
Credit Types:
AMA PRA Category 1™
(17.5),
ABIM MOC Points
(17.5),
Price: $795 - $855 | Early registration saves $100
Program
6:45 a.m.
Friday, June 29
6:45 a.m.
Registration | Continental Breakfast
7:20 a.m.
Welcome and Pre-test
Moderators: Fred Kusumoto, MD, Yong Mei Cha, MD, Paul Friedman, MD
7:30 a.m.
DEVICE THERAPY: BASICS, GUIDELINES, AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:30 a.m.
Indications for Pacing: Who to Pace and What Type of Device
Raul Espinosa, MD
7:50 a.m.
His Bundle Pacing and LV Only Pacing – Are We There Yet for Bradycardia Indications?
Paul Friedman, MD
8:10 a.m.
Leadless Pacing: What Are the Data?
Yong Mei Cha, MD
8:30 a.m.
Cases: Patient and Device Selection + Troubleshooting - Panel: Drs. Cha, Friedman, and Espinosa
Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD
9:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:00 a.m.
PACEMAKER CONTROVERSIES AND CLINICAL CHALLENGES
Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD
10:00 a.m.
Device Implant Techniques and How to Prevent and Manage Implant Complications
Siva Mulpuru, MD
10:20 a.m.
How to Avoid Device Infection Around the Time of Implantation
Freddy Del-Carpio Munoz, MD
10:40 a.m.
Managing Anticoagulants (Warfarin and DOACs) Around the Time of Device Implant: Stop, Bridging or Continue?
Fred Kusumoto, MD
11:00 a.m.
Performing MRI in Device Patients Per New Guidelines
Paul Friedman, MD
11:20 a.m.
Panel Discussion and Questions - Drs. Mulpuru, Del-Caprio Munoz, Kusumoto, and Friedman
11:45 a.m.
Lunch Break - Buffet Lunch
12:10 p.m.
Optional Session: Cross-cultural Communication (recorded lecture)
This session will contain information regarding issues related to cross cultural communication including cultural competence, eliciting health and healing beliefs, cultural humility, implicit or unconscious bias and working with healthcare interpreters.
12:40 p.m.
Discussion Period
12:55 p.m.
Stretch Break
1:00 p.m.
IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR
Moderator: Yong Mei Cha, MD
1:00 p.m.
ICD for Sudden Death Prevention in 2017: Indication, DFT, and More
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
1:20 p.m.
How to Optimally Program ICDs
Charles Swerdlow, MD
1:40 p.m.
Lead Performance and Management: What the New Guidelines Say
Fred Kusumoto, MD
2:00 p.m.
Extravascular ICDs: Current and Future State
Yong Mei Cha, MD
2:20 p.m.
How to Manage AF Detected During Remote Monitoring of Pacemakers and Defibrillators
Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
2:40 p.m.
Panel Discussion and Questions
Paul Friedman, MD, Fred Kusumoto, MD, Win-Kuang Shen, MD, Charles Swerdlow, MD
3:00 p.m.
Adjourn
6:45 a.m.
Saturday, June 30
6:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
Early Bird Session: Interesting ECG’s: Pacing and CRT
Peter Noseworthy, MD, MBA
7:40 a.m.
Daily Overview
Fred Kusumoto, MD
7:45 a.m.
CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (CRT)
Moderator: Yong Mei Cha, MD
7:45 a.m.
Who Benefits the Most From Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT): Current Guidelines?
Freddy Del-Carpio Munoz, MD
8:05 a.m.
How to Improve CRT Response and Manage Non-responders: From LV Lead Placement to Maximize Biventricular Pacing
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
8:25 a.m.
Is There a Role for Endocardial or Epicardial Non-venous CRT? From Jurdham to LV seed to Epicardial Leads
Samuel Asirvatham, MD
8:45 a.m.
The Great Debate: His Bundle Pacing Should Be Used Instead of an LV Lead for Patients With a CRT Indication
Siva Mulpuru, MD, Charles Swerdlow, MD
9:10 a.m.
Refreshment Break
9:30 a.m.
CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INFECTION AND LEAD EXTRACTION
Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD
9:30 a.m.
Differential Diagnosis and Management of a Painful, Red or Swollen Pocket
Raul Espinosa, MD
9:50 a.m.
CIED Infection: Diagnosis and Treatment
M. Sohail, MD
10:10 a.m.
Lead Extraction: Indication, Technical Challenge, and Outcomes
Michael Osborn, MD
10:30 a.m.
Role of Cardiac Imaging in CIED infection
Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, MD, Raul Espinosa, MD
10:50 a.m.
Interesting Cases - Panel: Drs. Espinosa, Sohail, Osborn, and Chareonthaitawee
Moderator: Siva Mulpuru, MD
11:15 a.m.
Working Lunch - Pickup lunch return to meeting room
11:30 a.m.
CASE-BASED PRESENTATIONS
11:30 a.m.
Pacing After TAVR?
Yong Mei Cha, MD
11:45 a.m.
Is This Lead Fractured?
Charles Swerdlow, MD
12:00 p.m.
Is This Patient Infected or Allergic?
M. Sohail, MD
12:15 p.m.
22 yo Female Has Recurrent Neurocardiogenic Syncope: Is There a Role for Pacemaker?
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
12:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion - Drs. Swerdlow, Cha, Shen, and Sohail
12:40 p.m.
Stretch/Break
12:40 p.m.
CARDIAC ANATOMY FOR IMPLANTERS AND SAFE LEAD EXTRACTION
1:00 p.m.
Cardiac Anatomy to Guide Device Implant: With Focus on LV leads, and His Bundle Pacing
Samuel Asirvatham, MD
3:00 p.m.
Adjourn
6:45 a.m.
Sunday, July 1
6:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:00 a.m.
Early Bird Session: Common Device Troubleshooting-Case Presentations
Melinda Barber, ARNP, Francisco Gatcheco, BSN, Linda Schwartz, RN
7:45 a.m.
Post Test
8:00 a.m.
CIED Programming and Trouble Shooting
Moderator: Yong Mei Cha, MD
8:00 a.m.
When Should Pacemakers or ICDs Be Turned Off? End of Life Decisions
Win-Kuang Shen, MD
8:30 a.m.
ICD Troubleshooting: New Ways to Diagnose Lead Dislodgement: Case Based Approach
Charles Swerdlow, MD
9:15 a.m.
PMM/CRT Troubleshooting
Yong Mei Cha, MD, Raul Espinosa, MD
10:15 a.m.
Device Troubleshooting – Audience cases, Bring a case from home
Yong Mei Cha, MD, Charles Swerdlow, MD
Moderator: Paul Friedman, MD
10:55 a.m.
Closing Remarks
Yong Mei Cha, MD
11:00 a.m.
Adjourn
Credit Types Offered
-
AMA PRA Category 1™17.5
-
ABIM MOC Points17.5
Price: $795 - $855 | Early registration saves $100
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