Schedule
Wednesday, September 21
Thursday, September 22
Friday, September 23
Saturday, September 24
Arrivals/Registration
Arrivals/Registration
14:00 – 16:45
Pre-Conference Seminar for Fellows & Associated Professionals (30 minutes each)
- Top 10 “Don’t Miss” ECG Patterns for Clinicians (Walsh | Boston, USA)
- Deducing Tachycardia Mechanism from ECG (Triedman | Boston, USA)
- Basics of Channelopathies (Bezzerides | Boston, USA)
- Basics of Mapping and Catheter Ablation (Van Hare | St. Louis, USA)
- Early and Late Postoperative Arrhythmias (Hessling | Munich, Germany)
14:00 – 16:45
17:00 – 20:00
Welcome Reception
17:00 – 20:00
18:30 – 19:00
Comments from Organizing Committee
18:30 – 19:00
Breakfast/Registration
Breakfast/Registration
8:00 – 8:55
Keynote Address: Covid & The Heart (Newburger | Boston, USA)
8:00 – 8:55
Announcements
Announcements
9:00 – 10:00
Lecture Sessions 1
Room A: Genetics and Cellular EP
- Calcium Homeostasis in Cardiac Cells: The Role of the Ryanodine Receptor (Bezzerides | Boston, USA)
- CPVT: Diagnosis, Risk and Treatment (Maltret | Paris, France)
- Calcium Release Deficiency Syndrome: Diagnosis, Risk and Treatment (Roston | Vancouver, Canada)
Room B: Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- AF in ACHD – Triggers, Substrate, and Ablation Approaches (de Groot | Rotterdam, Netherlands)
- High-Density Mapping of IART in ACHD (Deisenhofer | Munich, Germany)
- Anticoagulation Issues for AF & IART in ACHD (Tadros | Boston, USA)
Room C: Associated Professionals
- Picking the Right Device for Your Patient (Dechert | Ann Arbor, USA)
- ILR in Children: Friend or Foe (Olen | Miami, USA)
- Finding a Needle in a Haystack: Managing the Data of Remote Monitoring (A. Walsh | Boston, USA)
9:00 – 10:00
Break
Break
10:30 – 12:00
Lecture Sessions 2
Room A: Ablation
- Risk Stratification in WPW: Is It Ever Safe to Defer Ablation? (Etheridge | Salt Lake City, USA)
- How to Approach an “Epicardial” Accessory Pathways (Paul | Göttingen, Germany)
- Catheter Ablation of Difficult Pathway Locations (Baskar | Cincinnati, USA)
- Preexcitation-Induced Cardiomyopathy (Miyazaki | Shizuoka, Japan)
Room B: Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices
- “Yes We Can!” MRI and Devices (Miyake | Houston, USA)
- Who Should Do Lead Extraction in Adult CHD? (Hessling | Munich, Germany)
- Stroke of Genius? Endocardial Pacing in Systemic Circulation (Khairy | Montreal, Canada)
- ICDs: Transvenous vs. Non-Transvenous Systems (McLeod | Glasgow, Scotland)
10:30 – 12:00
Lunch/Visit Posters
Lunch/Visit Posters
13:15 – 14:45
Lecture Sessions 3
Room A: Clinical EP
- When Should You Treat “High-Burden” Idiopathic Ventricular Ectopy? (Cohen | Fairfax, USA)
- Mitral Valve Prolapse and Ventricular Ectopy: When to Worry? (Pappaginannis | Athens, Greece)
- Concerning Syncope With Negative Evaluation: What to Do Next? (Kornyei | Budapest, Hungary)
- How I Risk-Stratify HCM and Why I’m Still Confused (Abrams | Boston, MA)
Room B: Global Health
- How to Practice Effective EP With Limited Resources (Tsao | Hong Kong, China)
- Ethnic-Specific Genomic Databases (Skinner | Sydney, Australia)
- Ivabradine: A New Panacea for All Arrhythmias? (Shah | Philadelphia, USA)
- Improving Communication Within the International EP Community (Knecht | Krakow, Poland)
13:15 – 14:45
Break/Visit Posters
Break/Visit Posters
15:00 – 16:30
Lecture Sessions 4
Room A: Fetal Arrhythmias
- Update on Congenital Complete Heart Block (Dionne | Boston, MA)
- (Mothers With) LQTS and Fetal Death (Cuneo | Denver, USA)
- Fetal Manifestations of HCN4 Mutations (Jaeggi | Toronto, Canada)
- Update on Fetal Therapy for SVT (Alexander | Boston, MA)
Room B: Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- Techniques and Results for VT Ablation in Adult CHD (Zeppenfeld | Leiden, Netherlands)
- Update on Risk-Stratification Schemes for VT in CHD (Atallah | Edmonton, Canada)
- Substrate Mapping for VT Ablation (Tedrow | Boston, USA)
- Panel Discussion (All)
15:00 – 16:30
16:30 – 18:00
Debate Sessions
Room A
- Debate #1: Complex Access for Ablation: Needle vs. Magnetic Navigation (Moore vs. Khairy)
- Debate #2: Patients With VT Should Get an ICD Even if Ablation Is Successful (Balaji vs. Zeppenfeld)
Room B
- Debate #1: Class I & III Drugs Should Only Be Started as an Inpatient (Stephenson vs. McLeod)
- Debate #2: All TOF Patients Need Preop EPS Prior to PVR (Van Hare vs. Collins)
16:30 – 18:00
19:00 – 21:30
Gala Dinner
19:00 – 21:30
Breakfast/Registration
Breakfast/Registration
8:00 – 8:55
“Ask the Experts” Audience Q&A
- Moderators: Walsh | Triedman
- Discussants: Van Hare | Celiker | Karagoz | Hessling
- Potential Topics:
- Emergency Ablation in Infants
- Posteroseptal Accessory Pathways
- Management of CPVT
- Audience Questions
8:00 – 8:55
9:00 – 10:00
Lecture Sessions 1
Room A: Clinical EP
- Diagnosing and Managing Tachycardia-Induced Myopathy (Pflaumer | Melbourne, Australia)
- Ivabradine: When All Else Fails, or Before Anything Else? (Janson | Philadelphia, USA)
- Anticoagulation for Atrial Arrhythmias: When and How (Marcondes | Auckland, New Zealand)
Room B: Digital Health/New Technology
- Artificial Intelligence in EP (Silva | St. Louis, USA)
- Safe Management of Patients with Remote Monitoring (Mah | Boston, MA)
- Assessing New Technology: It Looks Fancy, but is it Useful? (Von Bergen | Madison, USA)
Room C: Associated Professionals
- Pearls and Pitfalls of Genetic Testing (Hyland | Boston, USA)
- Psychosocial Considerations in Genetic Testing (Cherny | Chicago, USA)
- Practical Applications of Post-mortem Genetic Testing (MacLeod | Elmhurst, USA)
9:00 – 10:00
Break
Break
10:30 – 12:00
Lecture Sessions 2
Room A: Ablation
- Thoughtful Slow Pathway Ablation and Relevance of Low-Voltage Bridge (Drago | Rome, Italy)
- Leftward Slow Pathway Extension and Left Atrial Ablation for AVRNT
- Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia (Law | Iowa City, USA)
- Twin AV Nodes: Past and Present (Moore | Los Angeles, USA)
Room B: Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices
- Abandon and Cap, or Extract? (Karpawich | Detroit, USA)
- Leadless Pacemakers (Shah | Philadelphia, USA)
- Pacemaker and ICD Technology: The Next Generation (Berul | Washington, USA)
- Handling Device Pocket Infections (Tadros | Boston, USA)
10:30 – 12:00
Lunch/Visit Posters
Lunch/Visit Posters
13:15 – 14:45
Lecture Sessions 3
Room A: Genetics
- Current Role of Genetic Testing for Heritable Heart Disease in Children (Landstrom | Durham, USA)
- Genetics of Brugada Syndrome – It’s Complicated! (Wilde | Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Polygenic Contributions to “Monogenic” Disorders (Kannankeril | Nashville, USA)
- Sports Restriction in Genotype + / Phenotype – ARVC (Abrams | Boston, USA)
Room B: Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- Pregnancy, Medications, and Arrhythmia Issues in Adult CHD (Valente | Boston, USA)
- Lead Management and Extraction In Adult CHD (Mah | Boston, USA)
- S-ICD and Reappraisal of Primary Prevention ICD in Eisenmenger Syndrome (Rosenthal | United Kingdom)
- Role of Arrhythmia Surgery in Adult CHD (Feins | Boston, MA)
13:15 – 14:45
Break/Visit Posters
Break/Visit Posters
15:00 – 16:30
Lecture Sessions 4
Room A: Abstract Competition
- Judges: Hessling | Van Hare | Celiker | Karogoz
Room B: Digital Health/New Technology
- Parade of New Technologies (Moderators: Silva | Von Bergen)
- AtriAmp
- Command EP
- Minimally Invasive Epicardial Pacing
- AliveCor Smartphone Wireless ECG
- Robotics
- Dopl Technology
- Virtual Heart Modeling and VAAT
- Others TBD
15:00 – 16:30
16:30 – 18:00
Special Seminar: Conduction System Anatomy
- Embryology of the Conduction Tissues (Blom | Leiden, Netherlands)
- Anatomy of the Conduction Tissues in CHD (Asirvatham | Mayo Clinic, USA)
- Intraoperative Mapping of Conduction Tissues in CHD (DeWitt & O’Leary | Boston, USA)
16:30 – 18:00
Breakfast
Breakfast
8:00 – 9:30
Lecture Session 1
Room A: Genetics and Cellular EP
- Calmodulinopathies (Ackerman | Rochester, USA)
- TECRL Phenotypes: CPVT, LQTS, Both? (Webster | Chicago, USA)
- TANGO2-Related Arrhythmias (Miyake | Houston, USA)
- Timothy Syndrome (Etheridge | Salt Lake City, USA)
Room B: Clinical EP
- T Waves and Early Repolarization: When Not to Ignore (Blom | Leiden, Netherlands)
- Holter Findings That Worry Me (Maltret | Paris, France)
- Judgment Call in V1: Brugada, Epsilon, or Normal? (Pass | New York, USA)
- Utility of Exercise Testing for Arrhythmias (Alexander | Boston, USA)
8:00 – 9:30
Break
Break
9:45 – 11:15
Lecture Session 2
Room A: Ablation
- Use of Magnetic Navigation for Ablation in CHD (Khairy | Montreal, Canada)
- Ablation in Ebstein Anomaly (Walsh | Boston, USA)
- Ablation in the Fontan Patients (Fish | Nashville, USA)
- Ablation in Mustard/Senning Patients (Hebe | Bremen, Germany)
Room B: Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices
- His Bundle and Left Bundle Pacing (Chubb | Palo Alto, USA)
- RV Pacing for Resynchronization in TOF (Janousek | Prague, Czech Republic)
- Resynchronization for Systemic RV and Single Ventricle (Mah | Boston, USA)
9:45 – 11:15
11:15 – 12:15
Special Seminar: Past, Present, and Future of Pediatric & Congenital EP
- The Roots of Our Subspecialty (Walsh | Boston, USA)
- Current Status of Pediatric and Congenital EP (Triedman | Boston, USA)
- Predictions for the Future (Van Hare | St. Louis, USA)
11:15 – 12:15
Lunch/Farewell
Lunch/Farewell