ABSTRACTS ACCEPTED FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS ECAS 2016

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1 ABSTRACTS ACCEPTED FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS ECAS Abstract 06-0 SENSING PERFORMANCE IN TIME OF A THREE-VECTOR IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDER Corrado Tomasi, Maria Selina Argnani, Alessandro Dal Monte, Ida Rubino 2, Federica Giannotti, Diego Grassini 3, Daniele Giacopelli 3, Massimo Margheri Ospedale "S Maria delle Croci", AUSL della Romagna, Ravenna, Italy, 2 Ospedale "Umberto I", AUSL della Romagna, Lugo (RA), Italy, 3 Biotronik Italia, Vimodrone (MI), Italy 3-2 Abstract 06- HIGH EARLY YIELD OF IMPLANTABLE ECG RECORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH TLOC TRIAGED THROUGH NURSE LEAD BLACKOUT CLINICS Amir Anwar, Aly Zki, Maria Petsa, Stuart Allen, Adam Fitzpatrick Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom 3-3 Abstract 0-4 ASSOCIATION OF HEART RATE VARIABILITY DISORDERS AND DAILY BLOOD PRESSURE PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES MELLITUS 2 TYPE WITH DIFFERENT BODY WEIGHT Yuliya Shaposhnikova, Irina Ilchenko, Lesya Bobronnikova, Victoriia Pligovka 2 Kharkiv national medical university, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2 Government Institution: L.T.Malaya Therapy National Institute of the NAMS of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine 3-4 Abstract 23-0 ACCURACY OF THE PACEMAKER EVENT RECORDER VERSUS HOLTER-ECG TO DETECT BOTH SYMPTOMATIC AND ASYMPTOMATIC VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS Stela Sampaio, Denise Hachul 2, Neyle Craveiro, Francisco Darrieux 2, Mauricio Scanavacca 2, Italo Oliveira, Evilásio Leobino, Silvana Nishioka 2 Hospital de Messejana, FORTALEZA, Brazil, 2 Instituto do Coração - FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil 3-5 Abstract 5-27 PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION: MINIMIZING FLUOROSCOPY USING REMOTE MAGNETIC CATHETER NAVIGATION AND IMAGE INTEGRATION. Dirk Bastian, Johannes Schwab, Andrea Brinker-Paschke, Arno Bößenecker, Reinhard Döring, Zeynep Karakurt, Matthias Pauschinger, Konrad Göhl Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany 3-6 Abstract 08-0

2 EXTERNAL VALIDATION OF THE LVADS2 CRITERIA: A NOVEL TOOL FOR CHARACTERISING POST LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM Siva Krothapalli, Lee Joseph, Sheena CarlLee, April Shewmake, Prashant Bhave, Michael Giudici University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, United States 3-7 Abstract 23-4 ANATOMIC LANDMARKS GUIDED VENOUS ACCESS TECHNIQUE FOR CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER INCIDENCE OF POST-OPERATIVE POCKET HEMATOMAS. Hardik Doshi, Musab Alqasrawi, Chad Ward, Alex Bolton, Gary Goldsmith, Lee Joseph, Dwayne Campbell, Prashant Bhave, Michael Giudici University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, United States 3-8 Abstract 8-22 COMPLETELY FLUOROLESS CATHETER ABLATION OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS: A 5YEAR EXPERIENCE Mansour Razminia, Michael Willoughby, Hany Demo Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, United States 3-9 Abstract 05- EVENTS HOLTER, EXPERIENCE WITH OMRON PORTABLE HEARTSCAN ECG MONITOR Benoît Doyen, Olivier Deceuninck, Olivier Xhaët, Fabien Dormal, Dominique Blommaert CHU Mont Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium 3-0 Abstract 06-3 CRT WITH QUADRIPOLAR TRANSVENOUS LEAD RESULTS IN HIGH RESPONSE RATE WITH A LOWER NEED OF REPROGRAMMING Valentina Ribatti, Luca Santini 2, Ambrogio Capria 3, Giovanni Battista Forleo, Germana Panattoni, Valentina Schirripa 4, Giulia Magliano, Valentina Minni, Alessandro Politano 5, Domenico Sergi, Lucia Duro, Francesco Romeo, Fabrizio Ammirati 2 Cardiology Division, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy, 2 Cardiology Division, G.B. Grassi Hospital, Rome, Italy, 3 Internal Medicine Division, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy, 4 Cardiology Division, S.Pertini Hospital, Rome, Italy, 5 Cardiology Division, Casilino General Hospital, Rome, Italy 3- Abstract 0-0 PHYSIOLOGY OF THE AV NODE AND THE MECHANISM FOR DUAL AV NODAL PHYSIOLOGY Steven Bailin, Robert West 2, Neal Weers 3 Iowa Heart Center, Des Moines, United States, 2 Mercy Hospital Des Moines IA, Des Moines, United States, 3 St Jude Medical, St Paul, United States 3-2 Abstract 02-3

3 STABILITY OF CIRCULATING BLOOD-BASED MIRNAS PRE-ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS Charlotte Glinge, Sebastian Clauss 2, Reza Jabbari, Kim Boddum 3, Javad Jabbari, Bjarke Risgaard, Philipp Tomsits 2, Stefan Kaab 2, Reza Wakili 2, Thomas Jespersen 3, Jacob Tfelt- Hansen Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2 Department of Medicine I, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, 3 Heart and Circulatory Research Section, Panum Instituttet, Copenhagen, Denmark 3-3 Abstract 0-2 ATRIAL CONDUCTION VELOCITY CORRELATES WITH FREQUENCY CONTENT OF BIPOLAR SIGNAL Stefano Grossi, Francesco Grassi 2, Lorenzo Galleani 2, Francesca Bianchi, Andrea Sibona Masi, Maria Rosa Conte AO Ordine Mauriziano, Turin, Italy, 2 Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy 3-4 Abstract 03-2 GENTAMICIN-INDUCED CORRECTION OF MUTANT HERG CHANNELS SCREENED IN CHINESE WITH LONG QT SYNDROME, TORSADE DE POINTES AND SYNCOPE Guoliang Li, Gong Cheng 2, Jine Wu, Aifeng Zhang 3, Xin He, Wenqi Han 2, Chaofeng Sun 2 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi an, China, 2 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shaanxi Provincial People s Hospital, Xi an, China, 3 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi an Jiaotong University College of Medicine, Xi an, China 3-5 Abstract 05-0 CHARACTERIZATION OF REPOLARIZATION IN BRUGADA SYNDROME PATIENTS DURING EXERCISE TESTING: DYNAMIC ANGLE EVALUATION Thomas Pospiech, Jérémie Jaussaud 2, Frédéric Sacher, Darren Hooks 3, Michel Haïssaguerre, Hervé Douard Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, LYRIC, Pessac, France, 2 Clinique du Sport, Merignac, France, 3 University Hospital of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 3-6 Abstract 02-2 ISOPROTERENOL RESPONSE OF A VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA STORM IN A GENETICALLY PROVEN LONG QT2 Keith Suarez, Evans Hardegree, Christopher Chiles, Javier E Banchs Baylor Scott and White, Temple, United States 3-7 Abstract 02-0 ELECTROGRAM ABNORMALITIES CAN BE DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO SPECIFIC ION CHANNEL AND ACTION POTENTIAL CHANGES

4 Konstantinos N Tzortzis, Chris D Cantwell, Spencer J Sherwin, Rasheda A Chowdhury, Nicholas S Peters Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom 3-8 Abstract 03- A COMMON GENETIC VARIANT IN SCN5A ASSOCIATES WITH VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION CAUSED BY ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION Reza Jabbari, Charlotte Glinge, Javad Jabbari, Bjarke Risgaard, Bo Gregers Winkel, Stig Haunsø, Christian Juhl Terkelsen 2, Hans-Henrik Tilsted, Lisette Okkels Jensen 3, Mikkel Hougaard 3, Thomas Engstrøm, Christine M. Albert 4, Jacob Tfelt-Hansen Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2 Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital in Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark, 3 Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, 4 Center for Arrhythmia Prevention, Division of Preventive Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States 3-9 Abstract 5-2 LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE THROMBI REVERSED WITH NOACS Carlos Eduardo González-Matos, Rocío Cózar-León, Pablo Bastos-Amador, Ernesto Díaz-Infante Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain 3-20 Abstract 5-4 ASSESSMENT OF ANTITHROMBOTIC TREATMENT FOR INCIDENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH PERMANENT PACEMAKERS Emma Sandgren, Cecilia Rorsman, Johan Engdahl 2, Nils Edvardsson 3 Department of Medicine, Halland hospital, Varberg, Sweden, 2 Department of Medicine, Halland hospital, Halmstad, Sweden, 3 Institution of Medicine, Department of molecular and clinical medicine, Gothenburg, Sweden 3-2 Abstract 8-0 NOVEL ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS: BEDREST AND BLEEDING IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION CATHETER ABLATION Lynn McWhirter Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, United States 4- Abstract 25- VALIDATION OF DEFIBRILLATOR LEAD PERFORMANCE REGISTRY DATA - INSIGHT FROM THE DANISH PACEMAKER AND ICD REGISTER Anders Elgaard Kristensen, Jacob Moesgaard Larsen, Jens Cosedis Nielsen 2, Jens Brock Johansen 3, Jens Haarbo 4, Helen Høgh Petersen 5, Sam Riahi Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, 2 Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, 3 Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, 4 Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, 5 The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

5 4-2 Abstract 05-3 RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF AN ARRHYTHMOGENIC SUBSTRATE IN SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH SURVIVORS USING RELATIVE ACTIVATION MAPPING TO SHOW FAILURE OF RATE ADAPTATION Matthew J Shun-Shin, Kevin Ming Wei Leong, Fu Siong Ng, Phang Boon Lim, Nick W Linton, Zachary I Whinnett, David C Lefroy 2, D Wyn Davies 2, Nicholas S Peters, Amanda Varnava 2, Darrel P Francis, Prapa Kanagaratnam 2 NHLI, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, 2 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom 4-3 Abstract 9-2 THE SUBCUTANEOUS ICD (S-ICD) DURING PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY FIRST EXPERIENCES Ina Klier, Britt Beckmann, Christoph Schuhmann, Sebastian Clauss, Stefan Sattler, Johannes Siebermaier, Moritz Sinner, Claudia Strewe 2, Reza Wakili, Stefan Kääb, Heidi Estner, Stephanie Fichtner Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Klinikum der Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany, 2 Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Klinikum der Universität München (LMU), Campus Grosshadern, Munich, Germany 4-4 Abstract 9-8 SUBCUTANEOUS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS IN CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS AND PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Pierre Bordachar, Marquié Christelle 2, Thomas Pospiech, Jean-Luc Pasquié 3, Zakaria Jalal, Michel Haïssaguerre, Jean-Benoît Thambo Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, LYRIC, Pessac, France, 2 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France, 3 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France 4-5 Abstract 27-0 INCIDENCE OF CHRONOTROPIC INCOMPETENCE (CI) IN PATIENTS WITH SINGLE CHAMBER IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS (SC-ICD) Naomi Mascharak, Sumit Verma 2 University of Miami, Coral Gables, United States, 2 Heart Rhythm Center, Pensacola, United States 4-6 Abstract 9-24 IRREVERSIBLE SD IN A PEDIATRIC PM PATIENT DESPITE IMMEDIATE CPR: A MEDICOLEGAL CASE Guy Fontaine Hôpital Pitié Salpetrière, Paris, France 4-7 Abstract 9-4 ICD LEAD MALFUNCTION DUE TO FAILURE AT THE DEVICE-TISSUE INTERFACE

6 Robert Hauser, JoEllyn Abraham, William Katsiyiannis Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, United States 4-8 Abstract 9-6 NEW TECHNIQUE FOR SURGICAL EPICARDIAL IMPLANTATION OF A CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Thomas Pospiech, François Roubertie, Zakaria Jalal, Pierre Bordachar, Jean-Benoît Thambo Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, LYRIC, Pessac, France 4-9 Abstract 08- AMOUNT OF ST ELEVATION IN TYPE I BRUGADA PATTERN RELATED TO DEGREE OF CONDUCTION DELAY IN RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT Kevin Ming Wei Leong, Fu Siong Ng, Cheng Yao 2, Sian Yates 3, Patricia Taraborrelli 3, Nick W Linton 3, Zachary Whinnett 3, David Lefroy 3, David Wyn Davies 3, Phang Boon Lim 3, Nicholas S Peters, Sian E Harding, Prapa Kanagaratnam 3, Amanda Varnava 3 NHLI, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, 2 Medtronic, London, United Kingdom, 3 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom 4-0 Abstract 0- ICTAL ASYSTOLE: AN UNKNOWN CAUSE OF SYNCOPE Pepa Sánchez-Borque, Jose Manuel Rubio, Juan Benezet-Mazuecos, Angel Miracle, Esmeralda Serrano, Juan Jose de la Vieja, Jose Antonio Iglesias, Jerónimo Farré Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain 4- Abstract 0-0 FREQUENCY OF ADVERSE EVENTS IN THE SHORT AND MEDIUM TERM IN COLOMBIAN PATIENTS WITH SYNCOPE CLASSIFIED IN HIGH AND LOW RISK BY THE SCALE OESIL Guillermo Mora, Alejandro Olaya 2, Jorge Marín 3 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, 2 Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Bogotá, Colombia, 3 CES Cardiology department, Medellín, Colombia 4-2 Abstract 8-5 USING MULTIPOLAR ABLATION IRRIGATED CATHETER (N-MARQ) FOR PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: SUCCESS RATE AFTER A SINGLE PROCEDURE Antoine Lepillier, Olivier Paziaud, Xavier Copie, Gilles Lascault, Olivier Piot Centre Cardiologique du Nord, Saint-Denis, France 4-3 Abstract 0- IS CONDUCTION BLOCK DURING SINUS RHYTHM ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF POST-OPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION?

7 Eva Lanters, Ameeta Yaksh, Charles Kik, Paul Knops, Christophe Teuwen, Lisette van der Does, Ad Bogers, Maurits Allessie, Natasja de Groot Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands 4-4 Abstract 8-4 EXPERIENCE WITH A NOVEL HYBRID CRYO/RF FOCUSED TECHNIQUE IN LONG-STANDING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - LOW VOLTAGE BRIDGE MAPPING Michael Giudici, Steven Bailin, Omer Iqbal, Uzodinma Emerenini University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, United States 4-5 Abstract 8- PRUDENT POWER SETTING AND LIMITED DURATION OF RF APPLICATIONS MAY REDUCE PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION USING A NOVEL IRRIGATED CIRCULAR RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION CATHETER Domenico Grieco, Ermenegildo De Ruvo, Luigi Sciarra, Emilia Goanta, Alessio Borrelli, Antonio Scarà, Paolo Golia, Marco Rebecchi, Lucia De Luca, Leonardo Calò Policlinico Casilino of Rome, Rome, Italy 4-6 Abstract 8-2 LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME FOLLOWING SUBSTRATE ABLATION IN PERSISTENT AF Steven Bailin, Craig Hoffman 2, Robert West 3 University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States, 2 Iowa Heart Center, Des Moines, United States, 3 Mercy Hospital Des Moines, Des Moines, United States 4-7 Abstract 7-2 WHICH CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FAILURE OF ANTITACHYCARDIA PACING TO TERMINATE VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA? Dalia Giedrimiene, Craig Coleman 2, Danette Guertin 3, Jeffrey Kluger 3 Hartford Hospital/University of Saint Joseph, Hartford, United States, 2 Hartford Hospital/University of Connecticut, Hartford, United States, 3 Hartford Hospital, Hartford, United States 4-8 Abstract 7-4 MODERATOR BAND ECTOPY UNMASKED BY ADENOSINE AS A CAUSE OF ECTOPIC TRIGGERED IDIOPATHIC VF Aaisha Opel, Mark Earley, Pier Lambiase Barts Heart Centre, London, United Kingdom 4-9 Abstract 25-0 EXPERIENCE WITH THE WEARABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (WCD) IN HIGH RISK CARDIAC PATIENTS FROM A GERMAN SINGLE CENTER COHORT

8 Chrisortph Schuhmann, Michaela Kubieniec, Johannes Siebermair, Stefan Sattler, Ina Klier, Moritz Sinner, Heidi Estner, Reza Wakili, Stefan Kääb, Stephanie Fichtner University Hospital Munich, Mediznische Klinik I, Munich, Germany 4-20 Abstract 7-5 FACTORS INFLUENCING LONG-TERM CLINICAL OUTCOME AFTER CATHETER ABLATION OF POST-INFARCT VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA: A SINGLE-CENTRE STUDY Maigrat Charles-Henry, De Chillou Christian CHRU Nancy - Institut lorrain du coeur et des vaisseaux, Nancy, France 4-2 Abstract 7-6 SAFETY THRESHOLD OF BASELINE RHYTHM R-WAVE AMPLITUDE VALUES TO PREVENT NON-SENSING UPON SPONTANEOUS VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLLATOR David Filgueiras-Rama, José María Lillo-Castellano, J.B. Martinez-Ferrer 2, Javier Alzueta 3, Luisa Pérez-Álvarez 4, Arcadi Alberola 5, Ignacio Fernández-Lozano 6, Anibal Rodríguez 7, Rosa Porro 8, Ignacio Anguera 9, Adolfo Fontenla 0, Manuel Marina-Breysse, Alfonso Gómez-Gallanti, Rafael Peinado, José Luis Rojo-Álvarez 2, Inmaculada Mora-Jiménez 2, Julián Pérez-Villacastín 3 Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Carlos III (CNIC), Madrid, Spain, 2 Hospital Universitario de Araba, Vitoria, Spain, 3 Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain, 4 Hospital Universitario A Coruña, La Coruña, Spain, 5 Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain, 6 Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain, 7 Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 8 Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Cáceres, Spain, 9 Hospital de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, 0 Hospital 2 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, Hospital Universtario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, 2 Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, 3 Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain 4-22 Abstract 03-0 A POSSIBLE ROLE OF Q2958R RYR2 POLYMORPHISM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MALIGNANT VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS Francesca Galati, Antonio Galati 2, Serafina Massari DiSTeBA, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy, 2 Division of Cardiology Card., G. Panico Hospital, Tricase, Italy 5- Abstract 26- IS COMBINED ABLATION FOR PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION USING BALLOON CRYOABLATION AND RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION SUPERIOR TO EITHER TECHNIQUE ALONE? LONG-TERM FOLLOW UP AND COST ANALYSIS Aaisha Opel, Mohammed Abid Akhtar, Stanislav Hadjivassilev, Richard Ang, Malcolm Finlay, Mehul Dhinoja, Mark Earley, Richard J Schilling, Ross J Hunter, Simon Sporton Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

9 5-2 Abstract 8-3 IMPACT OF AF SUBSTRATE ABLATION UPON P WAVE DURATION AND LA VOLUME IN PATIENTS WITH PAF Steven Bailin, Craig Hoffman 2, Robert West 3 University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States, 2 Iowa Heart Center, Des Moines, United States, 3 Mercy Hospital Des Moines, Des Moines, United States 5-3 Abstract 5-8 INCIDENCE OF LATE RECURRENCE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION FOLLOWING REMOTE MAGNETIC NAVIGATION GUIDED RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION Moeen Abedin, Zameer Abedin, Zainul Abedin Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, United States 5-4 Abstract 5-42 CRYOBALLOON ABLATION (CRYO) FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF) CANNOT BE GUIDED BY TEMPERATURE END-POINTS ALONE Aaisha Opel, Richard Ang, Michael Fannon, Jose Marben Tiongco, Malcolm Finlay, Mehul Dhinoja, Mark Earley, Simon Sporton, Richard J Schilling, Ross J Hunter Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom 5-5 Abstract 5-7 CLINICAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING REMOTE MAGNETIC NAVIGATION GUIDED RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Moeen Abedin, Zameer Abedin, Zainul Abedin Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, United States 5-6 Abstract 8-30 BIDIRECTIONAL CONDUCTION BLOCK OF LEFT ATRIAL ANTERIOR LINE IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT ATRIAL ABLATION REDUCTION OF RF TIME USING CONTACT FORCE SENSING CATHETER IN A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY Stephanie Fichtner, Reza Wakili, Johannes Siebermair, Moritz Sinner, Thomas Wiktor, Lucia Olesch, Susanne Rainer, Heidi Estner Klinikum der Universität München, Medizinische Klinik I, Munich, Germany 5-7 Abstract 8-29 BIDIRECTIONAL BLOCK OF ATRIAL ANTERIOR LINE IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT ATRIAL ABLATION USING CONTACT FORCE SENSING CATHETER VISIBILITY OF THE LINE AND FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT IN A PROSPECTIVE MRI STUDY Stephanie Fichtner, Adrian Curta 2, Reza Wakili, Johannes Siebermair, Moritz Sinner, Thomas Wiktor, Lucia Olesch, Susanne Rainer, Harald Kramer 2, Heidi Estner Klinikum der Universität München, Medizinische Klinik I, Munich, Germany, 2 Klinikum der Universität München, Abteilung diagnostische Radiologie, Munich, Germany

10 5-8 Abstract 8-23 AUTOMATED LEFT ATRIUM BOUNDARY DETECTION WITH INTRA-CARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY DURING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION Cristiana Corsi, Rachele Angeletti, Matteo Zimmitti 2, Alessandro Dal Monte 3, Corrado Tomasi 3 Engeneering Dept - DEI, Cesena Campus, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 2 Biosense Webster, Johnson & Johnson Medical s.p.a., Rome, Italy, 3 Ospedale "S Maria delle Croci", AUSL della Romagna, Ravenna, Italy 5-9 Abstract 5-26 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CRYOBALLOON AND OPEN IRRIGATED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION FOR PATIENTS WITH PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER 30 MONTHS FOLLOW-UP? A SUBGROUP ANALYSIS OF THE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED FREEZEAF STUDY Kerstin Schmidt, Patrick Hörmann, Andrea Radzewitz, Kevin Kunzmann 2, Meinhard Kieser 2, Gerhard Schymik, Matthias Merkel, Claus Schmitt, Armin Luik Medizinische Klinik IV, Staedtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2 Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 5-0 Abstract 5-45 CLINICAL EFFICACY OF ROTOR ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW Tina Baykaner, Junaid Zaman 2, Sanjiv Narayan 3, Paul Heidenreich 3, Paul Wang 3 University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States, 2 Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, 3 Stanford University, Stanford, United States 5- Abstract 0-2 WAVEFRONT DYNAMICS NEAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DRIVERS DETERMINE WHETHER ABLATION IS LIKELY TO TERMINATE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Fatemah Shenasa, AJ Rogers, Junaid Zaman, Tina Baykaner 2, Shirley Park, Mohan Viswanathan, Paul J Wang, Sanjiv M. Narayan Stanford University, Stanford, United States, 2 UCSD, San Diego, United States 5-2 Abstract 28-7 CARDIAC MAPPING USING SIGNAL MORPHOLOGIES Divyanshu Gupta, Selim Akl, Damian Redfearn Queen's University, Kingston, Canada 5-3 Abstract 28-6 A SQUARE ROOT PATTERN IN BIPOLAR RECORDING CHARACTERIZES MECHANICAL PREMATURE CONTRACTIONS DURING ELECTROPHISIOLOGICAL STUDY Gianluca Epicoco, Hussam Ali, Antonio Sorgente 2, Sara Foresti, Guido de Ambroggi, Angelica Fundaliotis, Pierpaolo Lupo, Riccardo Cappato

11 Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy, 2 Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 5-4 Abstract 28-5 LOW VOLTAGE FUNCTIONAL ISTHMUSES IDENTIFIED BY RIPPLE MAPPING ARE USUALLY ANATOMICALLY STABLE: A NOVEL METHOD TO GUIDE ATRIAL SUBSTRATE ABLATION? Vishal Luther, Norman Qureshi, Nicholas Linton, Michael Koa-Wing, Markus Sikkel, Ian Mann, Shahnaz Jamil-Copley, Sajad Hayat, Phang Boon Lim, Zachary Whinnett, D. Wyn Davies, Nicholas S. Peters, Prapa Kanagaratnam Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom 5-5 Abstract 7-0 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF LATE GADOLINIUM ENHANCEMENT ON CARDIAC MRI AND MAXIMAL T-WAVE ALTERNANS SITES ON THE 2-LEAD HOLTER ECG IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY Naka Sakamoto, Nobuyuki Sato, Ahmed Talib, Keisuke Otsu, Eitaro Sugiyama, Akiho Minoshima, Yasuko Tanabe, Toshiharu Takeuchi, Yuichiro Kawamura, Naoyuki Hasebe Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan 5-6 Abstract 7- PROLONGED SUBTRICUSPID ELECTRO-MECHANICAL INTERVAL PREDICTS ARRHYTHMIC OUTCOME IN THE SUBCLINICAL STAGE OF ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA/CARDIOMYOPATHY Thomas Mast, Arco Teske, Anneline Te Riele, Crystal Tichnell 2, Judith Groeneweg, Brittney Murray 2, Harikrishna Tandri 2, Jeroen van der Heijden, Birgitta Velthuis, Peter Loh, Pieter Doevendans, Dennis Dooijes, Toon van Veen, Jaques de Bakker, Ted Abraham 2, Cindy James 2, Hugh Calkins 2, Richard Hauer, Maarten Jan Cramer UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2 Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, United States 5-7 Abstract 9-7 IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR IN PEDIATRICS AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: 20-YEARS SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE Thomas Pospiech, Zakaria Jalal, François Roubertie, Pierre Bordachar, Jean-Benoît Thambo Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, LYRIC, Pessac, France 5-8 Abstract 07- NON ISCHEMIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHIES COMPLICATED WITH VENTRICULAR ARRYTHMIAS : EVALUATION OF THE DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGY Prune Gaillard Hôpital Haut Lévêque Service de rythmologie, Bordeaux, France 5-9 Abstract 22-

12 SUPRACLAVICULAR POCKET FOR PACEMAKER: AN ALTERNATIVE POSITION IN PATIENTS WITH NO PREPECTORAL ACCESS Guillaume Abehsira, Françoise Hidden-Lucet, Estelle Gandjbakhch Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière, Institut de Cardiologie, Paris, France 5-20 Abstract 23- AN INCIDENCE AND PREDICTORS OF VENTRICULAR LEAD DISLODGEMENT IN EARLY POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD (A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE) Svetlana Zadorozhnaya, Valery Agapov, Denis Terekhov, Vasiliy Samitin Regional Clinical Cardiac Health Center, Saratov, Russia 5-2 Abstract 23-7 EXTENDED ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS EARLY AFTER CARDIAC DEVICES IMPLANTATION: EXPERIENCE FROM A MEDIUM VOLUME CENTRE Giulio Boggian, Roberto Vandelli, Saccà Saverio, Capecchi Alessandro, Franco Serafini, Riccardo Parlangeli, Annachiara Musuraca, Barbara Bresciani, Alessandro Lombardi, Leonardo Goffredo Pancaldi ASL Bologna, U.O. Cardiologia, Ospedale di Bentivoglio, Bologna, Italy 5-22 Abstract 29-2 ULTRASOUND-GUIDED VENOUS ACCESS FOR PACEMAKERS AND DEfiBRILLATORS. RANDOMIZED TRIAL Mattia Liccardo Ospedale Santa Maria delle Grazie, Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy 6- Abstract 5-47 COULD RHYTHM OR RATE CONTROL STRATEGY IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AFFECT RECURRENCE RATE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN ELDER PEOPLE? Antonio Bonora, Gianni Turcato 2, Elena Franchi 3, Alice Dilda 2, Giorgio Ricci Emergency and Intensive Care Department - University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy, 2 Postgraduate School of Emergency Medicine - University of Verona, Verona, Italy, 3 Department of Cardiology - University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy 6-2 Abstract 5-4 COMPARISON BETWEEN TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION BEFORE ELECTIVE EXTERNAL CARDIOVERSION: PROSPECTIVE STUDY IN A SINGLE HOSPITAL Laurent Biquet, Sophie Hardy, Jérôme Siplet, Acefee Defaee, Caroline Lepièce, Damien Badot, Olivier Marcovitch, Antoine de Meester Groupe Jolimont, Haine Saint Paul, Belgium 6-3 Abstract 5-34 PERMANENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PATIENTS RISK STRATIFICATION BY USING COMBINATION OF PREDICTORS

13 Irena Kurcalte, Oskars Kalejs, Renars Erts, Artem Kalinin, Artis Kalnins 2 Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia, 2 Riga East Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia 6-4 Abstract 5-32 INFLUENCE OF AGE ON SUCCESS RATES AFTER PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION FOR TREATMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION A RETROSPECTIVE, SINGLE-CENTER ANALYSIS Johannes Siebermair, Stefan Sattler, Moritz F. Sinner, Sebastian Clauss, Eva Klocker, Samira Saraj, Stefan Kääb, Heidi L. Estner, Stephanie Fichtner, Reza Wakili LMU Munich Campus Grosshadern, Munich, Germany 6-5 Abstract 23-6 SILENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION SOON AFTER PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION: AN UNINTENTIONALLY PROVOKED SITUATION? Juan Benezet-Mazuecos, Jose Antonio Iglesias, Marcelino Cortes, Juan Jose de la Vieja, Pepa Sanchez-Borque, Angel Miracle, Jose Manuel Rubio, Jeronimo Farre Fundación Jimenez Díaz - Quironsalud, Madrid, Spain 6-6 Abstract 20-2 BEAT TO BEAT EFFICACY STUDY OF XEN-D003, A NOVEL IKUR BLOCKER, IN PATIENTS WITH PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND PERMANENT PACEMAKERS - THE XAPAF STUDY Shunmugam Ragunath Shunmugam, Conn Sugihara, Sarah Anderson, Patrick Round 2, John Ford 2, Nick Freemantle 3, Steve Furniss, Neil Sulke East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Eastbourne, United Kingdom, 2 Xention Limited, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 3 University College London, London, United Kingdom 6-7 Abstract 20-0 THE EFFICACY OF DRONEDARONE IN PATIENTS WITH PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION USING CONTINUOUS BEAT TO BEAT FOLLOW-UP WITH PERMANENT PACEMAKERS - THE DROPPAF STUDY Shunmugam Ragunath Shunmugam, Steve Podd, Conn Sugihara, Nick Freemantle 2, Steve Furniss, Neil Sulke East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Eastbourne, United Kingdom, 2 University College London, London, United Kingdom 6-8 Abstract 20- ASSESSMENT OF XEN-D003, A NOVEL IKUR BLOCKER, IN PACEMAKER PATIENTS WITH PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - THE XAPAF STUDY Shunmugam Ragunath Shunmugam, Conn Sugihara, Sarah Anderson, Nick Freemantle 2, Patrick Round 3, John Ford 3, Steve Furniss, Neil Sulke East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Eastbourne, United Kingdom, 2 University College London, London, United Kingdom, 3 Xention limited, Cambridge, United Kingdom 6-9 Abstract 4-0

14 IMPACT OF RHYTHM VERSUS RATE CONTROL FOR PATIENTS WITH ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION OR FLUTTER Lee Joseph, Abraham Sonny 2, Somnath Bose 2, Prashant Bhave, Michael Giudici, Mary Vaughan-Sarrazin University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States, 2 Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States 6-0 Abstract 5-35 CHOICE OF AF TREATMENT IN THE ELDERLY POPULATION A RETROSPECTIVE, SINGLE-CENTER ANALYSIS Julia Weidle, Myriam Koch, Johannes Siebermair, Stefan Sattler, Konstantinos D. Rizas, Sebastian Clauss, Moritz F. Sinner, Stephanie Fichtner, Heidi L. Estner, Stefan Kääb, Reza Wakili Department of Medicine I, Grosshadern Clinic, University of Munich, Munich, Germany 6- Abstract 5-46 DIRECT CURRENT CARDIOVERSION (DCCV) UNDER CONSCIOUS SEDATION WITH INTRAVENOUS MIDAZOLAM AND SUBLINGUAL FENTANYL IN CARDIAC CATHETER LAB FOR PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION OR FLUTTER ESTABLISHING A NEW SERVICE AT DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL IN UK Manoj Makharia, Robert Davies, Deven Patel Barnet Hospital, Royal Free London NHS FondationTrust, London, United Kingdom 6-2 Abstract 28- POINT-TO-POINT IMPEDANCE MAPPING VERSUS INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY TO TARGET PULMONARY VEIN ANTRUM ON ELECTROANATOMIC MAPPING IN PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION Corrado Tomasi, Alessandro Dal Monte, Maria Selina Argnani, Cristiana Corsi 2, Massimo Margheri Ospedale "S Maria delle Croci", AUSL della Romagna, Ravenna, Italy, 2 Engeneering Dept - DEI, Cesena Campus, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy -LA junction at 4 depth-levels: 0-20 mm inside PV; at PV os; at the ICE-PVan, targeted outside 6-3 Abstract 8-28 TREATING AV NODAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA. RESULTS OF LONG- TERM FOLLOW-UP Wil Kassenberg, Jeroen Heijden van der, Rutger Hassink, Peter Loh University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands 6-4 Abstract 28-4 IDENTIFICATION OF CONDUCTION BLOCK AT THE EUSTACHIAN RIDGE IN FLUTTER USING THE RHYTHMIA MAPPING SYSTEM Arunashis Sau, Markus Sikkel 2, Vishal Luther 2, Louisa Malcolme-Lawes 2, Afzal Sohaib 2, Fu Siong Ng 2, Ian Wright 2, Norman Qureshi 2, Kevin Leong 2, Nicholas Linton 2, Michael

15 Koa-Wing 2, Zachary Whinnett 2, David Lefroy 2, Phang Boon Lim 2, Prapa Kanagaratnam 2, Nicholas Peters 2, D. Wyn Davies 2 Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, 2 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom 6-5 Abstract 8-27 TARGETING THE CRITICAL ISTHMUS IN PATIENTS WITH ATYPICAL ATRIAL FLUTTER USING THE RHYTHMIATM SYSTEM Armin Luik, Patrick Hörmann, Kerstin Schmidt, Tobias Oesterlein 2, Andrea Radzewitz, Gerhard Schymik, Matthias Merkel, Claus Schmitt Medizinische Klinik IV, Staedtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2 Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany 6-6 Abstract 3- RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH THE WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME: INCIDENCE AND INDICATIONS Jose Manuel Rubio, Pepa Sanchez-Borque, Juan Benezet-Mazuecos, Angel Miracle, Jose Antonio Iglesias, Juan Jose De la Vieja, Esmeralda Serrano, Pedro Pablo Perez, Jeronimo Farre Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain 6-7 Abstract 3-0 EXPERIENCE OF CATHETER ABLATION ACCESSORY PATHWAYS IN CHILDREN EBSTEIN'S ANOMALY Elena Artyukhina, Amiran Revishvili, Leo Bokeria, Lana Danilova Bakoulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow, Russia 6-8 Abstract 0-7 OCCLUSION OF A CONGENITAL RIGHT CORONARY TO VENA CAVA SUPERIOR FISTULA INDUCES TEMPORARY JUNCTIONAL BRADYCARDIA AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Edward Gabeler, Yves De Greef, Paul Vermeersch, Dirk Stockman, Valerie Vandermotte, Bruno Schwagten ZNA Middelheim, Brussels, Belgium 6-9 Abstract 08-2 HIS BUNDLE RECORDING DURING AND AFTER TAVR TO PREDICT EARLY AND LATE ATRIO-VENTRICULAR BLOCK Robert Frank, Caroline Nguyen, Nicolas Badenco, Carole Maupain, Jean Philippe Collet, Pascal Leprince, Françoise Hidden Lucet CH Pitié Salpétrière, Paris, France 6-20 Abstract 08-3 HIS BUNDLE RECORDINGS AND SURFACE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM TO ASSESS THE RISK OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK AFTER TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT

16 Nicolas Badenco, Caroline Chong Nguyen, Estelle Gandjbakhch, Carole Maupain, Guillaume Duthoit, Xavier Waintraub, Jean-Philippe Collet, Robert Frank GH Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France