Rome, Italy December 4-7, 2012 Rome Cavalieri
Monday, December 3 ROOM Terrazza Monte Mario PATIENT MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY BIOTRONIK International Fellows Program (IFP) 08.30/10.45 Session I: Clinical Electrocardiography: Managing complex and challenging cases Fundamentals of surface and endocavitary ECG interpretation 10.45/11.00 Coffee Break 11.00/12.15 Session II: Treating Arrhythmias and Heart Failure: A tailored approach for the patient Sudden death prevention 12.15/13.15 Lunch 13.15/14.15 Session II: Treating Arrhythmias and Heart Failure: A tailored approach for the patient Cardiac resynchronization therapy 14.15/14.30 Coffee Break 14.30/16.15 Session III: Novel Concepts in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Device therapy 16.15/16.30 Coffee Break 16.30/18.00 Session III: Novel Concepts in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation therapy Where do we stand 20.00 Reception and Group Dinner 14
Tuesday, December 4 ROOM Terrazza Monte Mario PATIENT MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY BIOTRONIK International Fellows Program (IFP) 08.00/10.30 Session IV: Managing Complex Arrhythmic and Device Patients 15
Tuesday, December 4 Room A Room B Room C Room D 08.30/10.30 PRESENT AND FUTURE IMPACT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY ON THE TREATMENT OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS Session I: Health care funding 11.00/13.00 PRESENT AND FUTURE IMPACT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY ON THE TREATMENT OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN ARRHYTHMIC DISEASES VAGAL STIMULATION IN ARRHYTHMIAS AND HEART FAILURE MINICOURSE PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS: OLD AND NEW DRUGS AVAILABLE Session II: The role of the medical community 13.15/14.45 PRESENT AND FUTURE IMPACT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY ON THE TREATMENT OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS Joint Session with WSA LUNCHEON PANEL Few women in electrophysiology Joint Session with World Society of Arrhythmias (WSA) 15.00/17.00 17.30/19.30 Session III: State of the art PRESENT AND FUTURE IMPACT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY ON THE TREATMENT OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS Session IV: Reducing costs by appropriate device/ selection technique and patient follow-up OPENING CEREMONY MAGISTRAL LECTURE DUTY-CYCLED PHASED RF: THE EVOLUTION OF RF ABLATION 17.00/17.30 BREAK PM/ICD PATIENTS WITH BORDERLINE HAEMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS: A NEW ROLE FOR PREVENTIVE CRT? HOME MONITORING: FROM CLINICAL VALIDATION TO A WIDER ADOPTION 16
Room E Room F Room G Room H INTERNATIONAL ON ANTICOAGULATION Session I: Debated topics in anticoagulation MINICOURSE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF VENTRICULAR tachyarrhythmias: FROM DRUGS TO SURGERY DEBATABLE SENTENCES IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TREATMENT INTERNATIONAL ON ANTICOAGULATION Session II: The new era of oral anticoagulation MINICOURSE ELECTRICAL CARDIOVERSION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. CLINICAL QUESTIONS IN THE DAILY PRACTICE Session I CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS LONG TERM CLINICAL OUTCOME: NATURAL HISTORY 25 YEARS LATER reliability of technology in device use 17.00/17.30 BREAK 15 YEARS OF INNOVATION IN AF AND HF TREATMENT: WHAT IS THE NEXT BIG THING? MINICOURSE ELECTRICAL CARDIOVERSION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. CLINICAL QUESTIONS IN THE DAILY PRACTICE Session II 17
Wednesday, December 5 Room A Room B Room C Room D 08.30/10.30 PHYSIOLOGICAL PACING. SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE CRYOBALLOON ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Session I: Redefining pulmonary vein isolation STROKE PREVENTION BY NEW IMPLANTABLE TECHNOLOGY INTRODUZIONE AL CONTROLLO REMOTO DEI DISPOSITIVI IMPIANTABILI 11.00/13.00 PATIENT ACCESS TO DEVICE THERAPY: HOW CAN NEW TECHNOLOGIES HELP TO PROVIDE ALL PATIENTS WITH THE TAILORED THERAPY? CRYOBALLOON ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Session II: The new standard of care for PVI? PATIENTS MANAGEMENT IN THE REMOTE MONITORING ERA TECNOLOGIE DISPONIBILI 13.15/14.45 CRYOBALLOON ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Session III: Clinical case presentations LUNCHEON PANEL MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE- DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE WITH FLUID OVERLOAD SYNDROME: ULTRAFILTRATION? 15.00/17.00 17.30/19.00 MANAGING IMPLANTABLE DEVICES AND LEAD FAILURES IDENTIFIED BY REMOTE CONTROL STANDARD OF CARE IN CRT: HOW TO REDUCE ADVERSE EVENT AND IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOME 17.00 / 17.30 BREAK ENDOCAVITARY ELECTRICAL CARDIOVERSION MODELLI ORGANIZZATIVI 14.30 / 16.30 18
Room E Room F Room G Room H GLOBAL ARRHYTHMIA Joint Session WSA-CSPE Session I: Current status and Debatable Topics on Cardiac Pacing DEBATABLE SENTENCES IN VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA TREATMENT NEWS ON ATRIAL FIBRILLATION THERAPY SURGICAL OPTIONS IN ARRHYTHMIAS TREATMENT Session I: Atrial fibrillation GLOBAL ARRHYTHMIA Joint Session WSA-CSPE Session II: Remote Monitoring and Case study MODERN IMPLANTABLE DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS REMOTELY CONTROLLED HAEMODYNAMIC REGULATION OF CARDIAC PACING THROUGH THE TVI SENSOR: APPLICATIONS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE SURGICAL OPTIONS IN ARRHYTHMIAS TREATMENT Session II: Ventricular arrhythmias LUNCHEON PANEL STEM CELLS AND CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS ENDOCAVITARY MAPPING AND ELECTRICAL CARDIOVERSION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION HEART FAILURE AND CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS: CLINICAL ISSUES 17.00 / 17.30 BREAK BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION IN HEALTH CARE TRANSCATHETER RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION IN THE RENAL ARTERIES: A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE? 19
Thursday, December 6 Room A Room B Room C Room D 08.30/10.30 PERMANENT CARDIAC PACING IN NEUROMEDIATED SYNCOPE CRYOBALLOON ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Session IV: First option therapy? EURO-JAPAN ARRHYTHMIA (EJAF) Session I: Debatable sentences in the treatment of syncope IL MONITORAGGIO REMOTO NELLA DIAGNOSI E TRATTAMENTO DELLE TACHIARITMIE ATRIALI 10.30 / 11.00 BREAK AND POSTER VISIT 11.00/13.00 MRI COMPATIBLE IMPLANTABLE DEVICES Cryoablation in different clinical settings EURO-JAPAN ARRHYTHMIA (EJAF) Session II: Hot topics in genetic arrhythmic syndromes IL MONITORAGGIO REMOTO NEI PAZIENTI CON TACHIARITMIE VENTRICOLARI 13.15/14.45 15.00/17.00 17.30/19.00 CRT AND BEYOND IN HEART FAILURE TREATMENT LUNCHEON PANEL ROLE OF CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY MODULATION IN THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF HF CLINICAL UPDATE ON AF AND HF PATIENT MANAGEMENT ABLATION AND SCD Joint Session with Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS) 17.00 / 17.30 BREAK AND POSTER VISIT IL MONITORAGGIO REMOTO nella gestione del paziente con scompenso cardiaco 14.30 / 16.30 20
Room E Room F Room G Room H ADVANCED TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES IN THE EP LABORATORY: WHEN AND HOW? HEART FAILURE: EXPLORE LINKED TOPICS EXPLORING THE STATE OF THE ART IN CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY SURGICAL OPTIONS IN ARRHYTHMIAS TREATMENT Session III: Cardiac resynchronization therapy 10.30 / 11.00 BREAK AND POSTER VISIT TOWARDS CRT RESPONSE MAXIMIZATION Case based session PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BURDEN OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: NEW ISSUES AND CHALLENGES SURGICAL OPTIONS IN ARRHYTHMIAS TREATMENT Session IV: Early and late arrhythmic comorbidity after heart surgery: how to avoid, how to treat? LUNCHEON PANEL HAEMODYNAMIC BASED CRT OPTIMIZATION update in crt VENOUS THROMBOSIS IN DEVICE PATIENTS ANTITACHY ATRIAL PACING TO TREAT PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIAS 17.00 / 17.30 BREAK AND POSTER VISIT ALTERNATIVE PACING SITES 21
Friday, December 7 Room A Room B Room C Room D 08.30/10.30 MONITORING HEART FAILURE BY REMOTE CONTROL OF IMPLANTED DEVICES MANAGEMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: ABLATION, MONITORING AND WHAT ELSE? EURO-JAPAN ARRHYTHMIA (EJAF) Session III: Clinical management of atrial fibrillation from drugs to surgical ablation IL MONITORAGGIO REMOTO nella gestione delle malfunzioni 11.00/13.00 NEW MODELS TO MANAGE IN OUT OF HOSPITAL PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTED DEVICES EMERGING ISSUES IN DEVICE PATIENTS: SOLUTIONS & PERSPECTIVES EURO-JAPAN ARRHYTHMIA (EJAF) Session IV: Clinical impact of new technologies IL MONITORAGGIO REMOTO nella gestione del loop recorder impiantabile 13.00/14.30 aspetti legali ed economici nel monitoraggio remoto 14.30 / 16.30 22
Room E Room F Room G Room H REUSE OF IMPLANTABLE DEVICES CATHETER ABLATION IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS: selecting appropriate timing and technique RIGHT VENTRICULAR PERMANENT PACING THE EP LAB OF THE FUTURE MINICOURSE PERMANENT ANTICOAGULATION IN ARRHYTHMIC PATIENTS ICD PATIENTS OUTCOME STROKE PREVENTION BY AF PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES TO TRANSVENOUS ICD session pic: PROGRESS IN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY. II EDITION 14.30 / 18.30 23