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Heart Rhythm Congress 2008 – Session Summary
Sunday 19th October
HRUK Certificate of Accreditation Course (Core Section)
Monday 20th October
Advanced Devices 1
Arrhythmia Alliance Patient Session
Atrial Fibrillation Association Patient Session
Basic Science – Aspects of Familial Sudden Death Syndromes
Biotronik Syncope Symposium
BSC Technology Symposium
Genetic Tour of the Heart
Heart Rhythm Trainees
HRUK Certificate of Accreditation Course (Devices)
ICD Patient Session
Live Cases
SADS UK
STARS Conference
Tuesday 21st October
Advanced Devices 2
Allied Professionals
Management of VT Storms
Oral Abstracts
Paediatric Electrophysiology
Primary Care Trusts
Syncope
Young Research Workers Prize
Wednesday 22nd October
Arrhythmia Surgery
Atrial Fibrillation Association Scientific Session
Cases & Traces
Hands-On Devices Session
HRUK Certificate of Accreditation Course (EP)
Workforce Planning for Cardiac Arrhythmia Care
HRUK Certificate of Accreditation Course
Core Sunday 19th October 1.00pm – 6.00pm
| Chair: Nick Linker | ||
| 13:00 – 13:30 | An introduction to electrical anatomy and physiology | Chris Plummer |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Genes, arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death: a practical guide | Paul Brennan |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Rhythm recognition – a refresher | Steve Murray |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Drugs commonly used in cardiac rhythm management | Nick Linker |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee | |
| Chair: Sue Jones | ||
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Pacemakers: a basic overview (incl DVLA guidance) | Sue Jones |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | An introduction to ICDs and CRT (incl DVLA guidance) | Nicola Meldrum |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Basic electrophysiology | TBC |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Syncope diagnosis and management | Sanjiv Petkar |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Update on clinical trials in devices | Mike Gammage |
Advanced Devices 1
Monday 20th October 9.00am – 1.00pm
| Chair: Chris Plummer | ||
| 09:00 - 09:40 | The implantable loop recorder - has it removed the need for tilt testing? | Adam Fitzpatrick |
| 09:40 - 10:20 | Pacing is the last resort for syncope | Richard Sutton |
| 10:20 - 11:00 | “Bleeding Pacemakers” – how should we manage anticoagulation for device procedures? | Derek Connelly |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee/Tea | |
| Chair: Janet McComb | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Post MI VT - how long to wait for an ICD | Mark Anderson |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | The ICD clinic in secondary care | Carole Joyce |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | The role of tertiary care in ICD follow-up | Campbell Cowan |
Arrhythmia Alliance Patient Session
Monday 20th October 9.00am – 1.00pm
| Chair: Ken Timmis | ||
| 09:30 - 09:50 | Welcome – The Arrhythmia Alliance | Trudie Lobban |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | Finding the right doctor – a patient’s experience | Peter Smith |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Setting up a local patient support group | Nicola Meldrum |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Driving and arrhythmia | TBC |
| 10:50 – 11.00 | Open forum for questions | Ken Timmis & speakers |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee/Tea | |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | When is fast too fast and slow too slow? | Nick Linker |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Pacemakers – who, when, follow-up and troubleshooting | Geraldine McParland |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | cPVT – Is exercise bad for your heart? | P Doherty |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Open forum for questions | Ken Timmis & Speakers |
AFA Patient Session
Monday 20th October 2.00pm – 5.00pm
| Chair: Tim Betts | ||
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Aims of AFA | TBC |
| 14:15 - 14:40 | Atrial fibrillation - the facts | Tim Betts |
| 14:40 - 15:05 | Drugs commonly used in the treatment of atrial fibrillation | Steve Murray |
| 15:05 - 15:30 | Cardioversion - who is suitable and how effective is it? | Debbie Sevant |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea | |
| Chair: TBC | ||
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation - the latest techniques | Richard Schilling |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Atrial fibrillation clinics - streamlining patient care | Angela Griffiths |
Basic Science - Aspects of Familial Sudden Death Syndromes
Monday 20th October 9.00am – 1.00pm
| Chair: Cliff Garratt | ||
| 09:00 - 09:40 | Congenital long and short QT syndromes | Andrew Grace |
| 09:40 - 10:20 | Brugada Syndrome | Pier Lambiase |
| 10:20 - 11:00 | Catecholaminergic polymorphic VT | David Eisner |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee | |
| Chair: Bill McKenna | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | Tim Betts |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Arrhythmogenic RV dysplasia | Martin Lowe |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Dilated cardiomyopathy | Nick Peters |
Biotronik Syncope Symposium
Monday 20th October 1.00pm
| 13:00 | Syncope: What is the role of the first responder? | S Parry |
| How do we diagnose syncope?    | D Farwell | |
| ISSUE 2: what have we learned?   | M Brignole | |
| INVASY study & CLS in VVS | R Sutton |
BSC Technology Symposium
Monday 20th October 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Is it a NICE time to reconsider CRT indications?
Presentations-
Chair: Martin Lowe
Are current NICE guidelines still appropriate?
The future of CRT: A tool for HF prevention?
Live case recording
Echo for CRT case selection and optimisation
Debate
Chair: Francis Murgatroyd
CRT optimisation is more trouble than it’s worth!
A Genetic Tour of the Heart
Monday 20th October 2.00pm – 5.00pm
| Chair: TBC | ||
| 14:00 - 14:30 | The genetic basis of atrial fibrillation | Paul Brennan |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Brugada syndrome - what to do if there is no mutation | Raffaella Bloise |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | cPVT - Is exercise bad for your heart? | P Doherty |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea | |
| Chair: Paul Brennan | ||
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Genetics in practice - does it make any difference? | Yes: TBC |
| No: Mike Griffith | ||
Heart Rhythm Trainees
Monday 20th October 6.30pm – 8.00pm
| 18:30 - 19:00 | Training – the new curriculum | TBC |
| 19:00 - 19:20 | What should we be training people to do? A personal view | TBC |
| What training is available? | TBC | |
| 19:20 - 19:45 | The North Deanery | TBC |
| The North West | TBC | |
| 19:45 – 20:00 | Discussion | |
HRUK Certificate of Accreditation Course (Devices)
Monday 20th October 9.00am – 1.00pm
| Chair: Sue Jones | ||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Timing cycles, refractory periods, etc | Lynne Howell |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Pacemaker follow-up & troubleshooting | Geraldine McParland |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | ICD Algorithms – detection and therapy | Sue Jones |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Follow-up of the CRT patient – troubleshooting | Vicky Griffiths |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee | |
| Chair: Carole Joyce | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Follow-up of the ICD patient – troubleshooting | Carole Joyce |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Device implant and lifestyle implications: a practical guide to potential restrictions | Jenny Tagney |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Recalls and faults - the role of the MHRA | Hazel Randall |
ICD patient session
Monday 20th October 2.00pm – 5.00pm
| Chair: Sue Jones | ||
| 14:00 - 14:05 | Welcome and Introduction | Sue Jones / Nicola Meldrum |
| 14:05 - 14:30 | ICD support groups – what do they mean to patients? | Robin Harvey |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Anti-arrhythmic drug therapy | Nick Linker |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Cardiac Rehabilitation for ICD patients: How can we reduce national variations in care provision? | Sue Armstrong |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea | |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Remote monitoring: checking your ICD from home – a myth or reality | Sue Jones |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Learning to cope with fear and anxiety: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy | Nicola Meldrum |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Open discussion | |
Live Cases
Monday 20th October 9.00am – 5.00pm
This year, because of the large number of live AF cases in meetings around the world, we have decided to break with AF completely. The three themes for this year’s live cases are new innovations in device therapies, complex arrhythmia ablation and new, unconventional approaches to conventional arrhythmia. Two catheter labs will be running all day with a wide range of different cases. The range and variety of cases means that there will be something of interest to all, from the experienced consultant to the newest trainee.
SADS UK
Monday 20th October 11.00am – 5.00pm
| Chair: Anne Jolly | ||
| 11:00 – 11:10 | Welcome and introduction | Anne Jolly |
| 11:10 – 11:40 | Living with the Long QT Syndrome/protection provided by an AED a family's perspective | Martin Quigley-Phipps |
| 11.40 – 12:00 | A school's perspective of having an AED in place | Jacky Wright |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | AEDs in schools (EDM 395 'Cardiac Arrest in Schools') | Anne Jolly |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Surviving cardiac arrest - a survivor's story | Terry Blake |
| Lunch | ||
| Chair: Anne Jolly | ||
| 14:00 – 14:40 | The SADS Clinic at the Heart Hospital | Pier Lambiase |
| 14:40 – 15:00 | Working with families with inherited cardiac conditions | Eileen Firman |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Young Hearty Voices - empowering young people | Stefanie Lillie |
| Lunch | ||
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Working with children | Catherine Renwick |
| 16:30 – 17:15 | Further advances in managing the risks of sudden cardiac death | Andrew Grace |
| 17:15 – 17:45 | Recognition of a shockable rhythm by an AED - safe to use | Julie Davies |
STARS Conference
Monday 20th October 2.00pm – 5.00pm
| Chair: TBC | ||
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Rapid Access T-loc Clinic – the way forward | TBC |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Patient Presentation | TBC |
| 14:40 - 15:05 | Long QT / POTS | TBC |
| 15:05 - 15:30 | Cognitive Behaviour Therapy – learning to cope | Nicola Meldrum |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Syncope in Children: Problems with terminology, diagnosis and investigations that help | William Whitehouse |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Working with educational establishments to raise awareness | A Whitman |
Advanced Pacing
Tuesday 21st October 9.00am – 1.00pm
| Chair: Neil Sulke | ||
| 09:00 - 09:40 | Debate: how do we select patients for cardiac resynchronisation? | Echo - TBC MRI - F Leyva None – TBC |
| 09:40 - 10:20 | Troubleshooting in CRT implantation | Guy Haywood |
| 10:20 - 11:00 | CRT optimisation - do we know how to do it? | TBC |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee | |
| Chair: Mike Gammage | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Can we prevent atrial arrhythmias with pacing? | Neil Sulke |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Pacing the right ventricle - when and where? | Mike Gammage |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Remote monitoring – who, when and where? | Grahame Goode |
Allied Professionals
Tuesday 21st October 9.00am – 5.00pm
| Chair: Nicola Meldrum | ||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | National update on the BHF Arrhythmia Project | Suzie May |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Writing for publication - a guide | Jenny Tagney |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Debate: This house believes that patients with arrhythmias are better managed by specialist arrhythmia nurses, not doctors in training | For: Kim Rajapan & TBC Against : Chris Plummer & John Bourke |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee | |
| Chair: TBC | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Nurse-led community arrhythmia clinics - one year on | TBC |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Developing the arrhythmia care co-ordinator role at a network level | John Campbell |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Accessory pathway recognition - a guide | Nick Linker |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| Chair: Donna Elliott-Rotgans | ||
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Setting up a pacing service | Kate Collins |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Remote device follow-up: good, bad or something else? | TBC |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | So you want to know more? Research for the allied professional | Zoe Harris |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | AF ablation – why do we bother? | TBC |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea | |
| Chair: Zoe Harris | ||
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Debate: Arrhythmia management should only be taught to cardiac physiologists at post-graduate level | Pro: Ian Wright Ant: Donna Elliott-Rotgans |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Debate: Sudden death or gradual decline? | Pro: TBC Ant: Pier Lambaise |
Management of VT Storms
Tuesday 21st October 2.00pm – 5.00pm
| Chair: Steve Furniss | ||
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Drug management of patients with ischaemic and idiopathic cardiomyopathy | Edward Rowland |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Management of VT storm in patients with ion channel disease | Simon Fynn |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | The role and techniques for targeted catheter ablation in VT storm | Riccardo Cappato |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea | |
| Chair: Richard Schilling | ||
| 16:00 - 16:30 | The role and techniques for substrate modification in patients with VT storm | TBC |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Bi-ventricular pacing - does it help or make it worse? | TBC |
Oral Abstracts
Tuesday 21st October 9.00am – 1.00pm
| Atrial Fibrillation. Chair Derek Connelly | ||
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Efficacy and safety of atrial fibrillation ablation in the elderly | McCready, J; Lambiase, P; Ahsan, S; Simon, R; Rowland, E; Lowe, M; Chow, A The Heart Hospital, UCLH |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | A multipolar pulmonary vein ablation catheter: insights from a electro-anatomical mapping system | McCready, J1; Diemberger, I2; Chow, A1; Lowe, M1; J, Moon1; Ahsan, S1; Lambiase, P1 1The Heart Hospital, UCLH; 2Institute of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliera |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Adoption of a multi-electrode, phased radiofrequency ablation system for atrial fibrillation ablation by a single operator: outcomes and comparison to 3D mapping system guided, double trans-septal technique | Murray, S; Adam, Z; Horne, A; Humphries, V; Mahjid, S James Cook University Hospital |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: impact of repeat procedures and relevance of center-specific data | Tuan, JH; Kundu, S; Jeilan, M; Osman, F; Mantravadi, R; Stafford, PJ; G.A, Ng University of Leicester |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | A novel, straightforward technique for resistant trans-septal puncture | Wright, M; Knecht, S; Matsuo, S; Nault, I; O'Neill, MD; Lomas, O; Hocini, M; Sacher, F; Jaïs, P; Haïssaguerre, M Hôpital Cardiologique Du Haut-Lévêque |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Elective electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: the influence of evidence-based medicine and the emergence of new therapies | Jeilan, M; Tuan, JH; Kundu, S; Stafford, P; Ng, GA Glenfield Hospital |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Selective abolition of pulmonary vein contraction correlates with shortening of PV refractory periods in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation | Shepherd, EJ; Murray, A; Mitchell, L; Furniss, SS; Lord, SW; Gall, SA; James, S Freeman Hospital |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Initial experience of community-based nurse-led rapid access arrhythmia clinic: results, outcomes, and high-level patient satisfaction | Mudd, J; Linker, NJ; Hall, A; Hackett, S; Graham, J; Thompson, E; Murray, S James Cook University Hospital |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee | |
| Ventricular Arrhythmias. Chair Nick Peters | ||
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Spatial conduction and repolarisation abnormalities in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy - a non-contact mapping study | Ahmed, AK1; Ciaccio, EJ2; Lowe, M1; McKenna, WJ1; Lambiase, P1 1Heart Hospital; 2Columbia University |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Sudden death is associated with delayed and fractionated ventricular paced electrograms - an indicator of a reentrant mechanism that is independent of aetiology? | Saumarez, RC University of Cambridge |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Angiotensin II shorten AP and slows conduction velocity in intact myocardium: a putative mechanism for auto-paracrine acute arrhythmogenicity | Ferrero, P1; Jabr, R2; Kontogeorgis, A1; Turner, M1; Fry, CH3; Peters, NS1 1St Mary's Hospital Imperial College; 2University of Surrey; 3Univerity of Surrey |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Efficacy of catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in surgically corrected tetralogy of fallot | James, SA; Gall, SA; Shepherd, E; O'Sullivan, JJ; Chaudhari, M; Bourke, JP Freeman Hospital |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | Post infarct ventricular arrhythmias do not have a uniform aetiology, their significance is related to their causes | Sankaranarayanan, R1; Gonna, H2; James, MA2; Burtchaell, S2; Holloway, R2 1Royal Blackburn Hospital; 2Taunton Hospital |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Is there benefit in implanting defibrillators in patients with severe heart failure? | Briceno, NI; Salukhe, TV; Ferenczi, E; Koa-Wing, M; Lim, PB; O'Neill, MD; Peters, NS; Kanagaratnam, P; Davies, DW; Sutton, R; Francis, DP St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust |
Paediatric Electrophysiology
Tuesday 21st October, 9.00am – 5.00pm
| Controversies and Debates - Chair: Graham Stuart and TBC | ||
| 09:00 - 09:40 | Every school should have an AED | For: Clive Setter Against: Peter Davis |
| 09:40 - 10:20 | Transcatheter ablation of Fontan arrhythmias should be reserved for those who have refused surgical revision | For: Against: Dominic Abrams |
| 10:20 - 11:00 | Guest lecture: Sudden infant death syndrome- causes, controversies and the role of arrhythmias | Jim Morris |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee | |
| When to do it & how to do it – Chair: Karen McLeod and Martin Lowe | ||
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Pace in AV/VA discordance | Mark Turner |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Extract a redundant pacing lead | Jo de Giovanni |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Ablate in paediatric AVNRT | Jan Till |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Risk stratify in the child with WPW | Abdul Duke |
| 12:50 – 13:10 | Tilt test the fainting teenager | Karen McLeod |
| 13:10 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| Channelopathies, genetics and children – Chair: Eric Rosenthal and TBC | ||
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Risk stratification in the child with long QT syndrome | Mike Blackburn |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Treatment options in the child with Long QT syndrome | Eric Rosenthal |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Role of genetic testing in the child with a suspected channelopathy | Ed Blair |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea | |
| Chair: TBC | ||
| 15:30 - 15:50 | What is happening with the Zebras - Short QT, Brugada, CPVT and the rest | Orhan Uzun |
| 15:50 - 16:10 | Cardiac Arrhythmias in Marfan syndrome | Graham Stuart |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Cardiac Arrhythmias, channelopathies and pregnancy | Raj Thaman |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Guest lecture - New developments in paediatric electrophysiology: an update from across the pond | Bob Hamilton |
Primary Care Trusts
Tuesday 21st October 9.00am – 5.00pm
| Chair: Matthew Fay | ||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | This is ECG is abnormal. What is the rhythm? | Andreas Wolff |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | The arrhythmia care coordinator has just given me a call. What do they do? | Shona Holding & Keith Tyndall |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | This patient has an erratic pulse, what should I do now? | Wyn Davies |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | John Havard | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | She keeps having fainting episodes, what should I do, when should I refer? | Trudie Lobban |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Adam Fitzpatrick | |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Are these palpitations concerning? How would I know? What should I do now? | Guy Haywood |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| Chair: Andreas Wolff | ||
| 14:00 - 14:30 | What does a regional Inherited Cardiac Conditions Service do? Can a GP refer or is this only for the cardiologists? | Kath Ashcroft |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | His brother has died of a Sudden Cardiac Death, what should I do now? What about his kids? | Angela Morris |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Campbell Cowan | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | I want to set up a rhythm monitoring service locally. How do I start? How do I finish it? | Max Hickman |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Now I have the results what do I do with them? | Matt Fay |
Syncope
Tuesday 21st October 9.00am – 5.00pm
| Chair: Richard Sutton | ||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Debate: “This house believes that vasovagal syncope is a disease” | Protagonist: TBC Antagonist: Michele Brignole |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Patient session | TBC |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Can adenosine testing identify patients in need of permanent pacing? | Steve Parry |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Differential diagnosis of blackouts: A neurologist’s view | Markus Reuber |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee | |
| Chair: Markus Reuber | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Fatigue, autonomic dysfunction and blackouts | Julia Newton |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Rapid Access Blackout Clinics - one year on | TBC |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | What next for STARS | Pippa Mawle? |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| Chair: Steve Parry | ||
| 14:00 - 14:30 | The epidemiology of syncope | TBC |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Involvement of E&A in the diagnosis of syncope | TBC |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Debate: “This house believes that arrhythmia clinics are more important than loss-of-consciousness clinics” | Protagonist: TBC Antagonist: TBC |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Driving and blackouts | TBC |
Young Research Worker’s Prize
Tuesday 21st October 2.00pm – 5.00pm
| Judges: Clifford Garratt (chair), Andrew Grace, Michael Griffith, Pier Lambiase, Richard Schilling | ||
| 14:00 - 14:30 | High density substrate mapping in Brugada Syndrome - coperative conduction & repolarisation hetergeneities in arrhythmogenesis | Ahmed, AK1; Ciaccio, EJ2; Brugada, R3; Chaubey, S4; Chow, AW1; Lowe, M1; Lambiase, P1 1Heart Hospital; 2Columbia University; 3Montreal Heart Institute; 4Kings College |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Structural gap junction remodelling correlates with localised conduction disturbances in a goat model of AF | Chowdhury, RA1; Kaba, RA1; Patel, P1; Dhillon, P1; Hall, MC2; Kirubakaran, S2; Garratt, CJ2; Peters, NS1 1Imperial College London; 2Manchester University |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Simultaneous endocardial and epicardial pacing improves haemodynamic response to CRT in humans : mechanistic insights using non-contact mapping | Ginks, MR1; Lambiase, PD2; Chinchapatnam, P3; Rhode, K4; Bostock, J5; Navue, M5; Sinclair, S4; Mobb, M5; Simon, M6; Caulfield, D1; Bucknall, C5; Razavi, R4; Rinaldi, CA5 1King's College and St. Thomas' Hospital; 2Heart Hospital; 3King's College and University College; 4King's College; 5St. Thomas' Hospital; 6St Jude Medical |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | The incidence of left atrial thrombus in anti-coagulated patients with AF: is transoesophageal echo mandatory prior to AF ablation? | McCready, J; Nunn, L; Lambiase, P; Ahsan, S; Lowe, M; Chow, A The Heart Hospital, UCLH |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Autonomic modulation occurs with home orthostatic training in vasovagal syncope: results of a randomized, placebo-controlled study | Tan, MP1; Newton, JL1; Chadwick, TJ2; Parry, SW3 1Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University; 2Institute for Health and Society, Newcastle University; 3Royal Victoria Infirmary |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | The inhibitory heterotrimeric G-protein Gi2 provides cardioprotection against ventricular tachycardia and modulates GTC | Zuberi, Z1; Birnbaumer, L2; Tinker, A1 1BHF Laboratories, Department of Medicine, UCL; 2NIEHS |
Additional abstract markers: Andre Ng, Nick Linker, Martin Lowe, Andrew Rankin.
Arrhythmia Surgery
Wednesday 22nd October 9.00am – 1.00pm
| Chair: John Bourke | ||
| 09:00 - 09:40 | Debate: Should all patients with LV aneurysms have an ICD? | For: John Bourke Against: Stephen Large |
| 09:40 - 10:20 | Lead Extraction: A cardiologists's approach | Mike Gammage |
| 10:20 - 11:00 | Lead Extraction: A surgeon's approach | TBC |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee | |
| "European perspective on AF surgery" Chair: Steve Hunter | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | AF surgery in Belgium and the Netherlands | Mark La Meir |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | The place of AF surgery in Milan and Italy | TBC |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | UK experience | Steve Hunter |
AFA Scientific Session
Wednesday 22nd October 9.00am – 3.00pm
| Chair: Francis Murgatroyd | ||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Who gets atrial fibrillation? | Andrew Grace |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Monitoring atrial fibrillation with implantable devices | Neil Sulke |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Overview of catheter ablation techniques | Riccardo Cappato |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Can we find the hidden secrets in cryptogenic stroke? | TBC |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee | |
| Chair: Tim Betts | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Who to anticoagulate - anything better than CHADS? | Gregory Lip |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Is it “upstream” or “downstream” therapy that counts? | Cliff Garratt |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Does ablation "cure" atrial fibrillation | Tim Betts |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| Chair: TBC | ||
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Antiarrhythmic drugs - what's just around the corner | John Camm |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | AF ablation - what's just around the corner? | Lucas Boersma |
Cases and Traces
Wednesday 22nd October 9.00am – 3.00pm
| Chair: Derick Todd | ||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | A methodical approach to pacemaker troubleshooting | Sue Jones |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | How to analyse the difficult ECG | Derek Rowlands |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | TBC | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | TBC | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee | |
| Chair: | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | TBC | |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | TBC | |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | TBC | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | TBC | |
Hands on Devices
Wednesday 22nd October 9.00am – 3.00pm
Details to be announced shortly
HRUK Certificate of Accreditation Course (Electrophysiology)
Wednesday 22nd October 9.00am – 1.00pm
| Chair: Guy Haywood | ||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | AV nodal re-entrant tachycardia | Donna Elliott-Rotgans |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | WPW syndrome and other accessory pathways | Ian Wright |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Atrial flutter | Guy Haywood |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Atrial tachycardia | Martin Lowe |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee | |
| Chair: Francis Murgatroyd | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Atrial fibrillation | Francis Murgatroyd |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Ventricular tachycardia | John Bourke |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Modern day ablation techniques: an overview of the latest mapping systems and ablation technologies | Richard Schilling |
Workforce Planning for Cardiac Arrhythmia Care
Wednesday 22nd October 9.00am – 3.00pm
| Chair: Derek Connelly | ||
| 09:00 - 09:40 | Training cardiologists in arrhythmia care after Tooke | Adam Fitzpatrick |
| 09:40 - 10:20 | Delivering device therapy: who, what, why, where and how? | Janet McComb |
| 10:20 - 11:00 | Arrhythmia Care Co-ordinators: current and future status in the UK | TBC |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee | |
| Chair: Edward Rowland | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Catheter ablation for AF: what workforce will we need in 2013? | Edward Rowland |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | What does every acute cardiology unit need to care for arrhythmias? | John Dean |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | TBC | TBC |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Debate: How Best Should we Provide Arrhythmia Services? | |
| Electrophysiology & ablation should be delivered only in selected tertiary centres | Richard Schilling | |
| Electrophysiology & ablation will grow and evolve and will naturally be part of every acute cardiac unit | Mick Coupe | |