ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Day 1: 17 July, 2017 Monday

Electrophysiology: Neonatal Electrophysiology Potpourri & EP Abstracts
Welcome Speech : Alpay Ηeliker, Turkey
Session #1
10:00 – 11:00 Pediatric EP Top 4 Abstracts
Session #2
11:00 – 11:20 Predicting Outcomes for Neonates with Congenital Heart Block: Beware the Presence of endocardial fibroelastosis
Hisaaki Aoki, Japan
11:20 – 11:40 Neonatal Arrhythmias: Beware the Channelopathy; Risks for Sudden Cardiac Death
Hitoshi Horigome, Japan
11:40 – 12:00 Does Fetal SVT Predict Need for Neonatal Treatment?
Elizabeth Stephenson, Canada
Electrophysiology: Challenges & Dilemmas in Pediatric Syncope
13:30 – 13:45 Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia, or something else?--avoiding misdiagnosis
Jeffrey Boris, US
13:45 – 14:00 New Treatment for Autonomic Syndromes
Sergio Laranjo, Portugal
14:15 – 14:30 Implantable Loop Recorders – Under or Over-Utilized?
Volkan Tuzcu, Turkey
14:30 – 14:45 Is there Merit in Translating Adult Syncope Units to Children?
Fabrizio Drago, Italy
14:45 – 15:00 Syncope in Patients with Channelopathies: Reacting but NOT Overreacting
Andreas Pflaummer, Australia
14:50 – 15:00
Challenging Syncope Cases for the Cardiologist
Eric Rosenthal, UK
Jun Yoshimoto, Japan
Lazlo Kornyei, Hungary

Day 2: 18 July, 2017 Tuesday

Electrophysiology: Rhythm Devices for Heart Failure & Cardiomyopathies
10:00 – 10:20 Tips and tricks of echocardiography for CRT assessment, optimization, and follow-up
Mark Friedberg, Canada
10:20 – 10:40 Predicting response: CRT for the failing LV
Anne Dubin, US
10:40 – 11:00 Predicting response: CRT for the failing RV
Bart Bijnens, Spain
11:00 - 11:20 My doctor ordered an MRI, but wait I have a cardiac implantable device. Does it really matter?
Salim Idriss, US
11:20 – 11:40 Does European Risk Stratification for HCM in Adults apply to Adolescents?
Juan Pablo Kaski, UK
11:40 – 12:00 LV non-compaction, who deserves a device?
Robert Weintraub, Australia

Day 3: 19 July, 2017 Wednesday

Electrophysiology: Genetically Inherited Sudden Death Syndromes in Children: Challenges & Dilemmas in Channelopathies
10:00 – 10:15 Genetic Testing in 2017: Gaps, Crevices, or Canyons?
Paul James, Australia
Challenging Cases:
10:15 – 10:30 Brugada Syndrome
Georgina Brugada, Spain
10:30 – 10:45 Long QT Syndrome
Jan Till, UK
10:45 – 11:00 Arrhythmogenic RV Dysplasia
Robert Hamilton, Canada
11:00 – 11:15 Short QT Syndrome
Juan Villafane, US
11:15 – 11:30 Discussion
Debate
11:30 – 12:00

ICD Should Be First-Line Treatment for Catecholaminergic Polymorphic VT Patients Following a VF Arrest

  • Pro: Shubhayan Sanatani, Canada
  • Con: Arthur Wilde, Netherlands

Day 4: 20 July, 2017 Thursday

10:00 – 12:00 Electrophysiology: Preventing Arrhythmias and Sudden Death in CHD
10:00 – 10:15 Using statistics to predict risk?
Phil Saul, US
10:15 – 10:30 No sports! That will solve the issue?
10:30 – 10:45 Are anti-arrhythmic agents obsolete?
Edward Walsh, US
10:45 – 11:00 Return of sinus rhythm late after pacing a child with complete heart block: Is it safe to remove the device and prevent sudden death?
Naokata Sumitomo, Japan
11:00 – 11:15 Non-conventional ICD Implantation in CHD patients, the horizon is limitless
Charlie Berul, US
11:15 – 11:30 Single Ventricle: Multiple Arrhythmias Is There Any Hope?
Barbara Deal, US
11:30 – 11:45 Surgical strategies now to prevent future arrhythmias: A Surgeon’s Perspective
Yves Dudekem, AU
11:45 – 12:00 Discussion
Bridging Together Session: Electrophysiology & ACHD
13:30 – 13:50 Transitional care of Pacemaker/AICD patients: living with old leads and devices
Hiroko Asaka, Japan
13:50 – 14:10 How do I identify patients at risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD)? The role of imaging
Lorna Swan, UK choice #1
Susan Lucy Riche, Canada choice #2
14:10 – 14:30 Fenestration in Fontan patients: please don't close access to the atria and leave it open!
John Triedman, US
14:30 – 14:50 Is there really an indication for primary AICD implantation in ACHD patients to prevent SCD?
Maully Shah, US
14:50 – 15:10 Atrial Fibrillation & CHD: Approach to a growing epidemic
Natasha De Groot, Belgium
15:10 – 15:30 Surgery for arrhythmia in ACHD patients
Alessandro Giamberti, Italy