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*All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time
Friday September 11, 2020
18:00 Welcome and Introduction
Dr. John Sapp & Dr. Girish Nair
Presentation of the CHRS Annual Achievement Award and Magdy Basta Award.
SESSION 1: Inherited Arrhythmia Topics
Chairs: Dr. Zachary Laksman and Dr. Jason Roberts
18:10 Big data analysis and artificial intelligence in unravelling inherited arrhythmia syndromes
Dr. Andrew Krahn
18:30 Mitral Valve Prolapse and Sudden Cardiac Death – More than a mere association?
Dr. Wael Alqarawi
18:50 Brugada Syndrome- Ion channelopathy or Cardiomyopathy: Role of Catheter Ablation
Dr. Christian Steinberg
SESSION 2: AF Prevention Topics
Chairs: Dr. Paul Dorian and Dr. Jeff Healey
19:10 Risk factor modification for treatment of AF- How do I approach the difficult to manage AF patient?
Dr. Ratika Parkash
19:30 The role of exercise training in the management of AF
Dr. Jennifer Reed
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FELLOWS SESSION: Semi Finals EP Jeopardy
Chairs: Dr. Martin Green, Dr. Mouhannad Sadek and Dr. Matthew Bennett
19:50 Devices, Antiarrhythmic Drug Use, Intracardiac Electrograms, and Clinical Decision-Making
20:20 Adjournment
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Saturday September 12, 2020
09:00 Welcome and Introduction
Dr. John Sapp & Dr. Girish Nair
Presentation of the CHRS Highest Rated EP Abstract Award and George Mines Travelling Fellowship Award.
SESSION 3: Controversies In Electrophysiology
Chairs: Dr. Larry Sterns and Dr. Vikas Kuriachan
09:10 LAA appendage closure devices: Can they be used as ‘stand-alone’ therapy for stroke prevention in AF?
Dr. John Mandrola, Louisville, KY, USA
09:35 Expert’s corner: Sensible decision making in clinical electrophysiology
Dr. John Mandrola, Louisville, KY, USA
10:00 His Bundle/LBBB Pacing: Can it replace conventional CRT?
Dr. Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
10:25 Allied Health Speaker: Shared Decision-Making Throughout the Trajectory of ICD Therapy
Dr. Krystina Lewis
10:50 Refreshment Break
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SESSION 4: New Frontiers in Electrophysiology
Chairs: Dr. Peter Guerra and Dr. Jean-François Sarrazin
11:10 Identifying and characterizing the substrate in Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmia: Novel High-Resolution Mapping Systems
Dr. Roderick Tung, Chicago, IL, USA
11:30 Creating durable and safe lesions for AF ablation- Radiofrequency, Cryo energy or Electroporation?
Dr. Vidal Essebag
11:50 Stereotactic Brachy Radiotherapy for VT: Are we ready for ‘virtual’ ablations?
Dr. Calum Redpath
12:10 Managing the adult patient with complex palliated/repaired congenital heart and advanced heart failure
Dr. Blandine Mondésert
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FELLOWS SESSION: Finals EP Jeopardy
Chairs: Dr. Martin Green, Dr. Mouhannad Sadek and Dr. Matthew Bennett
12:30 Devices, Antiarrhythmic Drug Use, Intracardiac Electrograms, and Clinical Decision-Making
13:00 Concluding Remarks
Dr. John Sapp & Dr. Girish Nair
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