HRC 2010 Programme

Sunday 3rd October

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ASSOCIATION PATIENTS DAY
STARS PATIENTS DAY
HRUK CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION COURSE: CORE

Monday 4th October

ADVANCED DEVICES 1
ADVANCED ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 1
'ADVANCES IN THE EDUCATION OF DEFIBRILLATION' ROUNDTABLE
BASIC SCIENCES
HANDS-ON SESSION
HEART RHYTHM TRAINEES
HRUK CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION COURSE: DEVICES
MODERATED POSTERS 1
NHS IMPROVEMENT - HEART
ORAL ABSTRACTS 1
ORAL ABSTRACTS 2
PAEDIATRIC CONGENITAL & HEART

Tuesday 5th October

AFA SYMPOSIUM - INTEGRATING AND ADVANCING AF MANAGEMENT
ALLIED PROFESSIONALS
FRONTIERS OF ARRHYTHMIA MANAGEMENT
MODERATED POSTERS 2
NOVEL APPROACHES TO ICD & CRT IMPLANTATION AND EXTRACTION
PCCS
PRE-RECORDED CASES
STARS SYNCOPE SYMPOSIUM
YOUNG INVESTIGATORS COMPETITION

Wednesday 6th October

ADVANCED DEVICES 2 - HOW SHOULD WE MONITOR ACTIVITY, DEMAND AND QUALITY IN THE UK?
ADVANCED ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 2
CASES & TRACES
GENETICS - PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES IN ICC?
HRUK CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION COURSE: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

 


ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ASSOCIATION PATIENTS DAY

Sunday 3rd October 2010 10:00 - 16:00
Churchill & Gladstone Room

Chair: J Mudd
    
10:00 Welcome                                     J Mudd  
10:25 A Carer's perspective: A personal approach to 'Awareness and Knowing Your Pulse' J Hutton  
10:45 Why do I have AF? Could it be avoided? A Grace  
11:15 Drugs and devices: What is the usefulness of medication which can bring restrictions and side effects. Are there new options? A Fitzpatrick  
11:45 Under 60 with AF, options and access M Fay View Presentation
12:15 The athlete's heart, AF and exercise: Good, bad or therapy? A Wolff View Presentation
12:45 Lunch                                                                                                             
   
Chair: M Earley
    
14:00 Catheter ablation, understanding the results, terminology and results R Schilling  
14:30 Managing AF: Hypnotherapy S Murray
A Jacquin		  
15:00 Question Time
 M Fay
A Grace
J Mudd
S Murray
R Schilling
A Wolff		  
16:00 Close                                                                                                 
   


STARS PATIENTS DAY

Sunday 3rd October 2010 10:00 - 16:00
Terrace Room

Chair: A Fitzpatrick
    
10:00 RAS and BHS and what is breath-holding anyway?
 W Whitehouse View Presentation
10:30 The Autonomic Clinic - Why is it so special?
 Prof Mathias' team  
11:10 Managing Syncope: Hypnotherapy S Murray
A Jacquin		  
11:40
 Syncope And Falls in the Elderly E Brierley  
12:05 Daily Management of Syncope/POTS: A Patient's Perspective L Kavi View Presentation
12:20 Psychological affects of syncope in patients from young people to old                                                       C Baker  
12:45 Lunch                                                                                                             
   
Chair: T Lobban    
14:00 Review of STARS activities T Lobban  
14:10 I have just experienced my first Syncope attack - should I lose my driving licence? A Fitzpatrick  
14:40 The Fainting Phenomeon B Grubb  
15:25 Question Time with the Professionals    
16:00 Close                                                                                             
   


HRUK CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION COURSE: CORE

Sunday 3rd October 2010 13:00 - 17:15
Arden Room

Chair: N Linker
    
13:00 Exam overview N Linker  
13:15 "Electrical" anatomy of the heart D Begley  
13:50 Arrhythmia mechanisms
 N Davidson                              
14:25 Introduction to electrophysiology                                          
D Todd  
15:00 Tea / Coffee    
Chair: N Meldrum    
15:30 Drugs and the heart N Meldrum  
16:05 Clinical trials in arrhythmia management
 N Linker  
16:30 Introduction to cardiac device function and troubleshooting                                                                                               A Turley  
17:15 Close    


ADVANCED DEVICES 1

Monday 4th October 2010 08:30 - 12:15
Churchill & Gladstone Room               

Chair: M Gammage    
08:30 Can you trust implantable device Holter monitoring to diagnose Atrial Fibrillation in all situations? N Sulke  
09:00 Pacing in children: what are the challenges and solutions in the 21st century? E Rosenthal  
09:30 Imaging modalities to assess suitability for CRT F Leyva View Presentation
10:00 Tea/Coffee    
Chair: N Sulke    
10:45 Why don't leads last forever? J Miller  
11:15 Debate: Lead extraction in the 21st century - should it be done in a cardiothoracic centre? J Wright
A Rozkovec
12:15 Close    


ADVANCED ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 1

Monday 4th October 2010 08:30 - 12:15
London Room

Advanced SVT Diagnostics - How to Figure Out the Difficult Case

Chair: F Murgatroyd & D Todd    
08:30 His synchronous PVCs N Davidson View Presentation
08:55 Entrainment                                                                                                                                                                F Murgatroyd  
09:20 Parahisian pacing                                                                            D Todd View presentation
09:40 Unknown traces                                                                     O Segal       
10:00 Tea/Coffee    

Linear Ablation in AF

Chair: M O'Neill & T Betts    
10:45
How to do a mitral isthmus line and prove
block                                                                                                                                               
 T Betts  
11:15 How to do a roof line and prove block D Gupta View Presentation
11:45 When should a line not be crossed:the role of non linear ablation     M O'Neill View Presentation
12:15 Lunch    


'ADVANCES IN THE EDUCATION OF DEFIBRILLATION' ROUNDTABLE

Monday 4th October 2010 09:30 - 13:00
Greville Room

09:30 Introduction T Lobban                             
09:35 The history of the AED from its inventor J Anderson  
10:00 How can we help facilitate an AED? K Morrissey  
10:25 From Chew Valley to Mount Snowdon C Setter  
10:50 Mini-Anne - The bigger picture J Lang  
11:15 Tea/Coffee                                                                            
   
11:45 Getting AEDs into the community A Gibson  
12:10 Italy & beyond - European Legislation D Aschieri  
12:35 Should all schools have access to an AED? The Schools AED Project & launch of education resources D Parsonage
H Peebles		  
13:00 Close    


BASIC SCIENCES

Monday 4th October 2010 13:30 - 17:15
Greville Room

Basic Science Tools for Arrhythmia Research

Chair: A Ng    
13:30 Ion channel electrophysiology J Yanni View Presentation
14:00 Optical mapping                                                                                                                                                 F Burton View Presentation
14:30 Mathematical modelling    R Clayton View Presentation
15:00 Tea/Coffee    


Novel Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets

Chair: A Grace    
15:45 Genetics and geonomics                                                                                                                A Grace View Presentation
16:15 Autonomic nervous system and cardiac fibrillation                                                                                           A Ng  
16:45 Gap junctions                                                      N Peters  
17:15 Close    


HANDS-ON SESSION

Monday 4th October 2010 13:15 - 17:15
Churchill & Gladstone Room

Open session: come and view the latest advances from Boston Scientific, Cameron Health, Sorin and St Jude Medical.


HEART RHYTHM TRAINEES

Monday 4th October 2010 17:30 - 19:00
Cambridge Room

Chair: M O'Neill    
17:30 Advances: The subcutaneous ICD                                                                                               A Grace View Presentation
17:45 The Consultant interview: getting that dream job J de Bono  
18:00 How to set up a SADS service P Lambiase  
18:15 Remote device follow up: the future? M Rashid
I Wright		  
18:30 General Discussion    
19:00 Close                                                                                                             
   


HRUK CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION COURSE: DEVICES

Monday 4th October 2010 08:30 - 12:15
Arden Room

Chair: C Regan
    
08:30 Implanting devices - a practical guide                                     S Harris                     
09:00 The physics of implantable devices                                                                 
C Jeffrey  
09:30 Pacemaker troubleshooting C Regan  
10:00 Tea/Coffee                                                              
   
Chair: K Lascelles    
10:45 ICD troubleshooting C Joyce  
11:15 CRT troubleshooting
 K Lascelles  
11:45 Recalls and faults - how to deal with them
 M Squirrell  
12:15 Close    


MODERATED POSTERS 1

Monday 4th October 2010 12:45 - 13:15
Monarch Foyer
Abstract numbers 40 - 47

Chair: T Betts & A Grace  
 40 Real-time cardiac MR overlay guided left ventricular lead placement predicts acute response to CRT AK Shetty
 41 A Simultaneous X-MR and Non-Contact Mapping Study of the Acute Haemodynamic Effect of Left Ventricular Endocardial and Epicardial Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy in Humans MR Ginks
 42 CMR & 3D Echo Derived Systolic Dyssynchrony Index to Predict Acute Haemodynamic Response to LV and BIV Pacing in Patients Awaiting CRT SG Duckett
 43 Length-Dependent Tension in the Failing Heart and the Efficacy of Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy SA Niederer
 44 Betablockers are associated with improved survival in patients with pacemakers for bradycardia DHJ Elder
 45 Pacemaker Complications in a DGH RC Bond
 46 What has changed: Reduction in mortality following revision of NICE guidance? WB Nicolson
 47 When should an implantable loop recorder be used in the diagnosis of syncope? Results from the PICTURE study NJ Linker
13:15 Close                                 
 


NHS IMPROVEMENT - HEART

Monday 4th October 2010 08:30 - 12:15
Cambridge Room

Chair: M Fay    
08:30 Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation - The National Context                D Jenkinson  
09:00 Screening in Atrial Fibrillation                                                                                                                             A Wolff View presentation
09:30 When is Atrial Fibrillation a concern in Stroke-Considerations of Paroxysmal AF P Guyler View Presentation
10:00 Tea/Coffee    
Chair: C Cowan    
10:45 Risk stratification in AF M Fay View presentation
11:05 When not to Anti-coagulate K Griffith View Presentation
11:25 Issues in Anticoagulation and Atrial Fibrillation R MacLean  
11:45 Auricular Occlusion Devices M Earley View Presentation
12:15 Close    


ORAL ABSTRACTS 1

Monday 4th October 2010 13:30 - 17:15
Arden Room

Chair: P Kanagaratnam
    
  AF Ablation    
13:30 Pulmonary vein isolation for persistent atrial fibrillation in patients with severe heart failure: a randomised controlled trial M MacDonald View Presentation
13:45 Ganglionated plexi stimulation produces vagally mediated local changes in atrial fibrillation cycle length. L Malcolme-Lawes  
14:00 Coronary sinus diameter predicts difficult mitral isthmus ablation
 KCK Wong View Presentation
14:15 Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation on uninterrupted warfarin is safe and cost-effective                                      
S Page  
14:30 Robotic AF ablation - is there a learning curve? E Duncan  
14:45 Robotic ablation reduces local electrogram amplitude more than Manual ablation L Malcolme-Lawes  
15:00 Tea / Coffee    
Chair: M Gammage    
  Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices    
15:45 Scar Quantification Assessed by Contrast-Enhanced MRI Predicts Spontaneous Ventricular Arrhythmias In patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators PA Scott  
16:00 ICD lead-generator manufacturer ‘mismatch’ may cause unacceptable patient morbidity F Gao  
16:15 Advanced image fusion to overlay coronary sinus anatomy and myocardial scar with real time fluoroscopy to aid left ventricular lead implantation during CRT
 SG Duckett  
16:30 A single centre coronary sinus lead extraction                                                                                  A Arujuna  
16:45 Longterm survival in patients with pacemakers for bradycardia DHJ Elder  
17:00 Immediate use of a remotely monitored ILR in diagnosing unexplained syncope: The Second Eastbourne Syncope Assessment Study (EaSyAS ll) N Sulke View Presentation
17:15 Close    


ORAL ABSTRACTS 2

Monday 4th October 2010 13:30 - 17:15
London Room

Chair: A Fitzpatrick
    
  Clinical Electrophysiology
    
13:30 The Realise-AF registry: An international, observational, cross-sectional survey describing characteristics, cardiovascular risk, and management of patients with Atrial Fibrillation M Rosenqvist View Presentation
13:45 Catheter ablation in patients with d-transposition of great arteries – Outcomes, recurrence rate and predictors of recurrence of tachyarrhythmias U Vivekananda  
14:00 Safety & efficacy of combining substrate & activation guided ablation of  Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) in patients with structural heart disease
 NF Kelland View Presentation
14:15 Micro-re-entry in dilated left upper pulmonary veins: a distinct clinical syndrome in AF patients                                
NF Kelland View Presentation
14:30 The Atrial Fibrillation Patient Journey – Patient Satisfaction from a Single Centre UK Experience VA Ezzat View Presentation
14:45 Conduction delay in desmoplakin mutation positive patients: electrical manifestations of sub-clinical disease demonstrated by non-contact mapping MC Finlay  
15:00 Tea / Coffee    
Chair: A Rankin    
  Basic Science
    
15:45 Conduction Slowing in the Infarct Border Zone Correlates with Ventricular Arrhythmia Inducibility in a Chronic Myocardial Infarction Model FS Ng  
16:00 ZP1210 attenuates gap junctional uncoupling and conduction slowing in a metabolic stress model – An Optical Mapping study FS Ng  
16:15 The Gap Junction Modulator ZP1210 Attenuates Ischaemia-Induced Connexin43 Dephosphorylation
 AA Owusu-Agyei View Presentation
16:30 Multi-Array Mapping Demonstrates both Conduction Delay and Repolarization Abnormalities in a Mouse Model of Brugada Syndrome                                                                             CA Martin  
16:45 Inotropic enhancement during cardiac contractile modulation is associated with a shortening of epicardial action potential duration and is prevented through pharmacological β1 adrenoceptor blockade in the isolated rabbit heart J Winter  
17:00 A non-cholinergic NO release and NO-dependent anti-fibrillatory effect of vagal efferent stimulation on the cardiac ventricle KE Brack View Presentation
17:15 Close    


PAEDIATRIC & CONGENITAL HEART

Monday 4th October 2010 09:00 - 16:15
Wellington & Salisbury Room

Ethics, Information and Arrhythmias in Children

Chair: O Uzun    
09:00 Development of information leaflets and children with arrhythmias T Lobban
E Mason		 View Presentation
(E Mason)
09:20 "Up the Pace" - An arrhythmia information day for children with pacemakers and their families J Jones
S Stuart		  
09:40 Psychological impact of predictive genetic testing for arrhythmia disorders on carrier children and their families S Oates View Presentation
10:00 Tea/Coffee                                                                                                    
   
Chair: G Stuart    
10:45
 Communicating Sudden Death Risk to a teenager    
  The cardiologist's view A Duke  
  The legal/ethicists view R Huxtable  
  The cardiac nurse/genetics view K Ashcroft View Presentation
  The patients/parents view M Quigley-Phipps
J Quigley-Phipps		 View Presentation
11:45 Barth Syndrome:an inherited cardiomyopathy and arrhythmia syndrome. Development of the UK National Barth Service B Tsai-Goodman  
12:15 Lunch    

When to do it / How to do it

Chair: A Duke & J Till    
13:30 Set up a Paediatric ICC clinic J Till  
13:45 Assess and treat atrial fibrillation in a child?                                                                                                              D Abrams  
14:00 Implant a "leadless" defibrillator       K McLeod View Presentation
14:15 Transition a teenager with a complex pacemakrer to the adult service G Stuart  
14:30 Train the next generation of paediatric electrophysiologists D Hares View Presentation
15:00 Tea/Coffee    

Inherited cardiac conditions, arrhythmias and children

Chair: D Abrams    
15:45 Long QT syndrome and SIDS - over hyped or a real association? O Uzun                        
16:15 Close    


AFA SYMPOSIUM - INTEGRATING AND ADVANCING MANAGEMENT

Tuesday 5th October 2010 08:30 - 17:15
Churchill & Gladstone Room

Community

Chair: D Connelly    
08:30 Identifying asymptomatic patients and those at risk                  
C Cowan  
08:50 Alternative approaches to reducing AF burden                  
G Thomas  
09:10 New drug development I Savelieva  
09:30 When the drugs don't work - when to refer                                                                                                                  
M Fay View presentation
09:50 Importance of education R Dhillon  
10:00 Tea/Coffee
    

Stroke Prevention

Chair: A J Camm    
10:45 Neurologist's perspective on Atrial Fibrillation E Warburton                           
11:15 Effective stroke prevention - devices                                                                                                                             P Kanagaratnam  
11:45 Effective stroke and bleeding risk assessments - implications for thromboprophylaxis
 G Lip  
12:15 Lunch    

Current Thresholds for Intervention

Chair: A Grace & N Sulke    
13:30 How do you decide on rate versus rhythm control?                                                                                                            
M O'Neill View Presentation
14:00 Have simpler approaches to AF ablation dropped your threshold for intervention in paroxysmal patients? S Murray View Presentation
14:30 Factors determining patient selection for ablation for persistent AF? R Schilling  
15:00 Tea/Coffee    

 Any Questions on AF? Ask the experts.

15:45 An interactive session, with a panel of experts, on current and future management of AF. Chaired by Jonathan Dimbeby.                                                 
G Lip
F Murgatroyd
D Todd
N Sulke		  
Chair: J Dimbleby    
16:45 Debate: Left atrial ablation will be first line therapy for most patients with AF within 5 years
 A J Camm
D Todd		 View Presentation
(A J Camm)

View Presentation
(D Todd)
17:15 Close    


ALLIED PROFESSIONALS

Tuesday 5th October 2010 08:30 - 17:15
Arden Room

Chair: C Joyce & A Wise    
08:30 An overview of recent trials and implications for practice                                        J de Bono  
09:00 More new drugs! What's wrong with the old ones?                                                                                                                J Paisey  
09:30 Remote monitoring in practice: Top tips and how to avoid the pitfalls                                                                       I Fazal  
10:00 Tea/Coffee    
Chair: J Mudd & J Upright    
10:45 Head scratching case studies: 1 Device and 1 Electrophysiology J Upright
V Humphries		  
11:15 Debate: Arrhythmias don't just occur during office hours - CRM should provide a 24 hour service S Allen
J Cole
T Meredith		 View Presentation
(J Cole & T Meredith)
12:15 Lunch    
Chair: S Allen & S O'Connor    
13:30 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Are you being deliberately obstructive? C O'Mahony  
14:10 Sarcoid: What on earth is it? D Tomlinson View Presentation
14:30 ARVC: Another Really Vexing Condition P Elliott  
15:00 Tea / Coffee    
15:45 Allied Professionals Meeting - Arrhythmia Nurses
    
Chair: A Griffiths, N Meldrum, J Mudd    
       
 15:45 Allied Professionals Meeting - Cardiac Physiologists    
Chair: J Cole, C Joyce    
 17:15 Close
   


FRONTIERS OF ARRHYTHMIA MANAGEMENT

Tuesday 5th October 2010 08:30 - 17:15
Greville Room

Chair: F Murgatroyd    
08:30 What is behind the new ESC atrial fibrillation Guidelines? A J Camm View Presentation
09:15 What can computer models tell us about medical device performance? Virtual ICD Study K Volosin View Presentation
10:00 Tea/Coffee    
Chair: M Gammage    
10:45 The great debate: Is Quadripolar Pacing for everyone? A Chow
S Murray		 View Presentation
(S Murray)
11:30 An integrated approach to the treatment of heart failure in patients receiving CRT J Wright View Presentation
12:15 Lunch
   
Chair: S James    
13:30 How contact force and force-time interval can optimise RF catheter ablation D Shah  
15:00 Tea/Coffee                                                                                                   
   
                          Remote Device Follow-ups - Can we afford not to adopt?    
Chair: J Morgan    
15:50 Current state of play for Remote Follow-ups in the UK J Morgan  
16:10 Doing more for less - Results of the Adoption Centre CRT project C Callow  
16:30 Success stories - convincing the local commissioner? J McComb  
16:45 Future advancement: Research - the REM-HF study J Wright  
17:00 Call to action - Consensus on reimbursement and follow up guidelines    
17:15 Close
    


MODERATED POSTERS 2

Tuesday 5th October 2010 12:45 - 13:15
Monarch Foyer
Abstract numbers 48 - 55

Chair: T Betts & A Grace  
 40 Prodrome in syncope: A predictor of cause? N Sulke
 41 Desmoplakin haploinsufficiency is a purely electrical disease: in vivo and in vitro models of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy JC Gomes
 42 The Safety And Efficacy Of Anti-arrhythmic Drugs In The Management Of Acute Atrial Fibrillation C Sawh
 43 Management of atrial fibrillation in a NICE way - a retrospective audit K Chima
 44 3.75 frames per second fluoroscopy safely minimises radiation exposure during EP procedures G Wright
 45 The Spatial and Temporal Variability of the 3D Dominant Frequency Mapping from 2048 Non-Contact Unipolar Electrograms in Human Atrial Fibrillation JL Salinet Jr
 46 Pulmonary Vein Pacing to Prove Exit-Block with Ablation Frontiers PVAC: Threshold Testing, A Simple Method for Identification of Far Field Capture G Haywood
 47 Incidence of Recovered Conduction Following Previously Successful Linear Ablations KCK Wong
13:15 Close  


NOVEL APPROACHES TO ICD & CRT IMPLANTATION AND EXTRACTION

Tuesday 5th October 2010 08:30 - 12:15
Cambridge Room

Chair: J Morgan    
08:30 Subcutanenous ICDs - who benefits? L Boersma  
09:00 Direct Endocardial LV lead placement - an alternative in the difficult patient? J Morgan  
09:30 Multisite LV pacing -  is two better than one? P Lambiase  
10:00 Tea/Coffee                           
   
Chair: A Owens    
10:45 Extraction of LV leads - tips and tricks D Connelly  
10:45 Epicardial LV lead placement - an alternative in the difficult patient? A Owens  
11:15 Lead extraction - state of the art P O'Callaghan View Presentation
12:15 Close    


PCCS

Tuesday 5th October 2010 08:30 - 17:15
London Room

Primary Care Cardiac Services

Chair: K Griffith    
08:30 Increasing diagnostics and diagnosis in Primary Care  M Fay View Presentation
09:00 Poor device implantation and the role of primary care?                                                                                                                 J McComb  
09:30 New developments in rhythm medicine and their impact on Primary Care                                                                         
M Earley View Presentation
10:00 Tea/Coffee    

Atrial Fibrillation

Chair: M Fay    
10:45 The Aspirin Myth G Lip  
11:15 AF - a national priority: the potential impact of screening and stroke prevention C Cowan  
11:45 General AF management in Primary Care: the role of PN, GP and GPwSI                                                                                                                C Arden View Presentation
12:15 Lunch    

 SADS and Syncope

Chair: A Wolff    
13:30 How not to miss problems leading to Sudden Cardiac Arrest                                                                                             
N Wheeldon  
14:00 Syncope and Primary Care                                          
                                                                                            
R A Kenny View Presentation 
15:00 Tea/Coffee    

The Big Quiz

Chair: H Purcell    
15:45 A panel show quiz pitting two teams against each other, one side being the GPwSIs and the other cardiologists from secondary and tertiary care.                                                                                     
                            
  Team 1 - GPwSI                                                                     
C Arden
D Fitzmaurice
K Griffith		  
  Team 2 - Consultants L Graham
H White
A Zaidi		  
17:15 Close    


PRE-RECORDED CASES

Tuesday 5th October 2010 10:45 - 17:15
Oxford Room

Star Wars

Chair: D W Davies & S Ernst                                                              
10:45 Stereotaxis - Magnetic ablation                                         
S Ernst  
11:30 Hansen Medical - Robotic ablation                                                                                                       
K Rajappan View Presentation
12:15 Lunch                                                                             
   

LAA Occlusion - Ready for Prime Time?

Chair:
 D Connelly & G Lip
    
13:30 The evidence so far                                                          G Lip  
14:00 Atritech - Watchman device P Kanagaratnam  

AGA - Amplatzer Cardiac Plug                                                                                                               
F Murgatroyd                          
  Discussion - all participants    
15:00 Tea/Coffee    

Persistent AF Ablation

Chair:
 M Lowe & R Schilling    
15:45 Biosense Webster - Treatment of Persistent AF using CARTO 3 R Schilling                             
  Medtronic - Phased RF S Murray  
17:15 Close                                                                                                          
   


STARS SYNCOPE SYMPOSIUM

Tuesday 5th October 2010 08:30 - 17:15
Wellington & Salisbury Room

Chair: A Fitzpatrick
    
08:30 NICE guidelines on TLOC D Pitcher  
09:00 An outside assessment of NICE guidelines

 R A Kenny View Presentation
09:30 Relationship between NICE on TLOC and ESC on Syncope                   
M Brignole View Presentation 
10:00 Tea/Coffee    
Chair: G van Dijk
    
10:45 What is Syncope? B Grubb  
11:15 Differential Diagnosis: Epilepsy vs. Syncope       
P Cooper  
11:45 When 'Epilepsy' is Syncope A Zaidi View Presentation
12:15 Lunch    
Chair: R Sutton    
13:30 Terminology in TLOC G van Dijk  
14:00 Orthostatic Hypotension C Mathias  
14:30 Different approaches to Orthostatism R Sutton View Presentation
15:00 Tea/Coffee    
Chair: R Sutton
    
15:45 POTS and how to manage it B Grubb  
16:15 Syncope Management Units

 R A Kenny View Presentation
16:45 What is new in the ESC guidelines on Syncope in 2009                                                                                             
R Sutton View Presentation
17:15 Close    

 
YOUNG INVESTIGATORS COMPETITION

Tuesday 5th October 2010 13:30 - 17:15
Cambridge Room
Abstract numbers 1-6

Judges M Gammage, A Ng, N Peters, A Rankin
    
Chair: A Ng    
13:30 A Systematic Assessment of the Optimal Left Ventricular Pacing Site during Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: An Initial Derivation of a Novel Non Invasive Method and Subsequent Validation with a Randomized Controlled Trial FZ Khan  
14:00 Computerised modelling accurately predicts acute response to CRT: initial results from a patient-specific biophysical model MR Ginks  
14:30 Balloon occlusion of the coronary sinus facilitates mitral isthmus ablation KCK Wong View Presentation
15:00 Tea / Coffee    
Chair: A Ng    
15:45 Heterogeneity of Fibrosis in the Infarct Border Zone Correlates with Arrhythmia Inducibility Post-Myocardial Infarction SA Cooper  
16:15 Omega 3 fatty acid supplementation alters expression levels of calcium handling proteins in human cardiomyocytes
 P Saravanan  
16:45 The increase in nitric oxide and antifibrillatory effect of postganglionic vagal fibres is preserved during VIP inhibition and does not involve  the endothelium KE Brack  
17:15 Close    


ADVANCED DEVICES 2 - HOW SHOULD WE MONITOR ACTIVITY, DEMAND AND QUALITY IN THE UK?

Wednesday 6th October 2010 09:00 - 12:45
Oxford Room

Chair: M Gammage    
09:00 The role of the Cardiac Networks C Cowan  
09:25 The UK Device Survey R Charles View Presentation
09:50 Measuring outcome with devices J Wright View Presentation
10:15 Discussion    
10:30 Tea/Coffee    
                                                         Keynote Session - State of the Art    
Chair: N Gall    
11:15 Cutting edge approach to management of Vasovagal Syncope B Grubb View Presentation
11:45 Cutting edge approach to POTS and Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia                                                                                                      B Grubb   
12:45 Close                                                                                                             
   


ADVANCED ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 2

Wednesday 6th October 2010 09:00 - 12:45
Cambridge Room

Persistent AF Debate

Chair: S Murray & A Rankin    
09:00 The best treatment is AV node ablation                         N Sulke  
09:30 Rhythm Control with ablation is best M Earley View Presentation
10:00 UK Electrophysiology 2009-2010 - CCAD Data                                                              M Griffith  
10:00 Tea/Coffee    

Cost Effectiveness of AF Ablation - Redo Issues

Chair: S Murray & A Rankin    
11:15 The evidence so far C Pepper View Presentation
11:45 The issues with persistent AF                                                                                                     E Rowland  
12:45 Close    


CASES & TRACES

Wednesday 6th October 2010 09:00 - 15:30
Churchill & Gladstone Room

Chair: S Fynn & M Hall    
09:00 ST elevation on the ECG                                                                                                                   D Rowlands  
09:30 Long QT Syndrome           E Behr  
09:50 Brugada and repolarisation abnormalities P Lambiase  
10:10 Discussion    
10:30 Tea/Coffee                                                                                                    
   
11:15
 Subclavian Crush J Paisey  

WPW S Harris  
  A challenging SVT case D Tomlinson View Presentation
  GUCH EP (Atrial arrhythmias in a Mustard and Senning) S Lord  
12:45 Lunch    
Chair:      
14:00 Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia C Pepper View Presentation
  Pseudo CTI block J Paisey  
  Case of CRT non-response K Rajappan View Presentation
  VT following MVR C Pepper View Presentation
15:30 Close    


GENETICS - PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES IN ICC?

Wednesday 6th October 2010 09:00 - 12:45
Wellington & Salisbury Room

Chair: C Garratt    
09:00 New HRUK position statement on clinical indications for ICDs in the Familial Sudden Death Syndromes C Garratt  
09:30 MRI applications in inherited cardiac diseases J Moon  
10:00 Emerging technologies in cardiac laboratory genetics J Taylor                           
10:30 Tea/Coffee    
Chair: E Behr    
11:15 ARVC - Current diagnosis and management        W McKenna  
11:45 Debate: This house believes that existing law adequately provides the needs of the ICC patient and family                                                                                                                 P Elliott  
12:45 Close    


HRUK CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION COURSE: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Wednesday 6th October 2010 09:00 - 12:45
Arden Room

Chair: S Blackman    
09:00 AVNRT S Blackman  
09:30 WPW and other accessory pathways                                                                                                          N Grubb  
10:00 Ventricular Tachycardia C Pepper                    
10.30 Tea/Coffee    
Chair: S James    
11:15 Atrial Fibrillation S James  
11:45 Atrial Flutter M Wright  
12:15 Modern day ablation techniques: an overview of mapping systems and ablation technologies I Wright                         
12:45 Close