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Heart Rhythm Congress
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Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 8YL
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Heart Rhythm Congress 2009 Programme
Sunday 18th October
ARRHYTHMIA ALLIANCE PATIENT DAY
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ASSOCIATION PATIENT DAY
STARS PATIENT DAY
HRUK CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION COURSE: CORE SESSION
Monday 19th October
ADVANCED DEVICES 1 - STATE OF THE ART DEVICE INDICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
AFA SYMPOSIUM
HANDS-ON SESSION
HEART RYHTYM TRAINEES
HRUK CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION COURSE: DEVICES
ARRHYTHMIA ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE
PRE - RECORDED CASES
MODERATED POSTERS 1
ORAL ABSTRACTS 1
STARS SYNCOPE SYMPOSIUM
Tuesday 20th October
ADVANCED ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 1 - NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR AF ABLATION
ADVANCES IN COMMUNITY DEFIBRILLATION
ALLIED PROFESSIONALS
ARRHYTHMIA SURGERY
BASIC SCIENCES - CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA MECHANISMS
REAL LIFE CARDIAC GENETICS
MODERATED POSTERS 2
MOVING FORWARDS: TOWARDS BETTER ARRHYTHMIA MANAGEMENT
NHS IMPROVEMENT - HEART
PAEDIATRIC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
PCCS
YOUNG INVESTIGATORS PRIZE
Wednesday 21st October
ADVANCED DEVICES 2 - MANAGING DEVICE SAFETY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
ADVANCED ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 2 - WHO SHOULD BE A CANDIDATE FOR VT ABLATION
CASES & TRACES
HRUK CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION COURSE: ELECTOPHYSIOLOGY
ORAL ABSTRACTS 2
ARRHYTHMIA ALLIANCE PATIENT DAY
Sunday 18th October 2009 10.30 - 15.30
Salisbury Room
| Chair: | A Wolff |
|
| 10:30 | Living with an arrhythmia | S Gurnett |
| 11:00 | Any questions |
J Tagney |
| 11:30 | The Athlete’s Heart and Arrhythmias - good, bad or does it exist? | A Wolff |
| 12:00 | Psychological Aspects of Cardiac Devices | R Parke |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| Chair: | N Meldrum | |
| 13:30 | Living with my ICD - A Patient’s Perspective | S Shunmoogum |
| 14:00 | Support with your ICD, the Arrhythmia Nurse | J Tagney |
| 14:30 | CBT for Arrhythmia and ICD Patients | G Gillespie |
| 15:00 | Exercise with a Cardiac Condition |
P Doherty |
| 15:30 | Close |
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ASSOCIATION PATIENT DAY
Sunday 18th October 2009 10.30 - 15.30
Churchill/Gladstone Room
| Chair: | M Fay | |
| 10:30 | AFA Welcome | T Lobban |
| 10:35 | A Patient’s Journey to Diagnosis | R Dove |
| 10:50 | Debate ‘This house believes that patient with AF are better managed by arrhythmia specialists not GPs’ | M Fay R Schilling |
| 11:20 | Seeking and understanding - a patient’s journey | M Harman |
| 11:35 | Causes and Triggers of AF | A Grace |
| 11:55 | Medical management of AF - Current and New Drugs | I Savelieva |
| 12:15 | Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for AF | G Gillespie |
| 12:35 | Lunch | |
| Chair: | J Mudd | |
| 13:30 | Anticoagulation - What does this mean for the patient? | G Lip |
| 13:55 | Exercise and AF | P Doherty |
| 14:20 | Catheter Ablation for AF - is it a cure? | M Earley |
| 14:45 | What can the general cardiologist offer to AF patients? |
H White |
| 15:10 | Question time - pre-submitted questions at time of registration. | M Fay R Schilling A Grace J Mudd |
| 15:30 | Close |
STARS PATIENTS’ DAY
Sunday 18th October 2009 10.30 - 15.30
Wellington Room
| Chair: | J Mudd / N Linker |
|
| 10:30 | Introduction to understanding Syncope | N Linker |
| 10:50 | Syncope in the young (RAS) - View Presentation | W Whitehouse |
| 11:10 | Syncope in the elderly | R Kenny |
| 11:35 | Treatment options: drugs/lifestyle/pacemakers | A Fitzpatrick |
| 11:55 | My journey to a diagnosis – A patient’s experience | M E Westwood |
| 12:10 | STARS – The future. Including showing of new counter-manoeuvres DVD | T Lobban |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| Chair: | A Fitzpatrick | |
| 13:30 | Debate: This house believes that all children with a transient loss of consciousness should be seen by a paediatric neurologist before a paediatric cardiologist. - View W Whitehouse Presentation - View J de Giovanni Presentation |
W Whitehouse J de Giovanni |
| 14:00 | CBT for Syncope and POTS patients - View Presentation | C Baker |
| 14:30 | Diagnostic Testing - View Presentation |
T Fahraeus |
| 15:30 | Close |
HRUK CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION COURSE: CORE SESSION
Sunday 18th October 2009 13.00 - 18.00
Arden Room
| Chair: | N Linker | |
| 13:00 | Review of “electrical” anatomy and physiology of the heart | C Plummer |
| 13:30 | Arrhythmias: mechanisms and features | R Bradley |
| 14:00 | ECGs and arrhythmias | D Rowlands |
| 14:30 | Pacemakers: function, timing cycles and basic troubleshooting | A Turley |
| 15:00 | Tea / Coffee | |
| Chair: | D Elliott-Rotgans | |
| 15:30 | ICDs and CRT: function and basic troubleshooting | M Squirrel |
| 16:00 | Basics of clinical electrophysiology | D Elliott-Rotgans |
| 16:30 | Drugs and the heart | N Linker |
| 17:00 | Clinical trials in arrhythmias | O Segal |
| 17:30 | Guidance: DVLA, MHRA, national guidelines and medico-legal issues | M Gammage |
| 18:00 | Close |
ADVANCED DEVICES 1 - STATE OF THE ART DEVICE INDICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
Monday 19th October 2009 08.30 - 12.15
York Room
| Chair: | M Gammage/T Cripps |
|
| 08:30 | What is the role of the ICD in primary prevention? - View presentation |
C Pepper |
| 09:00 | What is the role of CRT in primary prevention? |
J Morgan |
| 09:30 | CRT: Evolving Indications - View presentation |
T Betts |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | M Gammage/T Cripps | |
| 10:45 | Strategies to minimise right ventricular pacing - View presentation |
A Zaidi |
| 11:15 | Multisite ventricular pacing: CRT versus RV septal pacing - View presentation |
P Stafford |
| 11:45 | Is there still a role for echocardiography in CRT? - View presentation | F Leyva |
| 12:15 | Close |
AFA SYMPOSIUM
Monday 19th October 2009 08.30 - 17.15
Cambridge Room
Asymptomatic Atrial Fibrillation: Screening can it work?
| Chair: | J Mudd / C Cowan | |
| 08:30 | Models for screening (Flu clinics, opportunistic screening etc) - View presentation |
M Fay |
| 09:00 | Does screening work? The cost and the benefits - View presentation |
D Fitzmaurice |
| 09:30 | Primary and secondary screening in practice | C Cowan |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee |
Atrial Fibrillation: Difficult cases … a discussion of management of difficult cases
| Chair: | A Grace / T Lobban | |
| 10:45 | Anticoagulation-maintaining target INR, bleeding risk assessment and quality of life | D Lane |
| 11:15 | Rate control and rhythm control - Identifying and managing the symptomatic patient - View presentation |
M Earley |
| 11:45 | The anticoagulated AF patient who has stable vascular disease, a presentation with an acute coronary syndrome and/or requires PCI/stenting | G Lip |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
Atrial Fibrillation: Interventions
| Chair: | A J Camm / D Connelly | |
| 13:30 | The truth about catheter ablation | A J Camm |
| 14:00 | Does ablation reduce stroke risk? (include surgical and catheter ablation) - View presentation |
R Schilling |
| 14:30 | What is the role of surgical ablation? - View presentation |
M Earley |
| 15:00 | Tea/coffee |
Atrial Fibrillation: What is coming next for AF?
| Chair: | G Lip / M Fay | |
| 15:45 | New antithrombotic strategies - the role of new anticoagulants, new antiplatelet agents, aspirin-clopidogrel combination | G Lip |
| 16:15 | Dronaderone and other new antiarrhythmic drugs - who, when and why | I Savelieva |
| 16:45 | Beyond the 2006 NICE guidelines for AF - what revisions are needed for the next version? | G Lip |
| 17:15 | Close |
HANDS-ON SESSION
Monday 19th October 2009 13:15 - 17:15
York Room
Open session: come and view the latest advances from Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Sorin and St Jude Medical.
HEART RYTHYM TRAINEES
Monday 19th October 2009 17:30 - 19:00
Cambridge Room
| Chair: | R Bala / E Shepherd | |
| 17:30 | How to arrange “elective” placements in other UK centres - View presentation | P Sheridan |
| 17:45 | EP Fellowships abroad: “the good, the bad and ugly” - View presentation (D Farwell) View presentation (R Bala) |
D Farwell R Snowdon R Bala |
| 18:30 | What to look for in a Consultant job plan - View presentation | D Begley |
| 18:45 | Heart Rhythm Trainees - Update | R Huggett |
| 18:50 | Discussion | |
| 19:00 | Close |
HRUK CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION COURSE: DEVICES
Monday 19th October 2009 08.30 - 12.15
Wellington / Salisbury Room
| Chair: | S Jones |
|
| 08:30 | Implanting devices - a practical guide | S Harris |
| 08:55 | Technology, physics and implantable devices | A Penney |
| 09:15 | Pacemaker, timing cycles, refractory periods and troubleshooting | M James |
| 09:40 | ICD Algorithms - detection and therapy | C Regan |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | S Jones | |
| 10:45 | Follow-up of the ICD patient - troubleshooting | C Joyce |
| 11:15 | Follow-up of the CRT patient - troubleshooting | A Rao |
| 11:45 | Recalls and faults - the role of the MHRA | H Randall |
| 12:15 | Close |
ARRHYTHMIA ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE
Monday 19th October 2009 13:30 - 17:00
Greville Room
| 13:30 | Arrhythmia Alliance - Accomplishments and global outreach - View presentation | T Lobban |
| Success in Europe | ||
| 14:00 | A-A Sweden | T Fahraeus |
| 14:20 | A-A Portugal - View presentation | C Morais |
| 14:40 | A-A Czech Republic - View presentation | P Krĭstofová |
| 15:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| 15:45 | Future collaboration of EHRA and Arrhythmia Alliance | |
| 16:05 | Benefits of international collaboration | R Cappato |
| 16:35 | Roundtable: Steps towards collaboration | |
| Discussion topics: | ||
| Benefits of an international cohesive group | ||
| Objectives of Arrhythmia Alliance international organisation | ||
| Establishing an international medical advisory committee | ||
| Commitment from organisations | ||
| Conclusion | A J Camm T Lobban |
|
| 17:00 | Close |
PRE-RECORDED CASES
Monday 19th October 2009 10:45 - 17:15
Churchill / Gladstone Room
Pre-recorded Cases sponsored by Bard, Biosense Webster, Medtronic and St Jude Medical.
| Chair: | D Todd | |
| 10:45 | Medtronic - Pulmonary Vein Isolation using the Medtronic Multi-Channel Phased RF Generator and PVAC Catheter | A Ng |
| 11:30 | Biosense Webster - The Carto 3 System: Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Ablation - View presentation |
R Schilling |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| Chair: | D Todd | |
| 13:30 | St Jude Medical - Vein based strategies for AF: The UCLH approach - View presentation (A Chow) |
A Chow M Lowe |
| 14:15 | BARD - HDMA (High Density Mesh Ablator) | D Keane |
| 15:00 | Tea / Coffee | |
| Chair: | D Todd | |
| 15:45 | Medtronic - Pulmonary Vein Isolation using the Medtronic Cyroconsole and Arctic Front Cyroballoon | D W Davies |
| 16:30 | CCAD EP Database - The current situation | M Griffith |
| 17:15 | Close |
MODERATED POSTERS 1
Monday 19th October 2009 12:45 - 13:15
Abstract numbers 31-38
Foyer
| Judges | A Grace / A Rankin |
|
| 31 | Automatic Assessment of Right Ventricular Repolarisation Dispersion During Diagnostic Ajmaline Test for Suspected Brugada Syndrome | M Govindan |
| 32 | Value of the Ventricular High Leads in the Diagnosis of Brugada Syndrome | M Govindan |
| 33 | Prevalence of Brugada Syndrome in Patients with ST Elevation Presenting to a Regional Heart Attack Centre | SP Page |
| 34 | Psychopathology in post-infarction patients implanted with cardioverter-defibrillators for secondary prevention. A European cross-sectional, case-controlled study | AP Redhead |
| 35 | Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Lead Extraction with Electrosurgical Dissection and Laser Sheaths? An Observational Study | PA Scott |
| 36 | Does length of sinus pause in patients with Reflex Syncope predict recurrence of symptoms after permanent pacemaker implantation (PPM)? |
S Petkar |
| 37 | Nurse led rapid access arrhythmia clinics facilitates early assessment, risk stratification, investigations, diagnosis and treatment of patients with suspected arrhythmia. | VM Watson |
| 38 | The Rapid Access Blackouts Triage Clinic is highly effective in identifying those at ?High Risk? and decreasing re-hospitalisation in patients presenting with transient loss of consciousness (T-LOC) | S Petkar |
ORAL ABSTRACTS 1
Monday 19th October 2009 13:30 - 17:15
Abstract numbers 7-18
Wellington / Salisbury Room
| Chair: | J Bourke |
|
| 13:30 | Can High Posterior Wall Activation Times During Left Atrial Appendage Pacing Reliably Confirm Roof Line Block? | KCK Wong |
| 13:45 | Results of the first randomised controlled trial comparing Hansen robotic navigation and manual catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation | ER Duncan |
| 14:00 | Robotically assisted atrial fibrillation ablation; update on outcomes from initial 55 procedures | L C Malcolme-Lawes |
| 14:15 | Interstitial oedema contributes to acute pulmonary vein isolation following atrial fibrillation ablation: new insights from T2 weighted cardiac magnetic resonance imaging | D Caulfield |
| 14:30 | Single Centre UK Experience of Cryoablation Ballon for Paroxysmal AF - View presentation |
AJ Sandilands |
| 14:45 | Pulmonary Venous Isolation by Antral Ablation with a Large Cryo-balloon for Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation |
P Kojodjojo |
| 15:00 |
Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | C Garratt | |
| 15:45 | Restitution Curves, Alternans and Arrhythmia in Murine Genetic Models of the Brugada Syndrome and Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia | IN Sabir |
| 16:00 | Cohort Description and Preliminary Results of the Drug-Induced Arrhythmia Risk Evaluation (DARE) Study - View presentation |
V Marshall |
| 16:15 | Common variants in the NOS1AP (CAPON) gene are associated with amiodarone-induced ventricular arrhythmias: early results from the DARE study |
E Behr |
| 16:30 | Role of desmoplakin mutations in the development of arrhythmogenesis in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: Evidence for multiple pro-arrhythmic effects - View presentation | JC Gomes |
| 16:45 | Interatrial Block in Patients with Sleep Apnia | F Morriello |
| 17:00 | Are nurse-facilitated arrhythmia clinics efficient? | V Baker |
| 17:15 | Close |
STARS SYNCOPE SESSION
Monday 19th October 2009 08.30 - 17.15
Arden Room
| Chair: | N Stout |
|
| 08:30 | How to manage syncope - what the guidelines tell us - View presentation | N Stout |
| 09:00 | How to improve referrals? - View presentation |
T Fahraeus |
| 09:30 | How to investigate syncope - devices old and new - View presentation |
S Petkar |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | J Morgan | |
| 10:45 | Autonomic failure and syncope - View presentation | N Stout |
| 11:15 | Should all patients with carotid sinus hypersensitivity be paced? | R A Kenny |
| 11:45 | Neurally mediated syncope: what's new in vasovagal syncope - View presentation | S Petkar |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| Chair: | A Fitzpatrick | |
| 13:30 | All that blacks out is not syncope: a neurologists view of transient loss of consciousness - View presentation | S Taggart |
| 14:00 | How is syncope diagnosed in the emergency room? - View presentation | D Farwell |
| 14:30 | Physiologist lead implantable loop recorder service | J Upright |
| 15:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | M Gammage | |
| 15:45 | What is the role of pacemakers in patients with syncope - View presentation | R Sutton |
| 16:15 | How to manage patients with vasodepressor syncope | A Fitzpatrick |
| 16:45 | How to manage the paediatric patient with syncope - View presentation | W Whitehouse |
| 17:15 | Close |
ADVANCED ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 1 - NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR AF ABLATION
Tuesday 20th October 2009 08.30 - 12.15
Wellington / Salisbury Room
| Chair: | M Griffith | |
| 08:30 | Cryoablation |
D W Davies |
| 09:00 | Circular mapping catheters | S Furniss |
| 09:30 | Robot arm guided ablation - View presentation |
S Sporton |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | Y Bashir | |
| 10:45 | Magnetic guided ablation - View presentation |
S Ernst |
| 11:15 | Debate: This house believes that one size fits all with ablation techniques View presentation (R Schilling) View presentation (A Chow) |
R Schilling A Chow |
| 12:15 | Close |
ADVANCES IN COMMUNITY DEFIBRILLATION
Tuesday 20th October 2009 09:00 - 15:00
| Chair: | T Lobban | |
| 09:00 | Introduction to 'Restart the Heart' - Launch of Toolkit | T Lobban |
| 09:30 | Latest research in SCA and AEDs | D Aschieri |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | D Aschieri | |
| 10:45 | Defibrillators in communities | K Morrissey |
| 11:00 | The experiences of a mountain rescuer/first responder | D Massey |
| 11:20 | The success of HeartSafe cabinets in Chew Valley | C Setter |
| 11:50 | The official launch of AED Locator's website and database | C Setter |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| Chair: | ||
| 13:30 | The global need for CPR & AED training - experience to date and the way forwards. Launch of Mini-Anne AED & CPR training kit. - View presentation | M Sautter |
| 14:00 | The community first responder scheme | K Boyes |
| 14:30 | The Life Link scheme | D Parsonage |
| 15:00 | Close |
ALLIED PROFESSIONALS
Tuesday 20th October 2009 08.30 - 17.15
Arden Room
| Chair: | Z Harris | |
| 08:30 | Modernising Scientific Careers: Are we there yet? - View presentation |
D Elliott-Rotgans |
| 09:00 | What’s new in pacing? - View presentation |
C Joyce E Shepherd |
| 09:30 | Case Presentations from: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, James Cook University Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital and UCLH/The Heart Hospital View presentation (R Arnold) |
C Llewellyn R Arnold V Humphries R Bradley |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | D Elliott-Rotgans | |
| 10:45 | How to speed up AF ablation | I Wright |
| 11:15 | Debate: That the current Uk model for device follow-up is fit for purpose |
V Griffiths |
| 11:45 | Debate: That AF ablation is not a complex procedure View presentation (J McCready) View presentation (S Modi) |
J McCready S Modi |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| Chair: | J Tagney | |
| 13:30 | Inherited Cardiac Conditions; Service Development and Case Study - View presentation |
C Owen |
| 13:50 | How genetics influence sudden death risk | E Behr |
| 14:10 | GRASP- AF Guidance on risk assessment for stroke prevention in AF An automated tool for primary care. - View presentation |
K Tyndall S Holding |
| 14:30 | Debate: ICD implant in the DGH is safe so what’s all the fuss about? View presentation (I Williams) View presentation (C Plummer) |
I Williams C Plummer |
| 15:00 | Tea / Coffee | |
| Chair: | J Mudd | |
| 15:45 | Debate: AF Management - Whose responsibility? – ‘GP’s are best placed to manage patients with atrial fibrillation’ View presentation (M Fay & A Wolff) View presentation (A Griffiths & T Meredith) |
M Fay |
| 16:30 | How to manage inappropriate sinus tachycardia | J Bourke |
| 16:50 | Developing a pathway for the management of patients and families with potential inherited cardiac conditions within a DGH - View presentation |
M Bennett E Longster |
| 17:15 | Close |
ARRHYTHMIA SURGERY
Tuesday 20th October 2009 13.30 - 17.15
Wellington / Salisbury Room
| Chair: | S Fynn | |
| 13:30 | AF The electrophysiologist’s approach | S Furniss |
| 14:00 | AF The surgeon’s approach |
P Braidley |
| 14:30 | AF A combined surgical and EP approach | M La Meir |
| 15:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | P Braidley | |
| 15:45 | Tips & Tricks for the cardiologist performing lead extraction | D Connelly |
| 16:15 | Tips & Tricks for the surgeon performing lead extraction | C Byrd |
| 17:15 | Close |
BASIC SCIENCES - CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA MECHANISMS
Tuesday 20th October 2009 08.30 - 12.15
Churchill / Gladstone Room
| Chair: | W McKenna |
|
| 08:30 | Genetic basic for clinic arrhythmias - View presentation | A Grace |
| 09:00 | Atrial fibrillation mechanisms |
A Ng |
| 09:30 | Ventricular tachycardia mechanisms |
N Peters |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | N Peters | |
| 10:45 | Ca2+ and arrhythmia mechanisms |
A Trafford |
| 11:15 | Arrhythmias in cardiac ischaemia and infarction - View presentation |
M Curtis |
| 11:45 | Stretch and cardiac arrhythmias | P Kohl |
| 12:15 | Close |
REAL LIFE CARDIAC GENETICS
Tuesday 20th October 2009 13.30 - 17.15
Ascot / Sunningdale Room
| Chair: |
P Brennan | |
| 13:30 | Familial LVH - when does it become HCM? | P Elliott |
| 14:00 | When does right ventricular VT become ARVC? |
S Lord |
| 14:30 | When to take an ECG abnormality seriously |
J Gill |
| 15:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | P Brennan |
|
| 15:45 | How to manage a patient and family with SCD when you don't find a genetic adnormality | E Behr |
| 16:15 | How to manage a patient and family with ‘Brugada Syndrome’ when you don’t find a genetic abnormality | C Garratt |
| 16:45 | How to manage a family with two cases of ‘dilated cardiomyopathy’ - View presentation |
E Blair |
| 17:15 | Close |
MODERATED POSTERS 2
Tuesday 20th October 2009 12:45 - 13:15
Abstract numbers 39-46
Foyer
| Judges | A Grace / A Rankin |
|
| 39 | Management of anticoagulation for device implantation in high thromboembolic risk (TER) patients: Re-evaluating best practice | P J Sheridan |
| 40 | Point of Care Testing (POCT) of International Normalised Ratio (INR) is Accurate and Significantly Saves Cardiac Catheter Laboratory (Lab) Time ? A Pilot Study | S Petkar |
| 41 | A novel linear ablation catheter for left and right atrial compartmentalisation in paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation | C Murphy |
| 42 | Development and validation of a clinical index to predict survival after cardiac resynchronisation therapy | P Foley |
| 43 | Acute haemodynamic changes in cardiac output according to LV lead position and the impact of VV optimization in patients undergoing biventricular pacing | FZ Khan |
| 44 | Assessment of Acute Haemodynamic Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy using Systolic Blood Pressure versus Mean Peak dP/dt | MR Ginks |
| 45 | Novel bio-reactance based non invasive cardiac output measurements acutely following biventricular pacing predict left ventricular reverse remodeling at 3 months: a new approach to guide CRT? | FZ Khan |
| 46 | Selecting the optimal site for left ventricular lead placement using speckle tracking echocardiography: amplitude of segmental strain is as important as timing | FZ Khan |
MOVING FORWARDS: TOWARDS BETTER ARRHYTHMIA MANAGEMENT
TUESDAY 20th October 2009 08:30 - 15:00
| Chair: | G Watts | |
| 08:30 | Trial by jury: management of atrial fibrillation – current thinking and future directions View presentation (A Rankin) |
A Rankin D Connelly (Sponsored by Sanofi-Aventis) |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | S Fynn | |
| 10:45 | Overcoming the “final hurdle” - post-ablation tachycardias | V Reddy (Sponsored by St Jude Medical) |
| 11:30 | Atrial fibrillation: diagnostics, intervention and monitoring | H Puererfellner (Sponsored by Medtronic) |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| Chair: | M Gammage | |
| 13:30 | Towards better heart failure management - View presentation | A Chow (Sponsored by Boston Scientific) |
| 14:15 | Pacing for vagal syncope: where are we now? | A Morley-Davies (Sponsored by Biotronik) |
| 15:00 | Close |
NHS IMPROVEMENT - HEART
Tuesday 20th October 2009 08:30 - 12:15
Ascot / Sunningdale Room
| Chair: | R Charles / E Rowland | |
| 08:30 | Cardiac devices - Four years of the network survey - View presentation | R Charles |
| 09:00 | Improving data submission - View presentation | E Kemp |
| 09:30 | Implant rates: has Europe got it right? | J McComb |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee |
|
| Chair: | R Charles / E Rowland | |
| 10:45 | Challenges of commissioning in a high implant centre |
D Skehan |
| 11:05 | Making a case for the cost efficacy of CRT |
K Witte |
| 11:25 | Case Study |
TBC |
| 11:45 | The role of device champions? |
D Cunningham |
| 12:15 | Close |
PAEDIATRIC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Tuesday 20th October 2009 08.30 - 17.15
Terrace Room
Minisymposium – Arrhythmic collapse in the child and teenager
| Chair: | C Wren / J Till | |
| 08:30 | Size of the problem? | C Wren |
| 08:45 | Causes of arrhythmic collapse in the infant | J Till |
| 09:00 | Assessment of autonomic function in the collapsing child - View presentation |
D Kenny |
| 09:15 | Swimming pools and cardiovascular collapse in the young - View presentation |
R Martin |
| 09:30 | “Can extreme exercise precipitate arrhythmias in the young athlete?” - View presentation |
K George |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee |
When to do it / How to do it
| Chair: | K McLeod / S Adwani |
|
| 10:45 | Risk stratify in the child with HOCM | M Tome Esteban |
| 11:00 | Distinguish between benign RV ectopy and RV dysplasia |
G Stuart |
| 11:15 | Predict and prevent late onset arrhythmias in the child undergoing congenital heart surgery | D Abrams |
| 11:30 | Optimise pacing in the ITU - View presentation |
K McLeod |
| 11:45 | Prevent and treat Postoperative JET |
J de Giovanni |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
Channelopathies, genetics and children
| Chair: | G Stuart / J De Giovanni |
|
| 13:30 | Murine models of Long QT3 - Implications for the affected child | G Thomas |
| 14:00 | Drug challenges in the diagnosis of inherited arrhythmias: friends or foes? |
O Uzun |
| 14:30 | ICD, ablation or medical therapy in Brugada | M Lowe |
| 15:00 | Tea/Coffee |
Unoperated congenital heart disease and arrhythmias: incidence/diagnosis/
treatment
| Chair: | A Duke / O Uzan |
|
| 15:45 | ASD, Cardiomyopathy and heart block | A Duke |
| 16:15 | Arrhythmias in Ebstein’s anomaly |
E Rosenthal |
| 16:45 | Eisenmenger syndrome and cardiac arrhythmias | G Veldtman |
| 17:15 | Close |
PCCS
Tuesday 20th October 2009 08.30 - 17.15
Cambridge Room
What’s New and Primary Care:
| Chair: | C Arden | |
| 08:30 | Arrhythmia from a primary care perspective - View presentation |
J Shribman |
| 09:00 | Who needs a device - View presentation |
K Witte |
| 09:30 | New anti-arrhythmics, what they do and who should initiate therapy - View presentation |
A Grace |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee |
The Syncope, Blackouts and The Irregular Pulse:
| Chair: |
A Wolff |
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| 10.45 | The patient with Syncope | M Norton |
| 11:15 | Cardiac Risk in the Young: Who should we screen and by who | E Behr |
| 11:45 | The patient with the irregular pulse | D W Davies |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
Atrial Fibrillation and its management in Primary Care:
| Chair: |
C Cowan | |
| 13:30 | AF Management in Primary Care - A Real World View - View presentation | K Griffith |
| 14:00 | Anticoagulation issues - View presentation |
D Fitzmaurice |
| 14:30 | Who needs cardioversion - View presentation |
S Murray |
| 15:00 | Tea/coffee |
Arrhythmias: Quiz, Cases and Debate
| Chair: |
H Purcell |
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| 15:45 | The interactive case | K Griffith |
| 16:15 | ECG Quiz | J McComb |
| 16:45 | This house believes that AF should be managed by Primary Care View presentation (M Fay) View presentation (A Zaidi) |
M Fay L Graham A Zaidi |
| 17:15 | Close |
YOUNG INVESTIGATORS PRIZE
Tuesday 20th October 2009 13.30 - 17.15
Abstract numbers 1-6
Churchill / Gladstone Room
| Chair: | A Ng |
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| Judges | M Gammage, J Morgan, A Ng, N Peters, A Rankin |
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| 13:30 | Dispersion of Refractoriness in Arrhythmogenesis in a Murine Model of Brugada Syndrome | CA Martin |
| 14:00 | Modulating Gap Junctional Coupling with AAP10 and Carbenoxolone Reduces the Incidence and Delays the Onset of Reperfusion Arrhythmias Following Regional Ischaemia - View presentation | FS Ng |
| 14:30 | Growth differentiation factor-15 predicts mortality and morbidity after cardiac resynchronization therapy - View presentation |
P Foley |
| 15:00 |
Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | A Ng |
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| 15:45 | Ablation of Complex Fractionated Electrograms in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Guided by an Automated Algorithm | JW McCready |
| 16:15 | Regional fractionation and dominant frequency in persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Effects of left atrial ablation and evidence of spatial relationship | JH Tuan |
| 16:45 | Visualization of acute tissue necrosis following radiofrequency ablation using delayed enhancement MRI | D Caulfield |
| 17:15 | Close |
ADVANCED DEVICES 2 - MANAGING DEVICE SAFETY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Wednesday 21st October 2009 08.30 - 12.15
Arden Room
| Chair: | S Harris | |
| 08:30 | The role of the MHRA in advising the professionals - View presentation | S Ludgate |
| 09:00 | What is the role/responsibility of industry? - View presentation |
D Dunham |
| 09:30 | Only EPs should implant ICDs in 21st century View presentation (T Edwards) |
A Morley Davies T Ewards |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | M Gammage | |
| 10:45 | Why do devices fail and how do we detect failure? | M Gammage |
| 11:15 | How to deal with the failed lead | C Byrd |
| 11:45 | Safety of device patients in the MRI environment |
R Gimbel |
| 12:15 | Close |
ADVANCED ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 2 - WHO SHOULD BE A CANDIDATE FOR VT ABLATION
Wednesday 21st October 2009 08.30 - 12.15
Wellington Room
| Chair: | P Kanagaratnam | |
| 08:30 | Overview of recent trials |
P Lambiase |
| 09:00 | How to do substrate modification | J Bourke |
| 09:30 | How to do epicardial VT ablation |
R Schilling |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | S Furniss | |
| 10:45 | Difficult cases |
R Cappato |
| 11:30 | Debate: This house believes that all ICD candidates should be offeredVT ablation View presentation (M Anderson) |
P Kanagaratnam M Anderson |
| 12:15 | Close |
CASES & TRACES
Wednesday 21st October 2009 08.30 - 15.00
Churchill / Gladstone Room
| Chair: | D Todd / S Ernst | |
| 08:30 | Limb leads of the ECG, a poorly understood and undervalued resource | D Rowlands |
| 09:00 | A methodical approach to ICD troubleshooting | S Jones |
| 09:30 | BIV ICD Issues | M Finlay |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| 10:45 | Tachycardia with unusual congenital heart disease | D Zachariah |
| 11:05 | Devices - Alternative Vascular Access Technique | A Staniforth |
| 11:25 | Incessant tachycardia | J McReady |
| 11:45 | Ebstein ablation - View presentation | S Murray |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| Chair: | D Todd / S Ernst | |
| 13:30 | Challenging WPW | V Ezzat |
| 14:00 | LV lead implantation challenges | P Foley |
| 14:30 | Difficult EP Case | M Norman |
| 15:00 | Close |
HRUK CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION COURSE: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Wednesday 21st October 2009 08:30 - 12:15
| Chair: | D Elliott-Rotgans | |
| 08:30 | AV nodal re-entrant tachycardia | M Lithgow |
| 08:55 | WPW syndrome and other accessory pathways | C Redfern |
| 09:15 | Atrial flutter | G Haywood |
| 09:40 | Atrial tachycardia | M Lowe |
| 10:00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | K Rajappan | |
| 10:45 | Atrial fibrillation | J Gill |
| 11:15 | Ventricular tachycardia | T Chow |
| 11:45 | Modern day ablation techniques: an overview of the latest mapping systems and ablation technologies | I Wright |
| 12:15 | Close |
ORAL ABSTRACTS 2
Wednesday 21st October 2009 08.30 - 12.15
Abstract numbers 19-30
Terrace Room
| Chair: | ||
| 08:30 | Initial 100 Patient Experience of Transseptal Puncture Using a Novel Transseptal Guidewire for Left Sided Ablation | V Wadehra |
| 08:45 | Right sided wide area circumferential ablation affects heart rate variability indices more than left sided ablation | L C Malcolme-Lawes |
| 09:00 | Catheter ablation for persistent AF: Changes in Autonomic Tone and Frequency Spectrum mirror that of vagal blockade | J H Tuan |
| 09:15 | A Survey of UK Cardiologists Understanding and Attitudes to Guidelines, Risk and the Role of the Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator - View presentation | P P Sadarmin |
| 09:30 | Impact of the January 2006 NICE Update on Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator use: A Tertiary Centre Experience | W B Nicolson |
| 09:45 | Retrospective analysis of the incidence of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients implanted with a cardiac resynchronisation therapy device | A B Gopalamurugan |
| 10.00 | Tea/Coffee | |
| Chair: | E Rowland | |
| 10:45 | Indications for permanent pacing: the 3 second pause is an arbitrary and inappropriate discriminator | H E Thomas |
| 11:00 | QTpeak duration is a superior predictor of response to CRT than QRS duration | A Patwala |
| 11:15 | A comparison of echocardiography, thoracic impedance and beat to beat blood pressure for biventricular pacemaker optimisation - View presentation | R P Beynon |
| 11:30 | Effects of Selective Site Pacing On the Haemodynamics and Functional Recovery in Patients Requiring Permanent Right Ventricular Pacing - View presentation | K Albouaini |
| 11:45 | Impact of left ventricular pacing at sites of low amplitude 2D radial strain on acute haemodynamic changes during cardiac resynchronization therapy | F Z Khan |
| 12:00 | Triventricular Pacing In Heart Failure Significantly Improves Clinical Outcomes Compared To BiVentricular Pacing | D P Rogers |