7:00 AM |
Registration & Breakfast
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7:30 AM |
Welcome and Announcements
Oussama Wazni |
7:35 AM |
Heart Rhythm Society Update
Mina Chung |
7:45 AM |
Top EP Publications in 2025 and What to Look for in 2026
Bradley Knight |
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Session 1 - Hot Topics in AF Ablation
Moderators: Oussama Wazni, Walid Saliba, Nassir Marrouche, Andrea Natale |
8:00 AM |
First Line Ablation for Persistent AF
Oussama Wazni |
8:10 AM |
Lesion Prediction in PFA
Hiroshi Nakagawa |
8:20 AM |
Novel Solid Tip PFA Platforms: Impact of Energy Delivery Early Experience
Usman Siddiqui |
8:30 AM |
Novel Large Footprint PFA Catheters: Early Experience
Ante Anic |
8:40 AM |
Clinical Evidence with PFA of Atrial Arrhythmias: Clinical Trials and Real-World Data
Moussa Mansour |
8:50 AM |
Mapping of AF, is it Needed?
Ayman Hussein |
9:00 AM |
What Blanking Period? Does it Exist with PFA?
Luigi DiBiase |
9:10 AM |
Step by Step ICE Guided PFA
Shady Nakhla |
9:20 AM |
Impact of ICE on Reconnection after PFA
Devi Nair |
9:30 AM |
Atypical Atrial Flutters (AFL) Ablation, Impact of PFA
Mandeep Bhargava |
9:40 AM |
Machine Learning in AF Management
Nassir Marrouche |
9:50 AM |
Panel Discussion and Attendee Q&A
Session Faculty |
10:00 AM |
Break/Visit Exhibits
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Session 2 - Clinical AF Management
Moderators: Randall Starling, Oussama Wazni, Walid Saliba, Thomas Dresing |
10:30 AM |
AF Emergency Department Triage
Roy Chung |
10:40 AM |
Understanding Atrial Myopathy: A Personalized Approach to AF Ablation
Nazem Akoum |
10:50 AM |
CASTLE II, Can We Ablate Diastolic Dysfunction?
Nassir Marrouche |
11:00 AM |
Maximizing Success for Persistent AF Ablation: Impact of PFA
Andrea Natale |
11:10 AM |
AI Guided AF Ablation
Tina Baykaner |
11:20 AM |
How Early Should We Ablate AF, Insights from Continuous Monitoring
Jason Andrade |
11:30 AM |
AF in Obesity? Why Can’t I Use Ozempic?
Leslie Cho |
11:40 AM |
Panel Discussion and Attendee Q&A
Session Faculty |
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Session 3 – THE GREAT DEBATE
Moderator: Oussama Wazni |
11:50 AM |
PVI POINT by POINT is the Way to Go!
DJ Lakkireddy |
12:00 PM |
No Way!! Single Shot is the Answer!
Luigi DiBiase |
12:10 PM |
Rebuttals
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12:20 PM |
Lunch & Optional Non-CME Satellites
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Session 4 - Stroke Prevention in AF
Moderators: Nassir Marrouche, Walid Saliba, Shazam Hussain, Tyler Taigen, Ken Uchino |
1:20 PM |
Welcome to the Real World of LAA Closure: Challenges and Triumphs
Wael Jaber |
1:30 PM |
AF Screening: Who, When and How?
Andrew Russman |
1:40 PM |
Personalized and Targeted Stroke Prevention
Shazam Hussain |
1:50 PM |
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Session Faculty |
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Session 5 - LAA Closure
Moderators: Oussama Wazni, Shady Nakhla, Mohamed Kanj, Jeff Healey |
2:00 PM |
Update on the Clinical Impact of the OPTION trial
Walid Saliba |
2:10 PM |
LAAOS IV
Jeff Healey |
2:20 PM |
New Devices
Devi Nair |
2:30 PM |
Imaging for LAA Closure
Serge Harb |
2:40 PM |
ICE LAA Closure
Shady Nakhla |
2:50 PM |
Concomitant PFA Ablation and LAA Closure
Mohamed Kanj |
3:00 PM |
Concomitant Cardiac and AF Surgery
Edward Soltesz |
3:10 PM |
Expanding Indications
Mauricio Arruda |
3:20 PM |
Panel Discussion
Session Faculty |
3:30 PM |
Break/Visit Exhibits
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Session 6 - Ventricular Arrhythmia Management
Moderators: Pasquale Santangeli, Jakub Sroubek, Justin Lee, Koji Higuchi, Amanda Vest |
3:50 PM |
Identification of VT Circuit Boundaries in Sinus Rhythm with High Density Mapping
Peter Weiss |
4:00 PM |
New Ablation Technologies for VT: Focus on PFA
Pasquale Santangeli |
4:10 PM |
Endpoints for Catheter Ablation of VT in Structural Heart Disease in the Current Era
Jakub Sroubek |
4:20 PM |
Mapping and Ablation Strategies for Challenging Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmia
Koji Higuchi |
4:30 PM |
Recurrent VT in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure: Can Ablation Modify Prognosis
Amanda Vest |
4:40 PM |
Bailout Ablation Approaches in Refractory Cases: Cardiac Radiation Ablation, Sympathetic Denervation and Others
Justin Lee |
4:50 PM |
Impact of Anesthesia Management on VT ablation Outcomes
Wendy Tzou |
5:00 PM |
Case-Based Discussion: Multidisciplinary Approach for VT Management in Advanced Heart Failure: EP, Heart Failure and Cardiac Surgery Collaboration
CCF Faculty to Present a Challenging VT Management Case (5 min) and discussion on approach by Oussama Wazni, Tyler Taigen, Jakub Sroubek, Edward Soltesz, Randall Starling, Justin Lee, Amanda Vest, Peter Weiss, Wendy Tzou |
5:20 PM |
Day 1 Adjourn
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