Agenda

Surgical Concomitant AF (Day 1)

08:30

What’s New in Atrial Fibrillation Care

Jose Luis Merino, MD – La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

09:00

Tachycardiomyopaty. Diagnosis and Treatment

Carlo de Asmundis, MD – UZ Brussels, Belgium

09:30

Video: Maze IV and Box Lesion Through Sternotomy

Filip Rega, MD – University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

09:50

Video: Minimally Invasive cryoMAZE

Stefano Benussi, MD – University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy

10:30 - Break
10:40

Post-op Atrial Fibrillation: Incidence, Consequences, Possible Prevention

Manuel Carnero, MD – Spain

11:10

Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation

Michael A. Borger, MD – Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany

11:40

Robotic AF Ablation

Husam H. Balkhy, MD – University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, USA

12:10

PFA Energy in Concommitent AF Surgery

Gan Dunnington, MD – Adventist Health St. Helena, California, USA

12:30

Case-Based Roundtable

Stefano Benussi, MD – University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy

Manuel Castella, MD – Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

Filip Rega, MD – University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Jose Luis Merino, MD – La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

Manuel Carnero Alcazar, MD – Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain

Husam H. Balkhy, MD – University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, USA

Carlo de Asmundis, MD – UZ Brussels, Belgium

Michael A. Borger, MD – Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany

Gan Dunnington, MD – Adventist Health St. Helena, California, USA

13:15 - Lunch

Hybrid AF™ Therapies (Day 1)

14:30

Boundaries of Catheter Ablation

Andreu Porta-Sánchez, MD – Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

14:50

Types of Hybrid Ablation I: Thoracoscopic Bipolar RF Ablation

Gan Dunnington, MD – Adventist Health St. Helena, California, USA

15:10

Types of Hybrid Ablation II: Thoracoscopic Monopolar RF Ablation

Jorge Alcocer Dieguez, MD – Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

Jean-Baptiste Guichard, MD – Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

15:25 - Break
15:40

Robotic Monopolar RF Ablation

Yasir Abu-Omar, MD – Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland, USA

16:40

Case-Based Roundtable

Andreu Porta-Sánchez, MD – Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

James Cox, MD – Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, USA

Mark La Meir, MD – University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Manuel Castella, MD – Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

Gan Dunnington, MD – Adventist Health St. Helena, California, USA

Jorge Alcocer Dieguez, MD – Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

Jean-Baptiste Guichard, MD – Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

Yasir Abu-Omar, MD – Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland, USA

Riyaz Kaba, MD – St George’s Hospital, London, UK

16:50

Expanding the Hybrid Ablation Frontier

Mark La Meir, MD – University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

17:45 - Finish

LAA Exclusion (Day 2)

09:00

AF, LAA and Its Neurological Implications

David Z. Rose, MD – University of South Florida, Department of Neurology, Tampa, USA

09:30

Percutaneous LAA Closure

David Holmes, MD – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA

10:00

LAA Closure in Cardiac Surgery

Richard Whitlock, MD – McMaster University Medical School, Hamilton, Canada

10:20 - Break
10:30

Video: How to Close the LAA

Bart van Putte, MD – St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands

11:20

ESC/EACTS Guidelines in Stroke Prevention

Thorsten Hanke, MD – Asklepios Klinikum Harburg, Germany

12:10

Case-Based Roundtable

Bart van Putte, MD – St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands

David Z. Rose, MD – University of South Florida, Department of Neurology, Tampa, USA

Richard Whitlock, MD – McMaster University Medical School, Hamilton, Canada

Manuel Castella, MD – Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

Thorsten Hanke, MD – Asklepios Klinikum Harburg, Germany

Syed Ahsan, MD – Bart’s Heart Centre, London, UK

David Holmes, MD – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA

John Yap, MD – Bart’s Heart Centre, London, UK

12:30 - Finish