NEW for 2018!
We will be running two STARS sessions - one dedicated to PoTS and the other dedicated to Syncope and Reflex Anoxic Seizures (RAS).
We are also holding a dedicated CPVT session.
Please note delegates will be able to move freely between all of the below sessions.
10:00 - 16:00 | AF Association Patients Day | Hall 8b |
10:00 - 16:15 | STARS PoTS Patients Day | Hall 7 |
10:00 - 16:00 | STARS Syncope & RAS Patients Day | Executive Room 2 |
10:00 - 16:00 | Arrhythmia Alliance Patients Day | Hall 8a |
10:00 - 15:00 | Arrhythmia Alliance CPVT Patients Day | Executive Room 1 |
Chair: Mrs Angela Griffiths, Dr Matthew Fay | Oxford, UK, Bradford UK | |||
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10:00 | Managing weight can be as effective as an ablation - True or False | Professor Prapa Kanagaratnam | London, UK | |
10:30 | Exercise and AF | Mrs Angela Griffiths | Oxford, UK | |
11:00 | Living with AF - a patient's experience | Mr Mark Hyem | ||
11:30 | Comfort Break | |||
11:45 | Driving and DVLA guidelines | Dr Matthew Fay | Bradford UK | |
12:15 | When to seek medical attention or intervention with my AF | Dr Matthew Fay | Bradford UK | |
12:45 | Break | |||
13:30 - 16:00 | Chair: Mrs Angela Griffiths | Oxford, UK | ||
13:30 | AF Association Charity Overview | Mrs Trudie Lobban MBE | Chipping Norton, UK | |
13:35 | Medication Interactions | Dr Joseph de Bono | Birmingham, UK | |
14:00 | What is the difference between AF and Atrial Flutter? | Dr Kim Rajappan | Oxford, UK | |
14:30 | CHA2DS2VASc - what does this mean to me? | Professor Prapa Kanagaratnam | London, UK | |
15:00 | CBT how can it help? | Dr Morwenna Opie-Moran | London, UK | |
15:30 | Q and A | |||
16:00 | Close |
Chair: Dr Boon Lim, Dr Nicholas Gall | London, UK, London, UK | |||
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10:00 | Current treatment options for PoTS | Dr Boon Lim | London, UK | |
10:25 | Art and science : a reflection on a life in medicine | Professor Blair Grubb | Toledo, USA | |
10:50 | A Realistic Approach to Exercise Rehabilitation | Dr Nicholas Gall | London, UK | |
11:15 | Comfort Break | |||
11:30 | What might cause PoTS and what might we learn from research that can benefit patients? | Dr Satish Raj | Calgary, CA | |
11:45 | Nutrition and PoTS | Ms Helen Eftekhari | Coventry UK | |
12:20 | STARS and PoTS - our mission on your behalf | Mrs Trudie Lobban MBE | Chipping Norton, UK | |
12:45 | Break | |||
13:45 - 16:15 | Chair: Dr Nicholas Gall, Dr Satish Raj | London, UK, Calgary, CA | ||
13:45 | Patient experience: finding a way forward | Ms Charlotte Jones | ||
14:15 | Interactive session: building up a self-help toolkit | Dr Morwenna Opie-Moran | London, UK | |
14:45 | My PoTS wish lists | Dr Nicholas Gall | London, UK | |
15:15 | Autoimmune causes of PoTS | Professor Blair Grubb | Toledo, USA | |
15:45 | Q and A | |||
16:15 | Close |
Chair: Professor Richard Sutton, Dr Robert Sheldon | Monte Carlo, MC, Calgary, CA | |||
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10:05 | STARS: let's celebrate its accomplishments during the last 25 years | Professor Richard Sutton, Mrs Trudie Lobban MBE | Monte Carlo, MC, Chipping Norton, UK | |
10:15 | Quality of life in patients with Syncope | Dr Jelle DeJong | Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
10:30 | Syncope: what is new and important to you since 2013? | Dr Steve Parry | Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK | |
10:55 | What are all these new wearable or portable devices, and why does it matter? | Dr Rupi Sandhu | Alberta, CA | |
11:20 | Pregnancy & Syncope | Dr Padma Kaul | Alberta, CA | |
11:30 | Comfort Break | |||
11:45 | Syncope and heart block: pacemaker or just watch (carefully)? | Professor Richard Sutton | Monte Carlo, MC | |
12:15 | Putting the person first: a patient is not just blood pressure and heart rate | Professor Blair Grubb | Toledo, USA | |
12:45 | Patient Talk | |||
13:00 | Break | |||
Chair: Dr Padma Kaul, Dr Rupi Sandhu | Alberta, CA, Alberta, CA | |||
13:45 | Syncope and the young | Dr Karen McLeod | Glasgow, UK | |
14:15 | Vasovagal syncope - overlapping disorders | Professor Rose-Anne Kenny | Eire, IE | |
14:35 | Interactive session: what is the best way to interact with doctors? | Dr Boon Lim, Dr Matthew Fay, Dr Padma Kaul, Mrs Trudie Lobban MBE | London, UK, Bradford UK, Alberta, CA, Chipping Norton, UK | |
15:10 | Interactive session: plenary summing up | Dr Boon Lim | London, UK | |
15:40 | Questions | |||
16:00 | Close |
Chair: Dr Kim Rajappan | Oxford, UK | |||
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10:00 | SVT versus PSVT | Dr Kim Rajappan | Oxford, UK | |
10:30 | A patients experience of living with SVT | Mr Mark Asplen | ||
11:00 | Ectopic beats and my anxiety | Dr Boon Lim | London, UK | |
11:30 | Comfort Break | |||
11:45 | Arrhythmia Alliance Charity Overview | Mrs Trudie Lobban MBE | Chipping Norton, UK | |
11:50 | How can I help myself with heart failure? | Dr Colin Cunnington | Manchester, UK | |
12:15 | What can I do about Cardiomyopathy? | Ms Stephanie Cruickshank | Surrey, UK | |
12:45 | Break | |||
Chair: Dr Adam Fitzpatrick | Manchester, UK | |||
13:30 | CBT How can it help? | Dr Morwenna Opie-Moran | London, UK | |
14:00 | Living with Heart Failure | Ms Stephanie Cruickshank | Surrey, UK | |
14:30 | Deactivation and Palliative care with ICD | Mr James Fouhy | Clonmel, Ireland | |
15:00 | Palpitations: When to seek medical attention or intervention | Dr Matthew Fay | Bradford UK | |
15:30 | Q and A | |||
16:00 | Close |
10:00 - 12:15 | Chair: Dr Adam Fitzpatrick | Manchester, UK | ||
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10:00 | What is CPVT? | Dr Jan Till | London, UK | |
10:30 | Arrhythmia Alliance Charity Overview | Mrs Trudie Lobban MBE | Chipping Norton, UK | |
10:35 | A patient's experience of living with CPVT | Miss Shannon Donovan | ||
11:00 | What treatment is available to me with CPVT? | Dr Karen McLeod | Glasgow, UK | |
11:30 | Break | |||
11:45 | Sport and lifestyle advice in CPVT | Dr Belinda Gray | London, UK | |
12:15 | Latest update on device technology for CPVT | Mr James Fouhy | Clonmel, Ireland | |
12:45 | Break | |||
13:30 - 15:00 | Chair: Dr Kim Rajappan | Oxford, UK | ||
13:30 | What is Left Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation (LCSD) - how can it help? | Dr Jan Till | London, UK | |
14:00 | What is genetic testing and why will it help? | Dr Leonie Wong | London, UK | |
14:30 | Q&A |