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11:00 - 17:00	Arrhythmia Alliance Patients Day	Hall 8a
11:00 - 17:00	AF Association Patients Day	Hall 8b
11:00 - 17:00	STARS Patients Day - PoTs	Hall 7
11:00 - 17:00	STARS Patients Day - Syncope & RAS	Executive Room 2

Arrhythmia Alliance Patients Day - Hall 8a - 11:00 - 17:00

	Chair: Dr Kim Rajappan		Oxford UK
11:00	Welcome	Dr Kim Rajappan	Oxford UK
11:05	Am I at risk of heart failure and what are my options?	Dr Vishal Luther	London UK
11:20	Relationships and my arrhythmia	Ms Jean Maloney	Sheffield UK
11:40	Patient experience	Mr Joe Sievier	Stratford Upon Avon UK
12:00	S-ICD versus ICD why does it matter	Mr James Fouhy	Clonmel IR
12:20	Debate: Treatment options for my arrhythmia: Drugs or devices?
	Drugs	Ms Helen Eftekhari	Coventry UK
	Devices	Prof Faizel Osman	Coventry UK
12:45	Lunch
	Chair:
13:30	Anxiety management for patient and carers with and ICD	Dr Stuart Harris	Basildon UK
13:45	Cardiomyopathy what does it mean and what options are available	Ms Stephanie Cruickshank	Surrey UK
14:00	The role of the ICD in heart failure patients	Ms Jean Maloney	Sheffield UK
14:15	Lifestyle advice for people with an ICD. Do's and don’ts, can's and can'ts	Helen Eftekhari	Coventry UK
15:00	Break
	Chair: Vishal Luther		London UK
15:15	Ventricular Tachycardia verses Ventricular Fibrillation what are they and how to treat them	Dr Alistair Slade	Cornwall UK
15:30	Left Bundle Branch Block	Dr Mark Tanner	Chichester UK
15:45	Patient experience	Ms Lucy Marriott
16:00	Heart block what does it mean and what are my options	Vishal Luther	London UK
16:15	Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia, what is it and what can be done	Prof Faizel Osman	Coventry UK
16:30	Long QT - What are my options?	Prof Elijah Behr	London UK
17:00	Close
	In the afternoon there is the opportunity to sit in on one of two breakout sessions; CPVT or SVT for 90 minutes or alternatively you can stay sat in on the main agenda.
	CPVT Session
	Chair: Dr Jan Till		London UK
13:30	Patient experience	Ms Ellie Nicholls	Essex UK
13:45	CPVT Genetics	Dr Samantha Mason	London UK
14:00	Living with CPVT – Living with an ICD	Ms Catherine Renwick	London UK
14:15	Living with CPVT – How can I monitor my heart rate looking at technology that might help	Dr Jan Till	London UK
14:30	Living with CPVT – What should I say to school/nursery other carers	Ms Lucy Green	London UK
14:45	Living with CPVT – Whats new in CPVT research	Dr Jan Till	London UK
15:00	Break
	SVT Session
	Chair: Dr Francis Murgatroyd		London UK
13:30	Ablation for SVT	Dr Francis Murgatroyd	London UK
13:45	What is SVT and how do I live with it?	Dr Boon Lim	London UK
14:00	What treatment options are available	Prof Faizel Osman	Coventry UK
14:15	Patient experience	Ms Helen Bradley	Bewdley UK
14:30	SVT do not let your GP dismiss it	Dr Matt Fay	Bradford UK
14:45	Anxiety feeding SVT feeding anxiety and how to cope	Dr Matt Fay	Bradford UK
15:00	Break

AF Association Patients Day - Hall 8b - 11:00 - 17:00

	Chair: Dr Matt Fay		Bradford UK
11:00	Welcome	Mrs Rachel Harris	Chipping Norton UK
11:15	I am in permanent AF what now	Prof Faizel Osman	Coventry UK
11:45	Patient story	Ms Stephanie Cruickshank	Surrey UK
12:10	Heart failure what does it mean	Dr Vishal Luther	London UK
12:45	Lunch
	Chair: Dr Kim Rajappan		Oxford UK
13:30	Debate - AF Management - who is responsible? GP or EP?
	GP	Dr Matt Fay	Bradford UK
	EP	Dr Kim Rajappan	Oxford UK
14:10	New ablation technology	Dr Louisa Malcolme-Lawes	London UK
14:30	New technology	Prof Nicholas Peters	London UK
15:00	Break
15:15	How to support my partner, family member or friend with AF	Ms Helen Hodgson	Bath UK
15:45	Why is anticoagulation so important	Dr Yassir Javaid	Northampton UK
16:15	LAAO	Prof Prapa Kanagaratnam	London UK
16:45	Questions
17:00	Close

STARS Patients Day - PoTs - Hall 7 - 11:00 - 17:00

	Chair: Dr Nick Gall		London UK
11:00	Welcome	Dr Nick Gall	London UK
11:05	Are these palpitations concerning and what shall we do	Dr William Foster	Worcester UK
11:30	Sleep	Prof Lesley Kavi	Birmingham UK
12:00	Nutrition	Dr Abbi Lulsegged	London UK
12:30	Patient Story	Ms Catherine Wahlberg	Leamington Spa UK
12:45	Lunch
	Chair: Dr Robert Sheldon		Calgary CA
13:30	Exercise	Ms Catherine Best, Dr Valeria Iodice	London UK, London UK
14:15	This house believes that tilt table testing is the definitive test for PoTS
	Pro	Dr William Foster	Worcester UK
	Con	Dr Robert Sheldon	Calgary CA
15:00	Break
15:15	Does medication really help	Dr Nick Gall	London UK
15:45	Update on the year - Are GPs now more knowledgeable about PoTS?	Mrs Trudie Lobban MBE	Chipping Norton UK
16:15	Dysautonomia - how does this differ from PoTS?	Dr Robert Sheldon	Calgary CA
16:30	Questions
17:00	Close

STARS Patients Day - Syncope & RAS - Executive Room 2 - 11:00 - 17:00

	Chair: Prof Richard Sutton		Monte Carlo MC
11:00	Patient story	Ms Grace Spencer, Ms Kate Spencer	Ticehurst UK, Ticehurst UK
11:30	Update	Mrs Rachel Harris	Chipping Norton UK
11:45	Managing your symptoms	Dr Robert Sheldon	Calgary CA
12:15	The fainting teenager	Dr Iain Parsons	London UK
12:45	Lunch
13:30	RAS, epilepsy or breath holding? Yes, there is a difference. Anoxic epileptic seizures (AES)	Dr William Whitehouse	Nottingham UK
14:30	Surprising things that make you faint	Dr Nick Gall	London UK
15:00	Break
15:15	Young syncope patients should be fitted with a device or pacemaker if experiencing frequent episodes-arguments - against	Prof Richard Sutton	Monte Carlo MC
15:45	The role of the pacemaker in syncope patients	Dr William Foster	Worcester UK
16:15	Why fainting should never be dismissed	Dr Boon Lim	London UK
16:45	Questions
17:00	Close