*NEW for this year - all registered attendees will be able to freely move between Patients Day sessions*
| 10:00 - 16:00 | AF Association Patients Day | Hall 8 |
| 10:00 - 16:00 | STARS Patients Day | Hall 7 |
| 10:00 - 16:00 | Arrhythmia Alliance Patients Day | Executive Room 1 |
AF Association Patients Day - Hall 8 - 10:00 - 16:00 | Chair: Dr Matthew Fay | Bradford UK | |||
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| 10:00 | Session 1-AF and AF-related stroke prevention | Dr Matthew Fay | Bradford UK | |
| 10:30 | Anticoagulation options, including self testing, which one and why? | Dr Sharron Gordon | Southampton UK | |
| 11:00 | Question time | |||
| 11:15 | Break | |||
| 11:30 | Risk factors for developing AF | Dr Joe Martins | Dudley UK | |
| 11:50 | AF and cardiovascular risk | Dr Amitava Banerjee | London UK | |
| 12:10 | AF:-Why me? | Mrs Trudie Lobban | Chipping Norton UK | |
| 12:30 | Question time | |||
| 12:45 | Lunch | |||
| Chair: Prof Nicholas Linker | Middlesbrough UK | |||
| 13:45 | Session 3-Me and My symptoms | Dr Matthew Fay | Bradford UK | |
| 14:05 | Common symptoms of AF | Ms Shona Holding | Bradford UK | |
| 14:35 | My emotional health and AF | Ms Shona Holding | Bradford UK | |
| 14:50 | Rate control options for AF symptom management | Mr John Campbell | Lincoln UK | |
| 15:05 | Rhythm Management options | Prof Nicholas Linker | Middlesbrough UK | |
| 15:20 | Review of the day and close | |||
| 16:00 | Close |
STARS Patients Day - Hall 7 - 10:00 - 16:00 | Chair: Prof Richard Sutton | Monte Carlo FR | |||
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| Chair: Dr Robert Sheldon | Calgary CA | |||
| 10:00 | The patient's voice in the modern NHS | Mrs Trudie Lobban | Chipping Norton UK | |
| 10:20 | Question time | |||
| 10:30 | No faint is a simple faint: when to seek medical attention and intervention | Prof Richard Sutton | Monte Carlo FR | |
| 10:50 | Question time | |||
| 11:00 | Similarities and differences between Syncope and PoTS | Dr Robert Sheldon | Calgary CA | |
| 11:20 | Question time | |||
| 11:30 | Break | |||
| 11:45 | Equal importance must be given to psychogenic loss of consciousness and vasovagal syncope | Dr Boon Lim | London UK | |
| 12:05 | Question time | |||
| 12:15 | Evaluation of patients with autonomic dysfunction – what can we advance and stratify | Prof Max Hilz | Erlangen DE | |
| 12:35 | Question time | |||
| 12:45 | Lunch | |||
| Chair: Prof Richard Sutton | Monte Carlo FR | |||
| Chair: Prof Rose-Anne Kenny | Eire IE | |||
| 13:45 | RAS and the future | Dr Jan Till | London UK | |
| 14:00 | Question time | |||
| 14:10 | Can cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) work for me? | Dr Morwenna Opie-Moran | London UK | |
| 14:25 | Question time | |||
| 14:35 | POTS, Syncope, and mindfulness (what it is and how to do it) | Prof Vidya Raj | Calgary CA | |
| 14:50 | Question time | |||
| 15:00 | Palpitations and the fainting teenager | Dr Tushar Salukhe | London UK | |
| 15:15 | Question time | |||
| 15:25 | Positive approach to falls in the elderly | Prof Rose-Anne Kenny | Eire IE | |
| 15:40 | Question time | |||
| 15:50 | Summary | |||
| 16:00 | Close |
Arrhythmia Alliance Patients Day - Executive Room 1 - 10:00 - 16:00 | Chair: Dr Kim Rajappan | Oxford UK | |||
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| 10:00 | Heart Failure how will an ICD help | Ms Jean Maloney | Sheffield UK | |
| 10:20 | Inherited Cardiac Conditions | Ms Kath Ashcroft | Leeds UK | |
| 10:40 | Modern day ablation techniques | Dr Will Foster | Worcester UK | |
| 11:00 | Break | |||
| 11:15 | Acute stress disorder in patients with repeated ICD firings | Prof Vidya Raj | Calgary CA | |
| 11:35 | S-ICD and Patient Device Choice | Mr Graham Harper | London UK | |
| 11:55 | The future of medical devices | Mr James Fouhy | Clonmel IR | |
| 12:10 | ICD deactivation and palliative care | |||
| 12:30 | ICD Patient Story | Mr David Morgan | Warwick UK | |
| 12:45 | Lunch | |||
| 13:45 | An overview of Arrhythmias | Dr Julian Boullin | Dorset UK | |
| 14:05 | Exercise and my ICD | Ms Janice Bailey | Taunton UK | |
| 14:25 | Driving and DVLA guidelines | Ms Jacqueline Kemp | Taunton UK | |
| 14:50 | What is an EP study | Dr Kim Rajappan | Oxford UK | |
| 15:05 | Drugs to Treat Arrhythmias | Dr Sotiris Antoniou | London UK | |
| 15:20 | Questions | |||
| 16:00 | Close |