• HRC2024
  • 6 - 8 Oct 2024
08:30 - 09:30 John Camm Lecture Hall 11b
08:30 - 10:00 GUCH 1 Hall 3a
08:30 - 10:00 AF and co-morbidities based on case studies - PCCS 1 Hall 3b
08:30 - 10:00 Year in review 1 - What's new in arrhythmia care Hall 9
08:30 - 10:00 EP Masterclass 3 Hall 10b
08:30 - 10:00 Sudden Unexpected Cardiac Death: An improved pathway of care - AICC Hall 10a
08:30 - 10:00 Screening for Atrial Fibrillation: What Progress? - A-A & EHRA Joint Session Hall 11a
10:45 - 12:15 The Adam Fitzpatrick Plenary Session - Disruptive technologies and strategies in arrhythmia management - entering a new era Hall 9
13:30 - 15:00 AF Detection and management in primary care - PCCS 2 Hall 10a
13:30 - 15:00 Year in review 2 - What's new in arrhythmia care Hall 9
13:30 - 15:00 How digital health can improve the care and outcomes of patients with or at risk for Atrial Fibrillation - Arrhythmia Alliance Symposia 3 Hall 10b
13:30 - 15:00 LIVE CRT Optimisation - Optimising the CRT patient longer-term Hall 3a
13:30 - 17:15 Oral Abstracts 3 - Devices / Mapping and Ablation Hall 11a
13:30 - 15:00 New possible in EP with QDOT MICROTM and OCTARAYTM mapping catheter - Biosense Webster Interactive Area - Exhibition Hall
15:00 - 15:45 Moderated Posters 2 Poster Area - Exhibition Hall
15:45 - 17:15 GUCH 2 Hall 10a
15:45 - 16:45 The S-ICD session - current challenges and future opportunities Hall 9
15:45 - 17:15 From physiology to science - Physiologist Session Hall 10b

John Camm Lecture - Hall 11b - 08:30 - 09:30

08:30 Still Chasing the Red of the Rainbow? Time to move on with Advances in 3D mapping! Prof Prapa Kanagaratnam London, UK
09:30 Close

GUCH 1 - Hall 3a - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair: Dr Ashley Nisbet, Dr Vivienne Ezzat Bristol, UK, London, UK
08:30 Dilemmas in AF management for patients with atrial septal defect Dr Vivienne Ezzat London, UK
09:00 Overcoming challenges in ablation in Ebstein's anomaly Dr Arthur Yue Southampton, UK
09:30 How to apply new technologies for ablation in ACHD Prof Sabine Ernst London, UK
10:00 Close

AF and co-morbidities based on case studies - PCCS 1 - Hall 3b - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair: Dr Guy Haywood, Dr Matthew Fay Plymouth, UK, Bradford, UK
08:30 Managing AF and Heart Failure Dr Jim Moore Cheltenham, UK
09:00 Managing AF and IHD Dr Derek Connolly Birmingham, UK
09:30 Managing AF and diabetes Dr Andrew Turley Middlesbrough, UK
10:00 Close

Year in review 1 - What's new in arrhythmia care - Hall 9 - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair: Dr Bruce Wilkoff, Prof Tim Betts Cleveland, US, Oxford, UK
08:30 Out of hospital cardiac arrest Prof Gavin Perkins Warwick, UK
08:50 Pharmacology and CRM Dr Joseph De Bono Birmingham, UK
09:10 Risk stratification in channelopathies Dr Rachel Bastiaenen London, UK
09:30 Device Extraction Dr Bruce Wilkoff Cleveland, US
09:50 Discussion
10:00 Close

EP Masterclass 3 - Hall 10b - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair: Dr Donah Zachariah, Mr Ian Wright Stoke-on-Trent, UK, London, UK
08:30 The good the bad and the ugly: mortality and accessory pathways - a review of the evidence Dr John Paisey Southampton, UK
09:10 Atypical pathways: from Mahaim to PJRT Mr Ian Wright London, UK
09:30 3D mapping of accessory pathways Dr Vishal Luther Liverpool, UK
09:50 Discussion
10:00 Close

Sudden Unexpected Cardiac Death: An improved pathway of care - AICC - Hall 10a - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair: Dr Jan Till, Dr Stephen Page London, UK, Leeds, UK
08:30 Why is it important? Prof Elijah Behr London, UK
08:45 The role of the pathologist Mr Jo Westaby London, UK
09:00 The role of the coroner Mrs Louise Hunt Birmingham, UK
09:15 What can we expect from a molecular autopsy Prof William Newman Manchester, UK
09:30 Sudden cardiac arrest pathway Dr Greg Mellor Cambridge, UK
09:45 Discussion
10:00 Close

Screening for Atrial Fibrillation: What Progress? - A-A & EHRA Joint Session - Hall 11a - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair: Dr Jose Merino, Dr Shouvik Haldar Madrid, ES, London, UK
08:30 Opportunistic Screening for Atrial Fibrillation - Is this Enough? Prof Ben Freedman Sydney, AU
08:45 Age Focused Systematic Screening for Atrial Fibrillation - The Swedish Experience Dr Emma Svennberg Stockholm, SE
09:00 Continuous Loop Recorder Screening for Atrial Fibrillation - Is it Worthwhile? Dr Renate Schnabel Hamburg, DE
09:15 ECG screening after Ischaemic Stroke - How Much is Enough? Prof John Camm London, UK
09:30 Lay Screening for Atrial Fibrillation - A Deluge of Data Prof Axel Brandes Odense, DK
09:45 Approval for Screening - Why are we Waiting and What For? Prof Jonathan Mant Cambridge, UK
10:00 Close

The Adam Fitzpatrick Plenary Session - Disruptive technologies and strategies in arrhythmia management - entering a new era - Hall 9 - 10:45 - 12:15

Chair: Dr Edward Rowland, Prof John Camm London, UK, London, UK
10:45 Is Pulse Field Ablation set to become the new gold standard for catheter ablation? Prof Hugh Calkins Baltimore, US
11:15 Left bundle branch pacing looks increasingly promising as the new default brady pacing strategy? Prof Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman Pennsylvania, US
11:45 Are wearables and personal ECG devices capable of rendering traditional ambulatory monitoring obsolete? Dr David Albert Los Angeles, US
12:15 Close

AF Detection and management in primary care - PCCS 2 - Hall 10a - 13:30 - 15:00

Chair: Mrs Beverley Bostock , Dr Matthew Fay Moreton in Marsh, UK, Bradford, UK
13:30 Where are we Nationally with AF detect, protect, perfect Mrs Helen Williams London, UK
14:00 Should we or should we not screen for AF in primary care Prof Jonathan Mant Cambridge, UK
14:30 Artificial Intelligence/IT in AF detect, protect, perfect Prof Ahmet Fuat Durham, UK
15:00 Close

Year in review 2 - What's new in arrhythmia care - Hall 9 - 13:30 - 15:00

Chair: Dr Andrew Turley, Dr Joseph De Bono Middlesbrough, UK, Birmingham, UK
13:30 ICD therapy in DCM Dr Colin Cunnington Manchester, UK
13:50 Latest bradycardia pacing approaches Dr Mike Chapman Middlesbrough, UK
14:10 Latest advances in EP Prof Tim Betts Oxford, UK
14:30 Syncope Dr Nicholas Gall London, UK
14:50 Discussion
15:00 Close

How digital health can improve the care and outcomes of patients with or at risk for Atrial Fibrillation - Arrhythmia Alliance Symposia 3 - Hall 10b - 13:30 - 15:00

Chair: Dr David Albert Los Angeles, US
13:30 The Role of Digital Health in Managing Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Dr Shouvik Haldar London, UK
13:45 Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation: To Screen or Not To Screen Dr Emma Svennberg Stockholm, SE
14:00 TBC Dr David Albert Los Angeles, US
14:15 My Patient Has AHRE on His Pacemaker Interrogation: What Should I Do? Prof Paulus Kirchhof Hamburg, DE
14:30 Continuous of monitoring of AF with wearables: How reliable is it? Mr Chanho Lim New Orleans, US
14:45 Discussion
15:00 Close

LIVE CRT Optimisation - Optimising the CRT patient longer-term - Hall 3a - 13:30 - 15:00

Chair: Dr Michael Kuehl Rugby, UK
Panel Dr Philip Moore, Ms Rebecca Imms London, UK, Oxford, UK
13:30 CRT Pre-Assessment: 'The right device for the right patient' Mr Andrew Hancock Rotherham, UK
13:45 Managing the CRT patient: 'Remote Monitoring the next level - the hybrid approach' Mr Mark Squirrel London, UK
14:10 Optimising CRT: 'Bridging Community & Secondary Care - the holistic approach' Mrs Sarah Winsor Leeds, UK
14:35 Panel Q&A
15:00 Close

Oral Abstracts 3 - Devices / Mapping and Ablation - Hall 11a - 13:30 - 17:15

Chair: Prof Francisco Leyva Birmingham, UK
Devices
13:30 WHEN TO MEASURE CHANGES DURING CRT OPTIMISATION. GUIDANCE FROM COMPUTER SIMULATION STUDIES Ian Turner Cambridge, UK
13:45 SYNCOPE IN ICD RECIPIENTS -DATA FROM UNSELECTED PATIENTS IN A REAL WORLD SETTING
14:00 PREDICTING PERMANENT PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION AFTER TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION (TAVI) -BUILDING A RISK SCORE CALCULATOR Jiaqi Li Cambridge, UK
14:15 CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PRIOR TO CARDIAC RESYNCHRONISATION THERAPY UPGRADE ENHANCES PRE-PROCEDURAL PLANNING BY ACCURATELY PREDICTING CORONARY SINUS TARGET VESSEL LOCALISATION AND VENOUS ACCESS PATENCY
14:30 LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP AND PROCEDURAL SAFETY OF PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION IN NONAGENARIANS Aysha Gomaa Eastbourne, UK
14:45 OPTIMISING PACEMAKER THERAPY USING MULTI-POINT PACING (THE OPT-MPP STUDY) John Gierula Leeds, UK
15:00 Break
Chair: Dr Arthur Yue Southampton, UK
Mapping and Ablation
15:45 PATIENT EXPERIENCE OF VERY HIGH POWER SHORT DURATION RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION UNDER MILD CONSCIOUS SEDATION Gavin Chu Blackpool, UK
16:00 INTEGRATION OF STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL DATA IN VT ABLATION Fatima Bangash Basildon, UK
16:15 ELECTROANATOMICAL MAPPING IMPROVES PROCEDURAL OUTCOMES OF CRYOBALLOON PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION (THE ACHIEVE PLUS STUDY) Yves De Greef Antwerp, BE
16:30 ELECTRO-ARCHITECTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SEPTAL AND NON-SEPTAL POST-INFARCT VENTRICULAR SCARS IDENTIFIED USING RIPPLE MAPPING Peter Calvert Liverpool, UK
16:45 A LOCAL IMPEDANCE BASED COMPARISON OF INTELLANAV MIFI AND STABLEPOINT CATHETERS Alexander Bates Southampton, UK
17:00 RETRO-MAP: A NOVEL ALGORITHM TO MAP PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION SHOWS A REDUCTION IN WAVEFRONT COLLISION FOLLOWING CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION Ilektra Kanella London, UK
17:15 Close

New possible in EP with QDOT MICROTM and OCTARAYTM mapping catheter - Biosense Webster - Interactive Area - Exhibition Hall - 13:30 - 15:00

Chair: Dr Ashley Nisbet, Dr John Silberbauer Bristol, UK, Brighton, UK
13:30 Standardized AF procedures with QDOT MICROTM Dr Matthew Ginks Oxford, UK
14:00 vHPSD RF ablation – a more tolerated approach to AF ablation under mild sedation Dr Vishal Luther Liverpool, UK
14:30 Experience in atrial and ventricular complex cases with microelectrodes and true ref technology Dr Claire Martin Cambridge, UK
15:00 Close

Moderated Posters 2 - Poster Area - Exhibition Hall - 15:00 - 15:45

Chair: Dr Sandeep Panikker Coventry, UK
15:00 ACUTE AND LONG-TERM OUTCOME OF RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION FOR OUTFLOW TRACT VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS: IMPACT OF ANATOMY AND HIGH-DENSITY MAPPING Dr Shui Hao Chin
15:05 IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING OF LESION PARAMETRICS IN HIGH POWER SHORT DURATION ABLATION Gaurav Panchal Coventry, UK
15:10 RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF THE DISEASED HUMAN LEFT VENTRICLE: BIOPHYSICAL AND ELECTROGRAM BASED ANALYSIS Alexander Bates Southampton, UK
15:15 INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF HAEMODYNAMIC COMPROMISE AND CORONARY BLOOD FLOW DURING SIMULATED VT Alejandra Miyazawa London, UK
15:20 EXPLOITING SMART PASS FILTER DEACTIVATION DETECTION TO MINIMISE INAPPROPRIATE SUBCUTANEOUS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (S-ICD) THERAPIES: A REAL-WORLD SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE & MANAGEMENT GUIDE
15:25 A SURFACE EVALUATION OF SINGLE AND DUAL CHAMBER ICD DISCRIMINATORS Kwong Chong London, UK
15:30 INCIDENCE AND PREDICTORS OF VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA AND MORTALITY IN A PRIMARY PREVENTION DEFIBRILLATOR COHORT IN THE ERA OF IMPROVED HEART FAILURE AND ARRHYTHMIA MANAGEMENT Nikesh Jathanna Nottingham, UK
15:35 VIRTUAL REALITY: A NEW ADDITION TO THE ANXIOLYTIC ARMAMENTARIUM DURING IMPLANTATION OF CARDIAC DEVICES Christopher Brown St Helier, UK
15:40 THE UTILITY OF TRANSOESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY DERIVED LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE VELOCITY IN PREDICTING POST OPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN MITRAL VALVE SURGERY PATIENTS James Sun London, UK
15:45 Close

GUCH 2 - Hall 10a - 15:45 - 17:15

Chair: Dr Dominic Hares, Dr Jan Till Leeds, UK, London, UK
15:45 The value of nonsustained VT in risk prediction for adult congenital heart disease Dr Martin Lowe London, UK
16:15 The present and future of SICDs in congenital patients Prof Eric Rosenthal London, UK
16:45 Pacing considerations in the systemic right ventricle Dr Sayqa Arif Birmingham, UK
17:15 Close

The S-ICD session - current challenges and future opportunities - Hall 9 - 15:45 - 16:45

Chair: Dr Archie Rao, Dr Greg Mellor Liverpool, UK, Cambridge, UK
15:45 Inappropriate shocks in SICD; are we there yet? Prof Pier Lambiase London, UK
16:05 The role of DFT testing in SICD Dr Jenny Chuen Nottingham, UK
16:25 Discussion
16:45 Close

From physiology to science - Physiologist Session - Hall 10b - 15:45 - 17:15

Chair: Ms Cristiana Monteiro, Ms Eleri Roberts Oxford, UK, Manchester, UK
15:45 Profile of the advanced cardiac scientist in the cath lab Miss Heidi Tumman Oxford, UK
16:05 Clinic pathways for preventing long-term effects of right ventricular pacing Dr Maria Paton Leeds, UK
16:25 Service improvement and accreditation Miss Hayley Langridge London, UK
16:45 The role of counselling in the care of cardiac devices patients Mrs Parisha Khan London, UK
17:05 Discussion
17:15 Close

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