• HRC2026
  • 11 - 13 Oct 2026
11:30 - 18:45 EP Traces Course Hall 7b
14:00 - 15:15 Oral Abstracts 1 - Allied and Service Development Hall 8a
14:00 - 15:30 Arrhythmia Alliance Symposia 1 - Pacing Hall 8b
16:00 - 17:30 Arrhythmia Alliance and Heart Rhythm Society Symposia - Hot Topics in EP Innovations: Tackling the Gaps in Arrhythmia Care Hall 6
16:00 - 17:30 Oral Abstracts 1 - Arrhythmia Clinical Hall 8a
16:00 - 17:30 AF Association Symposia 1 - Contemporary AF ablation - New Challenges and Developments Hall 8b

EP Traces Course - Hall 7b - 11:30 - 18:45

Chair: Dr Dewi Thomas, Dr Ruairidh Martin, Dr Simon Modi Swansea, UK, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, Liverpool, UK
11:30 Welcome, course objectives and ‘How to approach the unknown tracing’
11:45 EP traces session 1 - 4 (please note there will be lunch, followed by 2 x breaks throughout the day)
18:45 Close

Oral Abstracts 1 - Allied and Service Development - Hall 8a - 14:00 - 15:15

Chair: Dr Kim Rajappan, Mr Mark Squirrell Oxford, UK, London, UK
14:00 CARDIAC RESYNCHRONISATION THERAPY FOR HEART FAILURE PATIENTS.A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF LV RE-MODELLING DURING LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH AREA PACING COMPARED WITH HIS BUNDLE PACING AND BI VENTRICULAR PACING Emma Millis London, UK
14:15 CRYOBALLOON ABLATION IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND: A SINGLE-CENTRE AUDIT ASSESSING COMPLICATIONS AND REPEAT AF ABLATION RATES OVER 10 YEARS (recorded presentation) Phillip Matthews Clydebank, UK
14:30 AUDIT OF TILT TABLE TEST REFERRALS FOR POTS: EVALUATING FREQUENCY AND ACCURACY TO SUPPORT A SHORTENED TESTING PATHWAY Harry King Blackpool, UK
14:45 R WAVES MEASURED THROUGH IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDERS: THE IMPACT OF DEVICE POSITION AND PATIENT BODY MASS INDEX Malik Abbas Sheffield, UK
15:00 THE GROWING CRM BURDEN: ARE WE PACING TOO SOON? A LOOK AT EARLY PACING BURDEN IN NEWLY IMPLANTED PATIENTS Mr Daniel St Ange-Meese Oxford, UK
15:15 Close

Arrhythmia Alliance Symposia 1 - Pacing Arrhythmia Alliance Symposia 1 - Pacing - Hall 8b - 14:00 - 15:30

Chair: Dr Badrinathan Chandrasekaran, Dr Jenny Chuen Swindon, UK, Nottingham, UK
14:00 When should I offer my patient with RV myocardial pacing an upgrade? Dr Alastair Gray Lisburn, UK
14:15 Leadless Pacing: review of evidence, which patients should I offer it to? Dr Jenny Chuen Nottingham, UK
14:30 Implantation and management of implantable cardiac devices in pregnancy Dr Louisa Malcolme-Lawes Watford, UK
14:45 When pacing or defibrillator leads become redundant: extract or abandon? Prof Aldo Rinaldi London, UK
15:00 Managing difficult vascular access: tips and tricks for successful Venoplasty Dr Badrinathan Chandrasekaran Swindon, UK
15:15 How to approach decision making regarding pacing in patients with dementia Dr Rebecca Jayasinghe Kent, UK
15:30 Close

Arrhythmia Alliance and Heart Rhythm Society Symposia - Hot Topics in EP Innovations: Tackling the Gaps in Arrhythmia Care Arrhythmia Alliance and Heart Rhythm Society Symposia - Hot Topics in EP Innovations: Tackling the Gaps in Arrhythmia Care - Hall 6 - 16:00 - 17:30

Chair: Dr Ahran Arnold London, UK
16:00 AF Treatment Gaps & Deficiencies: AF Center of Excellence (CoE) - Failed Folly or Fantastic Future? Dr Thomas Deering Atlanta, US
16:15 Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Pathways to Improve Detection and Survival Dr Mina Chung Cleveland, US
16:30 Evolution of Implantable Cardiac Monitors: From Diagnostic Monitoring to Chronic Disease Management Dr Daniel Morin San Francisco, US
16:45 PFA: Hype or Hope for Durable Outcomes Prof Andreas Metzner Hamburg, DE
17:00 AF ablation targets: PVI vs PVI+ (recorded presentation) Prof Sabine Ernst London, UK
17:15 Panel Discussion
17:30 Close

Oral Abstracts 1 - Arrhythmia Clinical - Hall 8a - 16:00 - 17:30

Chair: Dr Ahmed Ammar, Dr Will Foster Worcester, UK, Worcester, UK
16:00 SODIUM GLUCOSE CO-TRANSPORT 2 INHIBITORS FOR THE PREVENTION OF INCIDENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: AN UMBRELLA REVIEW Rahul Chattopadhyay Cambridge, UK
16:15 CLINICAL FINDINGS FROM A PILOT STUDY ON ENDO-EPICARDIAL BI-ATRIAL ABLATION FOR PERSISTENT AND LONG-STANDING PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Karthick Manoharan Hove, UK
16:30 REVISED AJMALINE TESTING PROTOCOL FOR SUSPECTED BRUGADA SYNDROME; SAFE AND EFFECTIVE Sally Elshafie Nottingham, UK
16:45 MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHIC ROTATION SCORES PREDICT ICD SHOCKS: FINDINGS FROM THE MULTICENTRE MAGNETO-SCD STUDY Thomas Lachlan Coventry, UK
17:00 REPEAT ABLATIONS IN PERSISTENT AF: WHY "GETTING IT RIGHT FIRST TIME" MUST BE THE NEW STANDARD Shawn Holden London, UK
17:15 CURRENT UNITED KINGDOM EXPERIENCE OF CARDIAC STEREOTACTIC ARRHYTHMIA RADIOABLATION (STAR) FOR CONTROL OF REFRACTORY VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA Justin Lee Sheffield, UK
17:30 Close

AF Association Symposia 1 - Contemporary AF ablation - New Challenges and Developments AF Association Symposia 1 - Contemporary AF ablation - New Challenges and Developments - Hall 8b - 16:00 - 17:30

Chair: Dr Kim Rajappan, Dr Shouvik Haldar Oxford, UK, London, UK
16:00 How early is 'early' to ablate PAF (recorded presentation) Prof Marco Proietti Milan, IT
16:15 Does PFA allow for more substrate modification beyond PVI? Dr Merzaka Lazdam Leicester, UK
16:30 Updated consensus on lesion set in redo AF when the PVs are done Dr Senthil Kirubakaran Portsmouth, UK
16:45 Efficacy of Low Voltage Zone substrate ablation in persistent AF Dr Shouvik Haldar London, UK
17:00 Does Artificial Intelligence help to ablate persistent AF? Dr Aruna Arujuna Lancashire, UK
17:15 Q&A
17:30 Close

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