• HRC2026
  • 11 - 13 Oct 2026
08:30 - 10:00 EP Masterclass 2 - New Frontier in Practical EP Networking Area 2, Hall 3
08:30 - 10:00 Arrhythmia Alliance Symposia 2 - Expanding Pacing Indications Hall 8a
08:30 - 10:00 Paediatric - Session: 1 Hall 8b
08:30 - 10:00 Oral Abstracts 2 - Evolving Frontiers and Concepts Networking Area 1, Hall 3
10:15 - 10:39 Posters 2 Poster Screens 1-4, Hall 3
10:45 - 12:15 Masterclass Devices 2 - GIRFT in the Device Lab - How can Physiologists help? Hall 8a
10:45 - 12:15 Paediatric - Session: 2 Hall 8b
10:45 - 12:15 Oral Abstracts 2 - Arrhythmia Mechanisms / in silico tools Networking Area 1, Hall 3
12:30 - 13:15 Lunch and Learn - Physiologists Networking Area 1, Hall 3
13:30 - 15:00 Oral Abstracts 3 - Devices Hall 8a
13:30 - 15:00 EGM Championships Interactive Area, Hall 3
13:30 - 15:00 Paediatric - Session: 3 Hall 8b
15:00 - 15:35 Moderated Posters 2 Poster Screen 4, Hall 3
15:45 - 17:30 Oral Abstracts 3 - Mapping and Ablation Hall 8a
15:45 - 17:15 Paediatric - Session: 4 Hall 8b

EP Masterclass 2 - New Frontier in Practical EP - Networking Area 2, Hall 3 - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair: Dr Derick Todd, Dr Manish Kalla Liverpool, UK, Birmingham, UK
08:30 How and why I perform zero fluoroscopy ablation Dr Shui Hao Chin Leicester, UK
08:45 Should current PFA technologies be used for PVI+? Dr Richard Bala Bournemouth, UK
09:00 Will concurrent PVI and LAAO implantation makes OAC obsolete? Dr Sandeep Panikker Coventry, UK
09:15 AF in the ASD patient - PVI as usual or is this a different disease? Dr Louisa O'Neill Dublin, IR
09:30 Alternative Energy Sources for VT Ablation Dr Petr Peichl Prague, CZ
09:45 VE ablation for VF (recorded presentation) Dr Marine Arnaud Bordeaux, FR
10:00 Close

Arrhythmia Alliance Symposia 2 - Expanding Pacing Indications Arrhythmia Alliance Symposia 2 - Expanding Pacing Indications - Hall 8a - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair: Dr Mark Tanner, Prof Valentina Kutyifa Chichester, UK, Rochester, US
08:30 Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a new indication for pacing? Dr Ahran Arnold London, UK
08:45 Should we implant CRT in patients with heart failure and RBBB? Prof Valentina Kutyifa Rochester, US
09:00 Pacing for long PR interval? When, why and how? Dr Nandita Kaza London, UK
09:15 Symptomatic LBBB - with normal resting LVEF is there a role for pacing? Dr Will Foster Worcester, UK
09:30 Persistent AF and heart failure: when should we Pace and Ablate? Dr Mokhtar Ibrahim Leicester, UK
09:45 Lead management in patients undergoing tricuspid valve intervention Dr Archie Rao Liverpool, UK
10:00 Close

Paediatric - Session: 1 - Hall 8b - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair: Dr Vinay Bhole Birmingham, UK
08:30 Anatomy and physiology of cardiac conduction system Dr Adrian Crucean Birmingham, UK
08:50 ECG patterns of start and stop of SVT and their value in diagnosing SVT mechanism Dr Jasveer Mangat London, UK
09:10 Acute management of Adenosine resistant SVT Dr Richard Ferguson Glasgow, UK
09:30 Chronic management of Challenging SVT Dr Karen McLeod Glasgow, UK
09:50 Q&A
10:00 Close

Oral Abstracts 2 - Evolving Frontiers and Concepts - Networking Area 1, Hall 3 - 08:30 - 10:00

Chair: Dr Antony French, Dr Gavin Chu Hereford, UK, Blackpool, UK
08:30 P-WAVE PARAMETER CHANGES AFTER PULSED-FIELD ABLATION CRYOBALLOON ABLATION AND RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION FOR PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: AN OBSERVATIONAL COHORT STUDY Ibrahim Antoun Leicester, UK
08:45 REPOLARIZATION IN BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK - CAN AI OFFER INSIGHTS? Maysah Salman Bristol, UK
09:00 PRETRAINING AS EXPERIENCE HALLUCINATION AS UTILITY: BUILDING AI ECG MODELS FOR RARE CARDIAC CONDITIONS Keenan Saleh London, UK
09:15 WHO BENEFITS FROM HEART LOGIC IN THE ERA OF GUIDELINE DIRECTED MEDICAL THERAPY? Smrthi Shetty Wolverhampton, UK
09:30 LEFT ATRIAL WAVEFRONT COLLISION TIME AS A MARKER OF ARRHYTHMIA RECURRENCE AFTER ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Damian Redfearn Kingston, CA
09:45 ARRHYTHMIAS IN HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME: PREDICTIVE MORPHOLOGIES AND MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS Diya Karwa Cardiff, UK
10:00 Close

Posters 2 - Poster Screens 1-4, Hall 3 - 10:15 - 10:39

Poster Screen 1
Chair: Dr Justin Lee Sheffield, UK
10:15 ASSESSING THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF AHP-LED ILR SERVICE IN A HIGH-VOLUME TERTIARY HOSPITAL Jianqun Guan London, UK
10:19 IMPLEMENTATION OF A STANDARDISED COMPLICATIONS REPORTING PATHWAY FOR CARDIAC DEVICE IMPLANTS: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Daniela Charles London, UK
10:23 NURSE-LED INJECTABLE LOOP RECORDER IMPLANT AND EXPLANT SERVICE IN A DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL Gavin Kelly Croydon, UK
10:27 AUDIT OF ABLATION PROCEDURES PER MILLION POPULATION IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND IN COMPARISON TO NICOR NATIONAL AUDIT OF CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DATA Phil Matthews Clydebank, UK
10:31 ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION OUTCOME AT ROYAL PAPWORTH HOSPITAL Scarlett Mattingly-Peck Cambridge, UK
10:35 Close
Poster Screen 2
Chair: Dr Sandeep Panikker Coventry, UK
10:15 QRS VOLTAGE VARIABILITY: SHORA SIGN: IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - A COMPARATIVE STUDY BEFORE AND AFTER CARDIOVERSION Khalid Shora Dammam, SA
10:19 EFFECTIVENESS OF A SINGLE-DOSE REGIME OF EDOXABAN ON LONG-TERM PATIENT COMPLIANCE FOR STROKE PREVENTION IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE Khin Kay Kay Kyaw Plymouth, UK
10:23 AUDIT OF MEDTRONIC TYRXTM POUCH USE AND COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL AND LOCAL GUIDELINES BETWEEN MAY 2019 AND AUGUST 2023 IN A SINGLE TERTIARY CENTRE Miranda King Gateshead, UK
10:27 DECISION MAKING IN ICD IMPLANTATION Richard Saumarez Cambridge, UK
10:31 Close
Poster Screen 3
Chair: Dr Angela Griffiths Oxford, UK
10:15 RISING DEMAND FOR ELECTIVE DIRECT CURRENT CARDIOVERSION (DCCV): EVALUATING REFERRAL APPROPRIATENESS AND SERVICE CAPACITY IN A DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL Abimbola Adelakun Worcester, UK
10:19 CARDIAC ARREST SECONDARY TO MITRAL ANNULAR DISJUNCTION Ahmed Smman London, UK
10:23 TIPS FOR PREVENTING HEMATOMA AND INFECTION AFTER PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION Samir Rafla Alexandria, EG
10:27 A RETROSPECTIVE SERVICE EVALUATION OF FALSE POSITIVES ACROSS IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDER MANUFACTURERS AND TRIAGING ERRORS BY MEDTRONIC'S FOCUSON™ SERVICE Bradley McLeavy Wolverhampton, UK
10:31 ENHANCING CVD PREVENTION IN PRIMARY CARE: OUTCOMES OF A STRUCTURED FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT Stephanie Atta London, UK
10:35 TO ASSESS THE MANAGEMENT OF NEW PRESENTATIONS OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION/ ATRIAL FLUTTER AGAINST NATIONAL GUIDELINES SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT STROKE PREVENTION Kat Webber Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
10:39 Close
Poster Screen 4
Chair: Dr Merzaka Lazdam Leicester, UK
10:15 ANALYSING BATTERY LONGEVITY IN DONATED CARDIAC DEVICES Jade Qu London, UK
10:19 RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF SYNCOPE BY AGE IN A SPECIALIST SYNCOPE CLINIC Michael Clark Glasgow, UK
10:23 INVESTIGATING HOW PROCEDURAL TIMES CHANGE WITH CENTRE AND OPERATOR EXPERIENCE: A PROSPECTIVE 8-YEAR REGISTRY OF SUBCUTANEOUS ICD IMPLANTS IN A DGH Arif Hasan Bhuiyan Croydon, UK
10:27 ASSESSING THE MANAGEMENT OF CARDIAC SURVEILLANCE IN LYMPHOMA PATIENTS TREATED WITH ANTHRACYCLINE CONTAINING CHEMOTHERAPY WITHIN NHS HIGHLAND Mhairi Docherty Inverness, UK
10:31 A NON-PHARMACOLOGIC APPROACH TO ARRHYTHMIA: RESOLVING SVT THROUGH A YOGA POSTURE Mohamed Zuhair London, UK
10:35 SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF EPI-ENDOCARDIAL HYBRID ABLATION IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE Omar Ahmed London, UK
10:39 Close

Masterclass Devices 2 - GIRFT in the Device Lab - How can Physiologists help? - Hall 8a - 10:45 - 12:15

Chair: Ms Dakota Creed, Mr Jason Collinson Bristol, UK, London, UK
10:45 Sustainability and Savings within the Cath Lab Dr Muzahir Tayebjee Leeds, UK
11:00 Taking Consent as a Non-Physician - GIRFT Mr Adam Marzetti Ashford, UK
11:15 Nationally reducing device infection (cost effectively) - GIRFT Edd Maclean London, UK
11:30 Health inequalities in cardiac device follow-up - GIRFT Ms Vicky Harrison Blackpool, UK
11:45 Programme the device for the patient - GIRFT Dr Jamie Walton Birmingham, UK
12:00 Q&A
12:15 Close

Paediatric - Session: 2 - Hall 8b - 10:45 - 12:15

Chair: Dr Jan Till London, UK
10:45 Right ventricular outflow tract VT: Diagnostic and therapeutic pearls Dr Henry Chubb Palo Alto, US
11:05 Fascicular VT in children, how to diagnose and manage Dr Vinay Bhole Birmingham, UK
11:25 Characteristic and diagnostic VT patterns in inherited channelopathies Dr Jan Till London, UK
11:45 Principles of acute and effective maintenance antiarrhythmic drug treatment of VT in Children Dr Charalampos Kotidis Leicester, UK
12:05 Q&A
12:15 Close

Oral Abstracts 2 - Arrhythmia Mechanisms / in silico tools - Networking Area 1, Hall 3 - 10:45 - 12:15

Chair: Prof Rachel Myles, Dr Riyaz Kaba Glasgow, UK, London, UK
10:45 PRE-ATRIAL FIBRILLATION CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE USING MACHINE LEARNING IN ROUTINE CARE Temar Habtezghi Leeds, UK
11:00 VENOUS AUTOTRANSFUSION VIA LOWER LEG COMPRESSION: A MECHANISTIC STUDY IN VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE Cristian Ng London, UK
11:15 CIRCADIAN DISTRIBUTION OF VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS IN PATIENTS WITH STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE AND THE IMPACT OF INVASIVE CATHETER ABLATION ON TIMINGS Jawad Chowdhury Coventry, UK
11:30 SYSTO-DIASTOLIC MECHANICAL LEFT VENTRICULAR DISPERSION AND SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY Angela Angione Rome, IT
11:45 IMPROVING TRANSSEPTAL PUNCTURE SKILLS IN CARDIOLOGY TRAINEES USING COMPUTER-BASED SIMULATION TRAINING Colin Campbell London, UK
12:00 REDEFINING HYBRID ABLATION: PRECLINICAL VALIDATION OF A FIRST-IN-CLASS MAGNETICALLY ALIGNED DUAL-CATHETER SYSTEM DELIVERING SINGLE-SHOT SIMULTANEOUS ENDOCARDIAL-EPICARDIAL PULSED FIELD ABLATION FOR FULL-THICKNESS LESION FORMATION Richard Chambers London, UK
12:15 Close

Lunch and Learn - Physiologists - Networking Area 1, Hall 3 - 12:30 - 13:15

Chair: Miss Amy Wharmby, Ms Cristiana Monteiro, Mr James Elliott Cambridge, UK, London, UK, London, UK
12:30 This round-table event aims to foster knowledge exchange, explore current trends, and discuss key issues in physiology. It’s a unique opportunity to build connections and further your professional development in a collaborative setting
13:15 Close

Oral Abstracts 3 - Devices - Hall 8a - 13:30 - 15:00

Chair: Dr Fozia Ahmed, Dr Mokhtar Ibrahim Manchester, UK, Leicester, UK
13:30 V-6 LEAD ECG FEATURES AS THE ONLY TOOL NEEDED TO GUIDE A SUCCESSFUL CONDUCTION SYSTEM PACING IMPLANT Felix Ayala-Paredes Sherbrooke, CA
13:45 ICD CHALLENGES IN CHILDREN: WHEN THE FAILSAFE FAILS Marieke Donne London, UK
14:00 RADIATION BURDEN IN CONDUCTION SYSTEM PACING: A RETROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HBBP AND LBBAP TECHNIQUES Marina Munoz Gonzalez Swindon, UK
14:15 SAFETY OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND ABNORMAL LEAD PARAMETERS Hnin Zaw London, UK
14:30 4 DISTINCT PATTERNS IN TERMS OF BACHMANN BUNDLE PACING FOR ADVANCED INTERATRIAL BLOCK: A CASE SERIES Thien-Chuong Nguyen-Khac Ho Chi Minh, VN
14:45 TIME TO NOTCH IN LEAD I - A NOVEL MARKER TO PREDICT CARDIAC RESYNCHRONISATION THERAPY RESPONSE Christina Peter Birtinya, AU
15:00 Close

EGM Championships - Interactive Area, Hall 3 - 13:30 - 15:00

Chair: Mrs Karen Potts Middlesbrough, UK
Panel Dr Honey Thomas, Mr James Elliott, Mr Paul Doherty Ashington, UK, London, UK, Solihull, UK
15:00 Close

Paediatric - Session: 3 - Hall 8b - 13:30 - 15:00

Chair: Dr Jasveer Mangat, Dr Karen McLeod London, UK, Glasgow, UK
13:30 Diagnostic and Characteristic ECG tracings in paediatric emergencies, interactive quiz Dr Georgia Spentzou Bristol, UK
13:50 Dilemmas in Sports cardiology: a case presentation Prof Zaheer Yousef Cardiff, UK
14:10 Unusual exercise ECG findings in the investigation of arrhythmias in children Dr Tristan Ramcharan Birmingham, UK
14:30 How reliable ECG recordings in implantable versus wearable ECG monitors? Dr Norah Yap Southampton, UK
14:50 Q&A
15:00 Close

Moderated Posters 2 - Poster Screen 4, Hall 3 - 15:00 - 15:35

Chair: Dr Will Foster Worcester, UK
15:00 LASER VERSUS ROTATIONAL TRANSVENOUS LEAD EXTRACTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF PROCEDURAL SAFETY AND EFFICACY OUTCOMES Alphonsus Liew London, UK
15:05 AN AGGRESSIVE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIST-GUIDED RHYTHM CONTROL STRATEGY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. DATA FROM THE GREEK HEROMEDICUS STUDY Panagiotis Tsioufis Athens, GR
15:10 THE EFFECT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION BURDEN ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION: A SUB-STUDY OF THE SHAM-PVI TRIAL Rajdip Dulai Basildon, UK
15:15 SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE WITH PULSED FIELD ABLATION AT A UK TERTIARY HOSPITAL May Ohn London, UK
15:20 RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS AND PACING INDICATIONS IN YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS (<60 YEARS) UNDERGOING PERMANENT PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION AT THE SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD NHS HOSPITAL TRUST Henry Owolabi Telford, UK
15:25 OUTCOMES FOR CONDUCTION SYSTEM PACING AS AN OPTION FOR DEVICE UPGRADE IN PATIENTS WITH PACING-INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY Pok-Tin Tang Swindon, UK
15:30 A VIRTUAL RAPID ACCESS AF PATHWAY - HELPS MANAGE AND FACILITATE DISCHARGE OF  PATIENTS ATTENDING THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH NEW OR SYMPTOMATIC AF - 1 YEAR OUTCOMES Joseph Tomson London, UK
15:35 Close

Oral Abstracts 3 - Mapping and Ablation - Hall 8a - 15:45 - 17:30

Chair: Dr Shui Hao Chin Leicester, UK
15:45 MRI-GUIDED MULTIPOLAR FUNCTIONAL SUBSTRATE MAPPING FOR IDENTIFYING INTRAMURAL CONDUCTION DELAY: THE TRAMPOLINE VT STUDY Dr Edd Maclean London, UK
16:00 PULSED-FIELD ABLATION COMPARED TO RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION FOR PULMONARY-VEIN AND POSTERIOR-WALL ISOLATION Omar Ahmed London, UK
16:15 CATHETER ABLATION OF ARRHYTHMIAS USING AN ALTERNATIVE VASCULAR ACCESS AND REMOTE MAGNETIC NAVIGATION APPROACH IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (ARM-CHD) Jack Griffiths London, UK
16:30 TWO-STAGE APPROACH TREATMENT OF NON-PAROXYSMAL FORMS OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION VERSUS ISOLATED THORACOSCOPIC ABLATION Elizaveta Strebkova Moscow, RU
16:45 TARGET VT ABLATION ISTHMUS MODELING IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE Beatrice Porcu Rome, IT
17:00 COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF CONVERGENT HYBRID AND CATHETER ABLATION IN PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION WITH SIGNIFICANT ATRIAL REMODELLING: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND RECONSTRUCTED SURVIVAL ANALYSIS Insha Mukhtar London, UK
17:15 FIRST-IN-MAN ASSESSMENT OF A NOVEL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ACTIVATION MAPPING SYSTEM Oliver Jones London, UK
17:30 Close

Paediatric - Session: 4 - Hall 8b - 15:45 - 17:15

Chair: Dr Jan Till, Dr Richard Ferguson London, UK, Glasgow, UK
15:45 Neonatal bradycardia what a neonatologists should know about it? Dr Henry Chubb Palo Alto, US
16:05 Childhood heart block, what a paediatrician should know about it? Dr Charalampos Kotidis Leicester, UK
16:25 Management of bradycardia, pauses and heart block in beyond neonatal period Prof Eric Rosenthal London, UK
16:45 Paediatric abstracts 1: CARDIAC WARNING SYMPTOMS IN PAEDIATRIC OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVORS: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY Jennifer Tollit London, UK
16:51 Paediatric abstracts 2: THE EARLY USE OF ORAL IVABRADINE IN THREE PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH INCESSANT ECTOPIC ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA AND TACHYCARDIA-INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY REQUIRING VENO-ARTERIAL EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION Laurence Robinson London, UK
16:57 Paediatric abstracts 3: DC CARDIOVERSION RESISTANT TACHYCARDIA MYOCARDITIS ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT OR RIGHT HEART FAILURE WHAT IS THE CULPRIT? Muthukumaran Ravichandran Cardiff, UK
17:03 Paediatric abstracts 4: VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA IN INFANTS UNDER 2 YEARS OF AGE: CLINICAL FEATURES AND OUTCOMES FROM A SINGLE CENTRE OVER 10 YEARS Facundo Ledesma Birmingham, UK
17:09 Closing remarks
17:15 Close

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