11th/11ième International(e) February 7-9th, 2014 Blue Mountain, Ontario, Canada www.winterarrhythmia.com London Health Sciences Centre Friday February 7, 2014 9:00 AM Registration (open all day) 10:00 AM ECG IN DEVICES WORKSHOP: HOW TO RECOGNIZE NORMAL AND ABNORMAL DEVICE FUNCTION Dr. A. Pinter & Dr. C. Lau 11:30 AM 11:45 AM Break RESIDENTS’ LUNCH: CAREER ADVICE SESSION (invitation only) Dr. J. Healey & Dr. J. Swan ECHO IN CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 1:30 PM Echo in EP: Thromboembolic risk assessment Dr. M. Hansen 1:50 PM Echo, LVEF and devices: Is there still a role in 2014? Dr. S. Ahmed 2:10 PM Limitations and benefits of echo in identifying lead masses Dr. C. Chow 2:40 PM 1:30 PM 2:30 PM 3:40 PM Dr. D. Kagal & Dr. C. Chow ECG WORKSHOP: HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIAS PART 1 Dr. A. Baranchuk INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (MEDTRONIC): PROVOCATIVE - PROGRAMMING DEVICES BASED ON CLINICAL DATA IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOMES Saeed Hosseini Break ANTIARRHYTHMIC THERAPY FOR AFib AND VT 3:50 PM Is there a role for drug therapy of atrial fibrillation? Dr. D. Newman 4:10 PM Pharmacology of VT in structured heart disease: Alchemy in the XXI century Dr. A. Pinter 4:30 PM Idiopathic VT and drug therapy: Beyond roulette? Dr. D. Newman 4:50 PM Break 5:00 PM 11th International Winter Arrhythmia School opening remarks Dr. I. Lashevsky & Dr. M. Strauss Dr. E. Crystal GENDER AND ARRHYTHMIA 5:10 PM Novel insights from the study of atrial fibrillation in women Dr. M. Perez 5:30 PM Gender and ECG Dr. A. Baranchuk 5:50 PM Gender and maturation: Effects on cardiac channel disorders Dr. R. Hamilton Dinner at leisure Dr. P. Harvey & Dr. D. Spears Saturday February 8, 2014 7:00 AM - OAC BILLING WORKSHOP - ONTARIO (cardiologists only) 8:00 AM (breakfast served during the meeting) Dr. J. Swan 8:15 AM 8:40 AM 9:05 AM GENERAL STREAM: MONT TREMBLANT ROOM MAPPING AND ABLATION TECHNIQUES Ripple mapping Dr. P. Kanagaratnam Dr. E. Good & Rhythmia Dr. A. Skanes Dr. E. Crystal Voltage gradient mapping Dr. S. Bailin 9:30 AM Break 9:40 AM 10:00 AM 10:20 AM 10:40 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 12:20 PM 12:40 PM 1:00 PM 1:20 PM 2:00 PM 2:20 PM 2:40 PM 3:00 PM 3:20 PM 3:40 PM 3:50 PM 4:10 PM 4:30 PM 4:50 PM 5:10 PM 5:20 PM 5:40 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM VT SESSION What’s the best way to target ischemic Dr. A. Skanes VT ablation (entrainment vs. Substrate)? Tips for successful ablation of PVCs & Dr. E. Good Dr. S. Singh & VT in the ‘Bogun’ triangle Dr. G. Nair Epicardial ablation: Idications, pitfalls, Dr. G. Nair successes, complications Imaging essentials in PVC and VT ablation Dr. R. Latchamsetty Break ANTICOAGULATION (lunch served during session) Cardioversion on novel oral anticoagulation Dr. M. Strauss Dual therapy in atrial fibrillation: Dr. P. Dorian Twice as good or double trouble? Peri-procedural anticoagulation with Dr. C. Morillo novel agents vs. Warfarin Break ROBOTICS IN EP - STEREOTAXIS Stereotaxis in PVC Dr. D. Peress Stereotaxis in AFib Dr. M. Shurrab Stereotaxis in non-idiopathic VT Dr. E. Good Stereotaxis in flutter and atrial tachycardias Dr. M. Arruda Stereotaxis: What may make the Dr. E. Crystal system better (round table discussion) Dr. Q. Sha Break Dr. P. Dorian & Dr. R. Latchamsetty Dr. M. Arruda & Dr. E. Crystal ROBOTICS IN EP - TECHNOLOGY Magnetecs Dr. J. Merino Hansen Dr. P. Kanagaratnam Dr. J. Merino Amigo Dr. J. Merino & Robotics in EP: Dr. A. Skanes Dr. A. Skanes What way should it progress? Dr. E. Crystal Break LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION Is there enough evidence on the efficacy? Dr. S. Singh Dr. A. Tang & Choosing appropriate patients Dr. P. Kanagaratnam Dr. A. Chugh Choosing appropriate device Dr. J. Saw Reception Gala Dinner Saturday February 8, 2014 7:00 AM 7:30 AM 8:00 AM Breakfast ECG WORKSHOP: HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIAS PART 2 Dr. A. Baranchuk DEVICE STREAM: WHISTLER ROOM SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN DEVICES 8:10 AM SubQ ICD Jody Karpiak 8:30 AM Devices in channelopathies Dr. D. Spears 8:50 AM cMRI imaging in device patients Dr. H. Ghanbari 9:10 AM MRI conditional cardiac devices Are we prepared? A case study presentation Debra Campbell 9:30 AM Break Dr. I. Lashevsky & Dr. I. Tiong CRT IMPLANTS 9:40 AM Difficult CRT cases and techniques Dr. D. Luria 10:00 AM Fluoroless implant Dr. J. Merino 10:20 AM CRT cases review and new guidelines Dr. R. Parkash & Dr. A. Tang Dr. C. Lau & Dr. D. Luria 11:00 AM 11:40 AM CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INFECTION Suzette Turner 12:00 PM -1:30 PM TELEMETRY 1 (lunch served during workshop) Dr. I. Tiong & Dr. D. Kagal CRT OPTIMIZATION 2:00 PM Introductory talk 2:10 PM CRT optimization based on intracardiac timing: Medtronic 2:30 PM Sensor based CRT optimization: Sorin 2:50 PM Pacting vector CRT optimization: St. Jude Medical 3:10 PM Break Dr. A. Tang & Dr. A. Janmohamed ICD TROUBLESHOOTING AND SHOCK REDUCTION 3:20 PM Introductory talk 3:30 PM Single lead dual chamber ICD technology: Biotronik 3:50 PM Shock reduction: Boston Scientific 4:20 PM 4:50 PM INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM): UPDATE IN NOVEL ORAL ANTICOAGULATION IN ABLATION Dr. A. Pinter & Dr. R. Parkash Dr. C. Morillo Sunday February 9, 2014 6:45 AM 8:00 AM Breakfast 7:15 AM 8:45 AM Dr. I. Tiong & Dr. D. Kagal TELEMETRY 2 ELECTRONIC DEVICE CLINIC MANAGEMENT 9:00 AM Paperless clinic 9:15 AM Networked databases 9:25 AM Standardized reporting 9:40 AM Glimpse into the future: Paceart analytics 10:05 AM Canadian device surveillance database 7:45 AM 8:45 AM Dr. A. Tang & Dr. R. Parkash OAC BILLING WORKSHOP - ONTARIO (cardiologists only) Dr. J. Swan ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 9:00 AM A to Z and 1,2,3s of atrial fibrillation ablation Dr. A. Chugh 9:20 AM Does RF beat cryo in ablation of atrial fibrillation? Dr. H. Ghanbari & Dr. E. Good 9:40 AM Finding the needle in the haystack: Tips and tricks for ablating post-PVI atrial tachycardia's Dr. A. Chugh 10:00 AM Case studies in ablation of atrial fibrillation Dr. R. Latchamsetty 10:30 AM Closing Remarks Thank you for attending the 11th International Winter Arrhythmia School. See you next year. Dr. C. Morillo & Dr. J. Merino
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