February 7-9th, 2014 - 12th International Winter Arrhythmia School

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