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 Thursday, September 15th, 2016 (click to enlarge)

09:15 – 09:45

Registration

 

 

 

 

09:45 – 10:00

Training villages – Workshops introduction

S. Benussi

 

 

 

10:00 – 11:00

Training villages

 

 

WS A: AF-Ablation EP approach

A. Breitenstein

L. Haegeli

M. Namdar

S. Reek

A. Saguner

J. Steffel

C. Tondo

 

 

WS B: AF-Ablation Surgical approach

S. Benussi

M. Castella

S. Gaynor

M. la Meir

A. Pozzoli

O. Reuthebuch

M. Taramasso

A. Weber

T. Weimar

 

  WS C: Hands-on mechanical exclusion of the LAA

M. Emmert

R. Lee

F. Nietlispach

A. Ouda

D. Reser

S. Salzberg

 

 

 

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

 

   

 

11:30 – 12:30

Training villages

 

 

WS A: AF-Ablation EP approach

A. Breitenstein

L. Haegeli

M. Namdar

S. Reek

A. Saguner

J. Steffel

C. Tondo

 

  WS B: AF-Ablation Surgical approach

S. Benussi

M. Castella

S. Gaynor

M. la Meir

A. Pozzoli

O. Reuthebuch

M. Taramasso

A. Weber

T. Weimar

 

  WS C: Hands-on mechanical exclusion of the LAA

M. Emmert

R. Lee

F. Nietlispach

A. Ouda

D. Reser

S. Salzberg

     

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

 

     

13:30 – 13:40

Welcome / Intro

S. Benussi

F. Duru

 

 

 

13:40 – 14:00

Opening lecture: Why joining forces against AF?

H. Crijns

 

 

 

14:00 – 15:40

Session 1: State of the art in AF management

Moderators: J. Cox, F. Duru, M. Genoni, M. Lunati

 

 

Thromboembolic prophylaxis today

J. Steffel

 

Update on medical management of AF

D. Kotecha

 

Ablate and pace: a modern view

P. Ammann

 

Catheter ablation techniques

D. Shah

 

When another ablation is one too many?

P. Della Bella

     
15:40 – 16:05

Keynote Lecture: Fire and Ice

K. H. Kuck

 

 

 

16:05 – 16:25

Coffee break

 

 

 

 

16:25 – 17:35

Session 2: New pathways to deal with refractory AF

Moderators: S. Benussi, H. Crijns, G. Dunnington, T. Lüscher

 

What is on the surgeon's shelf?

S. Benussi

 

Non pharmacologic treatment of AF: scientific evidence and present guidelines

M. Castella

 

"All in one": the ideal multidisciplinary context

A. Revishvili

 

Hybrid options to treat AF: simultaneous or staged?

B. van Putte

     

17:35 – 19:05

Session 3 – Modern interaction platforms

Moderators: P. Ammann, M. Mariani, S.A. Müller, B. van Putte

 

Hybrid single stage approach

M. La Meir

L. Pison

 

Staged hybrid approach

M. Dalrymple

G. Haywood

 

Dual Epicardial and Endocardial approach

G. Dunnington

B. Liem

 

Algorithm-based sequential strategy

S. Benussi

L. Haegeli

 

Multidisciplinary Panel Discussion

 

 

 

 

19:05

Adjourn

S. Benussi
     

20:00 – 22:00

MAM Dinner Symposium

 

 

Multidisciplinary Atrial Fibrillation Heart Team: Working together

S. Benussi

 

Building up a winning hybrid program in the USA

G. Dunnington

B. Liem

 

Getting to the heart of the Patient

S. S. Ryan

 

 Friday, September 16th, 2016 (click to enlarge)

08:30 – 08:55

Opening lecture: An amazing 3D experience in the human atria

J. Ector

     
08:55 – 09:00

Welcome/Intro - University Hospital Zurich

G. Zünd

   

09:00 – 12:00

Live case surgical/EP case

Operators: S. Benussi, B. van Putte

Moderators: M. Castella, H. KottkampF. Maisano, D. Shah, J. Steffel

 

Live case patients presentation

D. Reser

 

Live-in-a-Box EP Lab

A. Saguner

 

 

09:00 – 09:35

Session 4: Left appendage management

Moderators: M. Castella, H. KottkampF. Maisano, D. Shah, J. Steffel

 

Always/Never/Patient tailored approach

F. Nietlispach

A. Weber

 

How to manage the LAA epicardially in the different surgical setting – Atriclip

M. Castella

 

LAA management with the Amplatzer occluder

F. Nietlispach

 

Lariat up-to-date on current use

R. Lee

 

Update on the Watchman device

tbc

 

 

 

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break

 

 

10:30 – 11:00

Session 5: Novel ablation techniques

Moderators: M. Castella, H. KottkampF. Maisano, D. Shah, J. Steffel

 

Update on substrate ablation for Afib cure

H. Kottkamp

 

Sub-X approach in a multidisciplinary setting

R. Lee

 

Single-sided thoracoscopic left approach

J. Mei

 

Hybrid approach with non-clamping epicardial bipolar RF

C. Tondo

     

12:00 – 12:15

Afib Heart Team disscussion

Panel: D. Altmann, L. Haegeli, P. Müller, M. Namdar

 

 

 

 

12:15 – 13:15

Lunch

 

 

 

12:35 – 13:15

Burst Session – Afib management 2.0: the Guidelines' Revolution

S. Benussi, M. Castella, D. Kotecha, B. Van Putte

     

13:15 – 13:40

Keynote Lecture: Beyond the catheter: a comprehensive approach to AF

C. Sticherling

 

 

 

13:40 – 15:00

Session 6: Technology parade

Moderators: G. Laufer, A. Revishvili, C. SticherlingT. Weimar

 

Sub-X epicardial approach using N-Contact platform

M. Zembala

 

The Tacticath Contact Force Sensing

S. Reek

 

Carto Mapping – Hybrid spinoffs

tbc

 

AFfix: New epicardial solutions

F. Maisano

 

3D Mapping with the Rhythmia system

P. Della Bella

 

New frontier in transeptal approaches: TSP

F. Maisano

 

Update on bipolar radiofrequency

S. Gaynor

 

Body surface mapping

A. Metzner

 

Robotic steering for ablation procedures

F. Duru

 

Post ablation rhythm monitoring and anticoagulation

G. Mascioli

 

   

15:00 – 15:20

Coffee break

 

 

 

15:20 – 15:45

Grand Lecture: Evolution of the modern AF interventions. What's next?

J. L. Cox

 

 

 

15:45 – 17:20

Session 7: Multidisciplinary context:

Practical aspects and challenging scenarios

Moderators: S. Benussi, M. Castella, P. Della Bella, F. Duru

 

What does a surgeon need from the EP cardiologist?

M. Castella

 

What does an EP cardiologist need from a surgeon?

Y. Blaauw

 

AF in dilated cardiomyopathy*

A. Breitenstein

 

* Voting – Debate – M. Lunati

 

 

Different options for post ablation tachycardia*

A. Pozzoli

  * Voting – Debate – R. Kobza  

 

"Permanent" AF in cardiomiopathy*

D. Altmann

 

* Voting – Debate – M. Castella

 

 

Panel Discussion

 

     

17:20 – 17:30

Closing remarks

S. Benussi

 

 
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