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11th Prague Workshop on Catheter Ablation

with Live Demonstrations

March 16 - 18, 2008

Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Prague, Czech Republic

under the auspices of the Czech Society of Cardiology and
its Working Group on Arrhythmias and Cardiac Pacing

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

It is my pleasure to welcome you to 11th international Prague workshop on catheter ablation with live demonstrations. This year, the main theme is "Conventional and high-tech approaches". In other words, our intention was to create scientific programme that would serve both as a tutorial of conventional electrophysiology and as a demonstration of several sophisticated novel technologies such as magnetic or robotic navigation and/or a special toolkit for ablation of atrial fibrillation.

meeting will start with a review of theoretical background necessary for catheter ablation. The main intention is to provide novices or less experienced electrophysiologists with condensed information that they may need to perform catheter ablations. However, even advanced operators may find it of interest as the review will discuss anatomy, ECG diagnostics and the use of sophisticated mapping or imaging.

the first time, there will be live transmissions from another major electrophysiology centre in Prague - Homolka Hospital. This will allow (together with higher capacity of our centre) to run parallel live cases and switch between them as needed. We believe that the new scheme will prove to be more attractive and will enable us to demonstrate more cases. Altogether, we prepared seven live cases that will be traditionally accompanied by review lectures.

in previous years, interesting case reports or the results of your studies will be presented.

As usually, the scientific programme will be followed by a reception that will take place in a special place on Vltava river.

We hope that you will find the workshop interesting and look forward to meeting you in Prague.

Professor Josef Kautzner, MD, PhD, FESC
Head, Department of Cardiology, IKEM

Program Description:

The workshop has been designed to review basic principles important for electrophysiologists such as anatomy, electrophysiologic study, ECG analysis, imaging, etc. As a part of this tutorial, practical aspects of conventional catheter ablation (e.g. atrial flutter, AV nodal reentry, and/or accessory pathways) will be discussed and demonstrated. The other part of the workshop will be focused on sophisticated techniques for ablation of atrial fibrillation such as stereotactic magnetic navigation, robotic navigation, etc.

Educational Objectives:

After completion of the workshop, the participants should:

• Appreciate cardiac anatomy relevant to elektrophysiologist
• Be familiar with principles of electrophysiological study and ECG diagnostics of arrhythmias
• Learn positives and negatives of different mapping systems and advantage of intracardiac echocardiography
• Refresh the principles and strategies used for catheter ablation of conventional arrhythmia substrates
• Be aware of the two different remote control systems and/or simplified ablation tools and their importance for ablation of atrial fibrillation

COURSE DIRECTOR

Professor Josef Kautzner, MD, PhD
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague

INTERNATIONAL FACULTY

David J. Callans, Philadelphia, USA
Sabine Ernst, London, UK
Yen Ho, London, UK
Peter Loh, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Vivek Reddy, Boston, USA
Amiran S. Revishvili, Moscow, Russia
Edward Rowland, London, UK
Christoph Scharf, Zurich, Switzerland
Claus Schmitt, Karlsruhe, Germany
Hein J. Wellens, Maastricht, The Netherlands

LOCAL FACULTY

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

English

VENUE

Congress Centre IKEM, Vídeňská 1958/9, 140 21 Prague 4, Czech Republic

WORKSHOP SECRETARIAT

CCL- CONFERENCE CZECHOSLOVAKIA LTD.
(Ms Hana Hudecová)
Na zástřelu 11/108
169 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic
Tel.: + 420 251 008 219
Fax: + 420 220 516 834
e-mail: hh@ccl.cz
website: www.ccl.cz

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM FOR PRAGUE WORKSHOP 2008

Sunday, March 16, 2008

The workshop is organized with a substantial financial contribution from the "Modern Treatment of Arrhythmias Endowment Fund"

The organizing committee is very grateful for financial assistance of many supporters that made the Prague Workshop possible.

We wish to thank especially to our general sponsor:

We also wish to thank to our main sponsor:

Finally, we appreciate financial contribution of the following sponsors:
in alphabetical order

REGISTRATION

Registration can be made either via the electronic registration form placed on the workshop website or by submitting the attached registration form by fax or post. Full payment of the registration fee as well as accommodation is requested.
Registration form for printing: REGFORM2008.pdf
On-line registration.

REGISTRATION FEES

up to February 15, 2008 200 EUR
from February 16, 2008 250 EUR

Czech Society of Cardiology members:
up to February 15, 2008 1000 CZK
from February 16, 2008 1500 CZK

Please note that number of participants is limited by the capacity of the auditorium. Registrations will be accepted on first come - first served basis.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE

February 15, 2008

Please send your abstract by e-mail to workshop secretariat.
The text of abstract should not exceed A5 format.

ACCOMMODATION FOR DELEGATES

Room allotment in following hotels has been booked for workshop participants. Rooms will be allocated according to your request in the registration form on first come first serve basis. Please note that the prepayment is required to quarantee your room reservation. Rates are quoted including breakfast and VAT.

TOP Hotel * * * *

Blazimska 1781/4, 149 00 Praha 4
The hotel is situated in a very quiet environment, all rooms offer guests enough calm for quality rest and relaxation. In its premises you can find 4 restaurants, one of them with the open terrace, and an internet café. The hotel facilities offer a large space for relaxation and sport such as tennis, table tennis, bowling, squash, fitness centre, aerobic studio, sauna, solarium or massage.
Access from the city centre: underground station Chodov (line C), from here bus No. 115 that stops directly in front of the hotel. The journey from Chodov to hotel lasts app. 5 minutes.
Connection to the Workshop venue: by bus No. 115 to Chodov underground station, from Chodov to Budejovicka underground station and from here by bus No. 193 to the stop IKEM.

Workshop rates:

single room - 97 EUR
one bed in double room - 60 EUR

Vladar Hotel * * * *

Na Dvorcich 1781/4, 140 00 Praha 4

A small family hotel in the quiet settings, 6 minutes walk from the nearest underground station. The unconventional room equipment in the art nouveau style will make you feel like home. Local restaurant is focused on traditional Bohemian dishes but you can also find delicious meals of the international cuisine. Rooms are equipped with bath and WC, safe, minibar, satellite TV, direct dial phone.
Access from the city centre: underground station Budejovicka (line C), then 6 minutes walk.
Connection to the Workshop venue: from Budejovicka metro station by bus No. 193 the stop IKEM.

Workshop rates:

single room - 89 EUR
one bed in double room -  53 EUR

Emmy Rezidence * * *K Zelene Louce 2a , 140 00 Praha 4

Emmy Rezidence is a new, luxuriously appointed three star hotel whose architectural design and services meet today´s global qualitative trends. The hotel is located in a a close vicinity of IKEM, with a quick and easy access to the city centre. All rooms are spacious and quiet, equipped with electronic security system, minibar, TV with satellite reception, direct dial telephone with the option of PC connection, bathroom and WC. Hotel restaurant offers a wide selection of international and Czech dishes.
Access from the city centre: from underground station Kacerov (line C) by bus No. 114 to the stop IKEM or from Budejovicka underground station (line C) by bus No. 193.
Connection to the Workshop venue: accross the street

Workshop rates:

ILF Hotel * * *

Budejovicka 15/743, 140 00 Praha 4

Hotel offers accommodation for more than 300 guests and is situated on the metro line C - Budejovicka station. This hotel is frequently used for accommodation of participants to the professional medical seminars. All rooms are equipped with bathroom and WC, TV with satellite and direct dial telephone. Hotel restaurant offers a wide choice of international dishes. The library specialized in medical literature and a few PCs with internet connection are very useful amenities for hotel guests.
Access from the city centre: the hotel lies at the underground station Budejovicka (line C), about 10 minutes by underground from the centre
Connection to the Workshop venue: by bus No. 193 to the stop IKEM

Workshop rates:

single room - 50 EUR
one bed in double room - 34 EUR

PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION CONDITIONS

REGISTRATION FEE:

90 % refundable for cancellations received by February 15, 2008 (10 % charged as the administration fee) no refund for cancellations received after February 15, 2008

ACCOMMODATION:

cancellation by February 11, 2008 - full refund
cancellation between February 12 - 26, 2008 - 90 % refund (10 % charged as the administration fee)
cancellation between February 26 - March 11, 2008 - 50 % refund (50 % charged as the cancellation fee)
cancellation after March 11, 2008 - no refund