Workshop Programme
Sunday, March 21, 2004
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Registration |
| 15.00 – 15.05 | Welcome address J Kautzner (Prague) |
| Session 1: Chairmen: A. Raviele (Venice-Mestre), J. Kautzner (Prague) |
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| 15.05 – 15.35 | Atrial fibrillation:classification and pathophysiology A Raviele (Venice-Mestre) |
| 15.35 – 16.05 | Anatomy and atrial fibrillation: implications for catheter ablation Y Ho (London) |
| 16.05– 16.35 | Drug treatment for atrial fibrillation:the first-line approach A Capucci (Piacenza) |
| 16.35 – 17.00 | Coffee break |
| Session 2: Chairmen: G. Lip (Birmingham), J. Bytešník (Prague) |
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| 17.00 – 17.30 | Antithrombotic and anticoagulation therapy in atrial fibrillation G Lip (Birmingham) |
| 17.30 – 18.00 | The role of device therapy for atrial fibrillation: hype or hope? J Brachmann (Coburg) |
| 18.00 – 18.30 | Surgery for atrial fibrillation: the past, the presence and the future A Revishvili (Moscow) |
| Session 3: Chairmen: A. Revishvili (Moscow), R. Čihák (Prague) |
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| 18.30 – 19.30 | Short Communications |
| Gold Tip Electrode Catheters – a New Deep Lesion Technology for Ablation
? T. Lewalter, S. Wurtz (Berlin, Germany) |
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| Cost Effectiveness of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation J. Dostal, *V. Bulkova (Brussels, Belgium and *Prague, Czech Republic) |
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| Epicardial Mapping of Ischemic „VT“ Patient P. Neužil, M. Táborský , J. Weishet, P. Michálek, L.Šedivá (Prague, Czech Republic). |
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| Reasons for the Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation after Catheter Ablation in
the Left Atrium – Findings during Reablation M. Fiala (Třinec, Czech Republic) |
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| Nonlinear Dynamic Method Could Predict Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence A.V. Ardashev, P.A. Novoselskiy, V.V. Chepenko, A.O. Kucherik (Moscow, Russia) |
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| Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: do
symptoms correlate with severity? H. Mlčochová , R. Čihák, J. Kautzner, J. Tintěra, M. Želízko (Prague, Czech Republic) |
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| An Irregular, Narrow QRS Complex Tachycardia with VA and AV Block: learning
while or before burning? D. Catanzariti, M. Maines, G.Vergara (Rovereto, Italy) |
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| 19.30 – 21.00 | Buffet reception at IKEM |
Monday, March 22, 2004
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Registration |
| Session 4: Chairs: M. Hocini (Bordeaux), J. Kautzner (Prague) |
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| 08.30 – 09.00 | Intracardiac echocardiography and catheter ablation of atrial guiding a
transseptal puncture A Natale (Cleveland) N. Marrouche (Cleveland) |
| 09.00 – 12.00 | Live demonstration No 1 and Medtronic sponsored lecture |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Lunch |
| Session 5: Chairs: N. Marrouche (Cleveland), R. Čihák (Prague) |
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| 13.00 – 13.30 | Mapping-guided catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation:can atrial
fibrillation be caught by lasso? M. Hocini (Bordeaux) |
| 13.30 – 16.30 | Live demonstration No 2 and CryoCath sponsored lecture |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Coffee break |
| Session 6: Chairmen: M. Táborský (Prague), J. Bytešník (Prague) |
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| 17.00 – 17.30 | Catheter ablation of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia:not always a piece
of cake J. Kautzner (Prague) |
| 17.30 – 19.00 | Live demonstration No 3 |
| 19.30 | Workshop reception Michna Palace, Újezd 450/40, Prague 1 |
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
| 08.00 – 08.30 | Registration |
| Session 7: Chairs: L. Macle (Montreal), R. Čihák (Prague) |
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| 08.30 – 09.00 | Catheter ablation of atrial fibril lation using cryoenergy: the advent of
the ice era J Vogt (Bad Oeynhausen) |
| 09.00 – 09.15 | Coffee break |
| 09.00 – 12.00 | Live demonstration No. 4 |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Lunch |
| Session 8: Chairs: J.Vogt (Bad Oeynhausen), J. Bytešník (Prague) |
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| 13.00 – 13.30 | 3D reconstruction of atrial ana tomy using NavX TM:the role in catheter
ablation of atrial fibrillation L Macle (Montreal) |
| 13.30 – 13.45 | Coffee break |
| 13.45 – 16.30 | Live demonstration No 5 and Biophysics of radiofrequency ablation S. Shpun (Tirat-Hacarmel) |
| 16.30 – 16.35 | Closing remarks |
