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Workshop Programme

Sunday, March 5, 2006

14.00–15.00 Registration
15.00–15.10 Welcome address
J Kautzner (Prague, Czech Republic)
Chairmen: HJJ Wellens (Maastricht), J Kautzner (Prague)
15.10–15.40 Myocardial substrate for ventricular tachycardia
J M T de Bakker (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
15.40–16.10 What we can learn from ECG in ventricular tachycardia?
H J J Wellens (Maastrich, The Netherlands)
16.10–16.40 Current options for imaging of the myocardial substrate
Josef Kautzner (Prague, Czech Republic)
16.40–17.00 Coffee break
Chairmen: M Borggrefe (Mannheim), J Bytešník (Prague)
17.00–17.30 History and presence of catheter ablation
Martin Borggrefe (Mannheim,G ermany)
17.30–18.00 Ventricular restoration and substrate exclusion: how to kill two birds with one stone
Michael Alshibaya (Moscow, Russia)
18.00–18.15 Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter – technical innovations (Biotronik Lecture)
Thorsten Lewalter (Bonn, Germany)
18:15 – 19:00 Short Communications
The use of pVAD to facilitate catheter ablation of unstable VT after myocardial infarction.
P Neužil, Š Královec, V Reddy, L Šedivá, V Pavlíček, P Formánek (Prague, Czech Republic)
Proarrhythmic effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy in a patient with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy – successful catheter ablation.
P Peichl, H Mlčochová, R Čihák, J Kautzner (Prague, Czech Republic)
Atrial tachycardia from left superior vena cava.
S Yashin, YY Dumpis, AB Vainstein (Sankt-Petersburg, Russia)
Left- or right-sided accessory pathway? Perimitral block can result in error in location of accessory pathway.
O Jiravský, M Fiala, J Chovančík, R Neuwirth, R Nevřalová, I Nykl, M Branny (Třinec, Czech Republic)
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: the reasons for procedure inefficiency.
E Pokoushalov (Novosibirsk, Russia)
19:00 Welcome cocktail in the Congress Hall foyer

Monday, March 6, 2006

08:00 – 8:30 Registration
Chairmen: R Schilling (London), R Čihák (Prague)
08.30–09.00 Epicardial approach to ablation of ventricular tachycardia
M Scanavacca (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
09.00–09.15 High density mapping on PV isolation (BARD lecture)
T Lewalter (Bonn, Germany)
09.15 Live demonstration No 1
M Scanavacca, J Kautzner
from 10:30 Coffee break
Chairmen: D Wilber (Maywood), J Kautzner (Prague)
11.30–12.00 Catheter ablation of post-infarction ventricular tachycardia using non-contact mapping
R Schilling (London, United Kingdom)
12.00–13.00 Lunch
13.00 Live demonstration No 2
R Schilling, R Čihák
Chairmen: M Scanavacca (Sao Paulo), J Bytešník (Prague)
16.00–16.30 Catheter ablation of post-infarction ventricular tachycardia using electroanatomical mapping
D WIlber (Maywood, USA)
16:30 – 16:45 Coffee break
16.45 Live demonstration No 3
D Wilber, J Kautzner
19:30 coach transfer for Get-together reception
20:00 Get-together reception
Czech Museum of Music (České muzeum hudby)
Karmelitská 2, 118 00 Praha 1

Tuesday, March 7, 2006

Chairmen: P Neužil (Prague), J Kautzner (Prague)
08.30–09.00 Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation
A Natale (Cleveland, USA)
09.00 Live demonstration No 4
from 10.00 Coffee break
13.00 Adjourn