14th Prague Workshop on Catheter Ablation
with Live demonstrations
March 6 – 8, 2011
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague, Czech Republic
in association with Homolka Hospital, Prague
under the auspices of the Czech Society of Cardiology and its Working Group on Arrhythmias and Cardiac Pacing
The workshop is co-organized together with the „Modern Treatment of Arrhythmias Endowment Fund“
WELCOME ADDRESS
Dear Colleague,
Welcome to the 14th International Prague Workshop on Catheter Ablation with Live Demonstrations. Similar to previous editions, we have prepared a series of educational review lectures on different aspects of catheter ablation, moving from anatomy to imaging and from ablation of ???simple??? arrhythmia substrates to more complex ones.
Less experienced electrophysiologists would enjoy tutorial on catheter ablation of atrial flutter and/or how to perform transseptal puncture with a possibility to test their abilities on a simulator. Those more experienced would watch different strategies of ablation of atrial fibrillation and observe some novel technologies, including electrical contact assessment, single shot devices such as cryoballoon, remote navigation system, etc. In addition, the plan is to demonstrate also left atrial appendage closure.
Traditionally, the scientific programme is followed by a reception that will take place in a special area of the city of Prague.
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
