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Program

Sunday, March 23, 2014

08:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 09:45 Welcome address
J Kautzner, Prague
09:45 – 10:15 Review of Cases from Prague Workshop 2013
Staff members from IKEM and Homolka Hospital
10:15 – 12:15 Key Issues in Electrophysiology
Chairs: P Neužil (Prague), V Reddy (New York)
10:15 – 10:35 What is important to create an adequate RF lesion?
H Nakagawa, Oklahoma City
10:35 – 10:55 Radiation in the EP lab: an invisible foe?
T de Potter, Aalst
10:55 – 11:15 Mediguide technology: a promise to minimize radiation fulfilled?
P Peichl, Prague
11:15 – 11:35 Conventional catheter ablation with zero – fluoroscopy
S Stec, Warsaw
11:35 – 11:55 Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation without the use of fluoroscopy
M Mangrum, Charlottesville
11:55 – 12:15 Discussion
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Catheter Ablation of Atrial fibrillation
Chairs: R Čihák (Prague), T de Potter (Aalst)
13:30 – 14:00 Substrate imaging in atrial fibrillation: Reality or fiction?
M O´Neill, London
14:00 – 14:30 Mapping during atrial fibrillation: hype or hope?
H S Lim, Bordeaux
14:30 – 15:30 Patient with an ICD and Recurrent Shocks
Chairs: J Bytešník (Prague), D Bänsch (Rostock)
14:30 – 15:00 Smart programming and drugs can do the job
C Israel, Bielefeld
15:00 – 15:30 Catheter ablation is an optimal solution
D Bänsch, Rostock
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 19:30 Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias
Chairs: J Škoda (Prague), H Nakagawa (Oklahoma City)
16:00 – 16:30 The broad spectrum of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias
D Callans, Philadelphia
16:30 – 19:30 Live Demonstrations
  Case 1
Catheter ablation of post – infarction ventricular tachycardia
D Bänsch, J Kautzner
  Case 2
Catheter ablation of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia
D Callans, P Peichl
  Case 3
Ultrasound renal denervation in patient with resistant arterial hypertension
V Reddy, P Neužil
  Case 4
Ablation of paroxysmal atrial fi brillation with multielectrode catheter (nMARQ) and multisite activation mapping
P Neužil, V Reddy, J Petrů
19:30 – 20:30 Welcome reception
20:30 – 23:00 Faculty dinner

Monday, March 24, 2014

08:30 – 09:40 The Practice of Catheter Ablation I
Chairs: J Kautzner (Prague), H Nakagawa (Oklahoma City)
08:30 – 09:00 The best strategies to ablate atrial fi brillation in 2013
V Reddy, New York
09:00 – 09:20 Ventricular tachycardia ablation using remote navigation
M Valderrabano, Houston
09:20 – 09:40 Lessons learned using contact force assessment
D Wichterle, Prague
09:40 – 09:50 Discussion
09:50 – 10:20 Coffee break
10:20 – 13:30 Live Demonstrations
Chairs: B Aldhoon (Prague), S Stec (Warsaw)
  Case 5
Catheter ablation of post-infarction ventricular tachycardia using electromechanical robotic system
M Valderrabano, J Kautzner
  Case 6
Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy – hybrid procedure
V Reddy, P Neužil, J Petrů
  Case 7
Catheter ablation of atrial fi brillation using contact force assessment
D Wichterle, R Čihák
  Case 8
Catheter ablation for electrical storm in a patient with hypertrophic nonobstructive cardiomyopathy
P Neužil, V Reddy, J Petrů
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:20 The Practice of Catheter Ablation and Other Interventions
Chairs: D Wichterle (Prague), M Valderrabano (Houston)
14:30 – 14:50 Remote control of the ablation catheter: the promise and the realityvLH Boldt, Berlin
14:50 – 15:10 Left atrial appendage closure: where do we stand?
P Neužil, Prague
15:10 – 15:30 Discussion
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 19:30 Live Demonstrations
Chairs: D Wichterle (Prague), M Valderrabano (Houston)
  Case 9
Conventional catheter ablation with zero – fluoroscopy
S Stec, P Peichl
  Case 10
Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation without fluoroscopy
M Mangrum, P Neužil, J Petrů
  Case 11
Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation using Amigo remote controller
LH Boldt, R Čihák
  Case 12
Catheter ablation of atrial tachycardia in congenital heart patient after cardiac surgery
V Reddy, P Neužil, J Petrů
19:30 transfer TO GET-TOGETHER PARTY
20:00 GET-TOGETHER PARTY
Municipal House (Obecní dům), nám. Republiky 5, Prague 1
Pilsner Hall + American Bar
admission with Workshop name badge
return transfers to official hotels at 22:30, 23:00, 23:30

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

08:30 – 09:30 Catheter Ablation of Atrial Flutter
Chairs: R Čihák (Prague), T Lewalter (Munich)
08:30 – 08:50 Catheter ablation of atrial flutter: What we have learned?
J Kautzner, Prague
08:50 – 09:10 Largest amplitude ablation is the optimal approach for typical atrial flutter ablation
T Lewalter, Munich
09:10 – 09:20 Discussion
09:20 – 09:40 Coffee break
09:40 – 12:00 Live Demonstrations
Chairs: D Wichterle (Prague), J Škoda (Prague)
  Case 13
Catheter ablation of atrial flutter using EP guided approach and MediGuide technology
P Peichl, B Aldhoon
  Case 14
Catheter ablation of atrial flutter using largest amplitude mapping approach
T Lewalter, J Kautzner
12:00 Adjourn
J Kautzner, Prague