Prague Workshop

20th Prague Workshop on Catheter Ablations with live demonstrations

2nd April 2017 – 4th April 2017

Venue:

Congress center, Institute for Molecular genetics of the ASCR (www.img.cas.cz)

Videnska 1083,142 00 Prague 4, Czech Republic

Main Focus:

Novel technologies and strategies for mapping and ablation of atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias – review lectures and live cases.

Target Audience:

Physicians and associated professionals with an interest in catheter ablation of complex cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias

Program Objectives

Provide a review of different strategies of mapping and catheter ablation of complex cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias
Demonstrate such strategies in live

Workshop Faculty:

International Faculty:

Andre d´Avila, Santa Catarina, Brazil

David J Callans, Philadelphia, USA

Julian Chun, Frankfurt, Germany

Paolo Della Bella, Milan, Italy

Mattias Duytschaever, Bruges, Belgium

Michel Haissaguerre, Bordeaux-Pesac, France

Gerhardt Hindricks, Leipzig, German

Hans Kottkamp, Zurich, Switzerland

Thorsten Lewalter, Munich, Germany

Jose L Merino, Madrid, Spain

Andrea Natale, Austin, USA

Anders Kirstein Pedersen, Roskilde, Denmark

Vivek Y Reddy, New York, USA

Philipp Sommer, Leipzig, Germany

Tamás Szili-Török, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Miguel Valderrabano, Houston, USA

Yan Yao, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Local Faculty (IKEM):

Bashar Aldhoon

Jan Bytešník

Robert Čihák

Josef Kautzner

Petr Peichl

Kamil Sedláček

Dan Wichterle

Kenichiro Yamagata

Local Faculty (Homolka)

Pavel Hála

Milan Chovanec

Marek Janotka

Ken Kakita

Petr Neužil

Jan Petrů

Lucie Šedivá

Jan Škoda

Programme

Sunday, April 2, 2017

10:00–11:00 Registration

11:00–11:20 Opening ceremony, welcome address – Chair: J Bytešník (Prague)

11:20–11:40 20 year history of the Prague Workshop – J Kautzner, Prague

11:40–12:00 Plenary lecture – AK Pedersen, Copenhagen

12:00–12:30 Review of cases studies from Prague Workshop 2016 – TBD

12:30–13:30 Lunch

13:30–15:00 Mapping and ablation of ventricular arrhythmias – Chairs: VY Reddy (New York) and J Kautzner (Prague)

13:30–13:50 Mapping and ablation of outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias – DJ Callans, Philadelphia

13:50–14:10 Venous mapping and alcohol ablation of left ventricular summit arrhythmias – M Valderrabano, Houston

14:10–14:30 Epicardial mapping and catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias – A d’Avila, St Katarina

14:30–14:50 Catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias in structural heart disease: what evidence do we have? – VY Reddy, New York

14:50–15:00 Discussion

15:00–15:30 Coffee break

15:30–19:00 Live demonstrations I – Chairs: P Della Bella (Milan) and R Cihak (Prague)

Case 1
Catheter ablation of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmia – DJ Callans, B Aldhoon

Case 2
Mapping and alcohol ablation of left ventricular summit arrhythmia – M Valderrabano, J Kautzner, P Peichl

Case 3
Epicardial mapping and catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in dilated cardiomyopathy – A d’Avila, P Neuzil

Case 4
Mapping and ablation of post-infarction ventricular tachycardia using magnetic navigation, T Szili-Török, J Škoda, P Neužil

19:00–20:00 Welcome drink

20:30–23:00 Faculty dinner

Monday, April 3, 2017

08:30–10:30 Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation – Chairs: JL Merino (Madrid), R Čihák (Prague)

08:30–08:50 FIRM mapping-guided ablation of atrial fibrillation – current status – G Hindricks, Leipzig

08:50–09:10 Ablation index and its clinical utility in ablation of atrial fibrillation – M Duytschaever, Bruges

09:10–09:30 Balloon technologies for ablation of atrial fibrillation – J Chun, Frankfurt

09:30–09:50 Principles of mapping and ablation of macrorenetrant atrial tachycardias – JL Merino, Madrid

09:50–10.00 Discussion

10:00–10:30 Coffee break

10:30–13:45 Live demonstrations II – Chairs: Y Yao (Beijing), J Kautzner (Prague)

Case 5
Panoramic mapping-guided ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation – M Haissaguerre, P Jais, M Hocini

Case 6
Ablation index and its clinical utility in ablation of atrial fibrillation – M Duytschaever, D Wichterle

Case 7
Principles of mapping and ablation of macrorenetrant atrial tachycardias – J Merino, P Peichl

Case 8
Innovative mapping of atrial fibrillation sources using dipole density assessment (Acutus) – VY Reddy, J Skoda

Case 9
Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation using cryoenergy – J Chun, J Petru

Case 10
Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation using laserballoon – P Neuzil, M Chovanec

13:45–14:45 Lunch

14:45–16:15 Catheter ablation of various substrates – Chairs: M Duytschaever (Bruges), D Wichterle (Prague)

14:45–15:05 An update on catheter ablation for neurocardiogenic syncope – Y Yao, Beijing

15:05–15:20 Multipolar mapping of ventricular arrhythmias – P Della Bella, Milan

15:20–15:40 BIFA strategy for the ablation of atrial fibrillation – H Kottkamp, Zurich

15:40–15:50 Discussion

16:50–16:15 Coffee break

16:15–19:30 Live demonstrations III – Chairs: G Hindricks (Leipzig), J Kautzner (Prague)

Case 11
FIRM mapping-guided ablation of atrial fibrillation – P Sommer, et al.

Case 12
Multipolar mapping of ventricular substrate after myocardial infarction – P Della Bella, P Peichl

Case 13
Catheter ablation in severe reflex syncope – Y Yao, D Wichterle

Case 14
BIFA mapping and ablation in atrial firillation – P Neuzil, H Kottkamp

Case 15
Ultrafast ablation of atrial fibrillation – VY Reddy, J Petru

19:30–20:00 Departure for dinner

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

08:30–10:00 Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation – Chairs: A Natale (Austin), J Kautzner (Praha)

08:30–08:50 Strategy of mapping and ablation of extrapulmonary foci in atrial fibrillation – A Natale (Austin)

08:50–09:10 Ultra-high density mapping of conduction gaps – T Lewalter (Munich)

09:10–09:20 Discussion

09:20–09:50 coffee break

09:50–13:00 Live demonstrations IV – Chairs: P Neuzil (Prague), J Kautzner (Praha)

Case 16
Ablation of extrapulmonary foci in persistent atrial fibrillation – A Natale, B Aldhoon

Case 17
Mapping of conduction gaps using the Rhythmia system – T Lewalter, P Peichl