Prague Workshop
Final programme
Day 1 (Sunday, April 21, 2024)
Registration is open from 09:00
| 09:30–10:00 | Opening Ceremony and Introduction Chairs: Josef Kautzner and Petr Neužil (Prague) |
| 10:00–10–15 | The follow up of cases from 2023 Nicoletta Ventrella, Prague, Czechia TBA from Homolka, Prague, Czechia |
| 10:15–12:15 | Anatomy and electrophysiology Chairs: Josef Kautzner and Petr Neužil (Prague) |
| 10:15–10:45 | Anatomy for electrophysiologists Maxim Didenko, Bad Oyenhausen, Germany |
| 10:45–11:30 | Intracardiac echocardiography for electrophysiologists Mansour Razminia, Elgin, IL, USA |
| 11:30–12:00 | Intracardiac echocardiography and 3D mapping system: a perfect marriage Fermin Garcia, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| 12:00–12:15 | Standardized workflows for improving efficiency and efficacy of catheter
ablation Tom De Potter, Aalst, Belgium |
| 12:15–13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00–14:30 | Ablation of ventricular arrhythmias 1 + preview of PFA in AF
ablation Chairs: Fermin Garcia (Philadelphia) and Petr Peichl (Prague) |
| 13:00–13:15 | How much should we evaluate patients with clinically idiopathic PVC/VT? Daniele Muser, Udine, Italy |
| 13:15–13:30 | The role of ganglion stellate blockade in the management of electrical
storm Marek Šramko, Prague, Czechia |
| 13:30–13:45 | Complications of VT ablation and how to minimize them? Josef Kautzner, Prague, Czechia |
| 13:45–14:00 | Is pulsed field ablation of AF a game changer? Gian Battista Chierchia, Brussels, Belgium |
| 14:00–14:30 | Discussion |
| 14:30–16:30 | Ablation of ventricular arrhythmias 2 Chairs: Petr Neužil (Prague) and Roderick Tung (Phoenix) |
| 14:30–14:45 | Targeted ablation of ventricular tachycardia guided by wavefront
discontinuities during sinus rhythm Roderick Tung, Phoenix, AZ, USA |
| 14:45–15:00 | Septal substrate ablation guided by delayed transmural conduction times:
A novel ablation approach to target intramural substrates Pasquale Santangeli, Cleveland, OH, USA |
| 15:00–15:15 | Decrement evoked potential mapping to guide ventricular tachycardia
ablation: Elucidating the functional substrate. Andreu Porta-Sánchez, Barcelona, Spain |
| 15:15–15:30 | New Horizons of VT Ablation Vivek Y Reddy, New York, NY, USA |
| 15:30–16:00 | Debate. Can we predict hemodynamic deterioration during VT ablation for preemptive use of percutaneous mechanical support? Pro – Pasquale Santangeli, Cleveland, OH, USA Contra – Predrag Stojadinović, Prague, Czechia |
| 16:00–16:30 | Discussion |
| 16:30–16:45 | Coffee break |
| 16:45–19:30 | Live cases 1 (4 cases simultaneously) Chairs: Hiroshi Nakagawa (Cleveland) and Dan Wichterle (Prague) |
Open all day
Boston Scientific – EP Innovation Room (ground floor, close to the congress hall)
Day 2 (Monday, April 22, 2024)
| 08:00–09:30 | Ablation of ventricular arrhythmias 3 Chairs: Hiroshi Nakagawa (Cleveland) and Robert Čihák (Prague) |
| 08:00–08:15 | How to optimize pulsed field ablation lesion? Hiroshi Nakagawa, Cleveland, OH, USA |
| 08:15–08:30 | Early experience with pulsed field in VT ablation Petr Peichl, Prague, Czechia |
| 08:30–08:45 | Catheter ablation for cardiogenetic diseases? Giuseppe Ciconte, Milan, Italy |
| 08:45–09:00 | Mapping and ablation of idiopathic VF Mélèze Hocini, Bordeaux, France |
| 09:00–09:30 | Discussion |
| 09:30–12:30 | Live cases 2 (5 cases simultaneously, one from Milan) Chairs: Mélèze Hocini (Bordeaux) and Dan Wichterle (Prague) |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30–15:30 | Ablation of atrial fibrillation |
| 13:30–13:45 | Is pulsed field ablation for AF only one entity? Tom De Potter, Aalst, Belgium |
| 13:45–14:00 | Artificial intelligence software standardizes electrogram-based ablation
outcome for persistent atrial fibrillation Julien Seitz, Marseille, France |
| 14:00–14:15 | Is high-power, short-duration ablation still appealing? Nándor Szegedi, Budapest, Hungary |
| 14:15–14:30 | Radiotherapy for atrial fibrillation: a viable approach? Massimo Grimaldi, Bari, Italy |
| 14:30–14:45 | Hybrid AF ablation: still room for it? Bert Maessen, Maastricht, The Netherlands |
| 14:45–15:00 | Discussion |
| 15:00–15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30–19:30 | Live cases 3 (4 cases simultaneously + live in the
box) Chairs: Massimo Grimaldi (Bari) and Dan Wichterle (Prague) |
Open all day
Boston Scientific – EP Innovation Room (ground floor, close to the congress hall)
Day 3 (Tuesday, April 23, 2024)
| 8:00–9:15 | Cardioinhibitory syncope and inappropriate sinus
tachycardia Chairs: Petr Neužil (Prague) and Josef Kautzner (Prague) |
| 8:00–08:15 | Cardioneuroablation – current evidence and ongoing studies Roman Piotrowski, Warsaw, Poland |
| 08:15–08:30 | Cardioneuroablation – unilateral or bilateral approach? Dan Wichterle, Prague, Czechia |
| 08:30–08:45 | Cardioneuroablation: the neurological point of view Alessandra Fanciulli, Innsbruck, Austria |
| 08:45–09:00 | Invasive treatment of inappropriate sinus tachycardia and POTS Carlo de Asmundis, Brussels, Belgium |
| 09:00–09:15 | Discussion |
| 09:15–11:30 | Live cases 4 (2 cases simultaneously) |
| 11:30–12:00 | Coffee break |
| 12:00–12:15 | Thoracic sympathectomy in the management of electrical storm Kalyanam Shivkumar, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 12:15–12:45 | Pentaspline catheter PFA supported by electroanatomical mapping system: a
new standard? Petr Neužil, Prague, Czechia |
| 12:45–13:00 | Discussion |
| 13:00–13:05 | Adjourn Josef Kautzner, Prague, Czechia |
