Prague Workshop

Opening Ceremony and Introduction
Chairs: Josef Kautzner and Petr Neužil (Prague)

The follow up of cases from 2023
Nicoletta Ventrella, Prague, Czechia
TBA from Homolka, Prague, Czechia

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

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)

Boston Scientific - EP Innovation Room (ground floor, close to the congress hall)

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)

Boston Scientific - EP Innovation Room (ground floor, close to the congress hall)

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