| 09:30–10:30 |
Opening Ceremony and Introduction |
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Chairs: Josef Kautzner (Prague), Petr Neužil (Prague) |
| • 09:30–10:00 |
Introduction, Opening Ceremony
Josef Kautzner (Prague) |
| • 10:00–10:15 |
An Overview of Cases from 2024 (IKEM)
TBD (Prague) |
| • 10:15–10:30 |
An Overview of Cases from 2024 (HOMOLKA)
TBD (Prague) |
| 10:30–11:40 |
General Lectures |
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Chairs: Josef Kautzner (Prague), Petr Neužil (Prague) |
| • 10:30–10:50 |
The Sad Story of the Human Anatomy Atlas
Kalyanam Shivkumar (Los Angeles) |
| • 10:50–11:10 |
J Evangelista Purkyně (Purkinje) – A Man of Many Trades
Josef Kautzner (Prague) |
| • 11:10–11:40 |
Why Intracardiac Echocardiography Should Be in the Armamentarium of an
Electrophysiologist?
Fermin Garcia (Philadelphia) |
| 11:40–12:45 |
Lunch Break |
| 12:45–14:15 |
VT Lectures 1 |
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Chairs: Dan Wichterle (Prague), Fermin Garcia (Philadelphia) |
| • 12:45–13:00 |
Current Experience with PFA in VT Ablation
Petr Peichl (Prague) |
| • 13:00–13:15 |
Ultralow Cryoablation – Can It Compete with PFA?
Tom de Potter (Aalst) |
| • 13:15–13:30 |
How to Optimally Assess the Arrhythmogenic Substrate?
Ivo Roca-Luque (Barcelona) |
| • 13:30–13:45 |
VT Ablation with Field Technology – Can We Go Transmural?
Vivek Reddy (New York) |
| • 13:45–14:15 |
Discussion |
| 14:15–16:30 |
Live Cases 1 (5 VT Cases Simultaneously, 1 of them Prerecorded) |
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Chairs: Dan Wichterle (Prague), Tom de Potter (Aalst) |
| 16:30–17:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 17:00–18:30 |
VT Lectures 2 |
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Josef Kautzner (Prague), Kalyanam Shivkumar (Los Angeles) |
| • 17:00–17:15 |
Fascicular Ventricular Arrhythmias
Akihiko Nogami (Tokyo) |
| • 17:15–17:30 |
Complications of VT Ablation
Josef Kautzner (Prague) |
| • 17:30–17:45 |
Autonomic Modulation to Treat Ventricular Arrhythmias
Kalyanam Shivkumar (Los Angeles) |
| • 17:45–18:00 |
Radiotherapy for VT – Results of the STAR VT Trial
Jana Hašková (Prague) |
| • 18:00–18:30 |
Discussion |
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Day 2 (Monday, May 19,
2025) |
| 08:00–09:00 |
AF Ablation – New Technologies |
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Chairs: Paul Gould (Brisbane), Robert Čihák (Prague) |
| • 08:00–08:15 |
Pulse Select (Medtronic)
Atul Verma (Montreal) |
| • 08:15–08:30 |
Varipulse (Biosense Webster)
Massimo Grimaldi (Bari) |
| • 08:30–08:45 |
Globe (Kardium)
Petr Neužil (Prague) |
| • 08:45–09:00 |
Sine-Burst (Arga Medtech)
Ante Anić (Split) |
| • 09:00–09:15 |
ElePulse (Biotronik)
Paul Gould (Brisbane) |
| • 09:15–09:30 |
ElePulse (Biotronik) – Zero Fluoro Experience
Pierre Qian, Stuart Thomas (Sydney) |
| • 09:30–10:00 |
Discussion |
| 10:00–12:00 |
Live Cases 2 (6 AF Cases Simultaneously, 1 from Split,
1 Prerecorded) |
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Chairs: Paul Gould (Brisbane), Robert Čihák (Prague) |
| 12:00–12:15 |
Coffee Break |
| 12:15–13:45 |
AF Ablation – Different Strategies |
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Chairs: Dan Wichterle (Czechia), Serge Boveda (Toulouse) |
| • 12:15–12:30 |
OptiShot (CardioFocus)
Vivek Reddy (New York) |
| • 12:30–12:45 |
Farapulse (Boston Scientific) Guided by EA Mapping
Philipp Sommer (Bad Oyenhausen) |
| • 12:45–13:00 |
Farapulse (Boston Scientific) Guided by Intracardiac Echocardiography
Josef Kautzner (Prague) |
| • 13:00–13:15 |
Farapulse (Boston Scientific) Guided by Rotational Angiography
Tom de Potter (Aalst) |
| • 13:15–13:30 |
Ablation of Persistent AF Using Cryoballoon Arctic Front (Medtronic)
Serge Boveda (Toulouse) |
| • 13:30–14:00 |
Discussion |
| 14:00–15:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 15:00–17:00 |
Live Cases 3 (Simultaneously 4 AF Cases – Farapulse and LAA
Closure) |
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Chairs: Dan Wichterle (Czechia), Serge Boveda (Toulouse) |
| 17:00–17:30 |
Debate- AF Ablation and Left Appendage Closure in a Single Procedure?
PRO: Claudio Tondo (Milan)
CONTRA: Dhiraj Gupta (Liverpool) |
| 17:30–18:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 18:00–19:30 |
AF/AT Ablation – New Technologies |
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Chairs: Elad Anter (Tel Aviv), Petr Peichl (Prague) |
| • 18:00–18:15 |
Affera Sphere 9 (Medtronic) for AT Ablation
Elad Anter (Tel Aviv) |
| • 18:15–18:30 |
Affera 360 (Medtronic) for AF Ablation
Petr Peichl (Prague) |
| • 18:30–18:45 |
Nanosecond Pulsed Field Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Vivek Reddy (New York) |
| • 18:45–19:00 |
ST/SF PFA Catheter (Biosense Webster) for AF Ablation
Gabor Széplaki (Dublin) |
| • 19:00–19:30 |
Discussion |
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Day 3 (Tuesday, May 20,
2025) |
| 08:30–09:00 |
Pulse Field Energy in General |
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Chairs: Josef Kautzner (Prague), Atul Verma (Montreal) |
| • 08:30–08:45 |
All PFA Platforms Are Not the Same – Impact of Waveform on Biological
Effects
Atul Verma (Montreal) |
| • 08:45–09:00 |
PFA-Induced Hemolysis – How Much to Worry About?
Predrag Stojadinović (Prague) |
| 09:00–11:00 |
Live Cases 4 (4 AF Cases Simultaneously + 2 Prerecorded) |
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Chairs: Josef Kautzner (Prague), Atul Verma (Montreal) |
| 11:00–11:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30–12:15 |
AF Ablation – New Technologies |
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Chairs: Petr Peichl (Prague), Petr Neužil (Prague) |
| • 11:30–11:45 |
EasyPulz (BTL)
Petr Neužil (Prague) |
| • 11:45–12:00 |
Volt (Abbott)
Roland Tilz (Lübeck) |
| • 12:00–12:15 |
Quick Shot (CardioFocus)
Ante Anić (Split) |
| • 12:15–12:30 |
Discussion |
| 12:30–13:15 |
Cardioneuroablation |
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Chairs: Dan Wichterle (Prague), Giulio Falasconi (Barcelona) |
| • 12:30–12:45 |
CT-based Strategy of Identification of Ganglionated Plexi
Giulio Falasconi (Barcelona) |
| • 12:45–13:00 |
Cardioneuroablation in 2025
Dan Wichterle (Prague) |
| • 13:00–13:15 |
Discussion |
| 13:15–14:15 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:15–16:00 |
Live Cases 5 (6 Cases Simultaneously – 4 AF, 2 Online, 2 CNA) |
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Chairs: Josef Kautzner (Prague), Robert Čihák (Prague) |
| 16:00–16:05 |
Adjourn
Josef Kautzner (Prague) |
