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Atrial Fibrillation (Ablation): Session 1 Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Techniques and Outcomes Andrea Natale (USA)
Atrial Fibrillation (Ablation): Session 1 Avoiding Complications of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Yoshito Iesaka (Japan) *
Atrial Fibrillation (Ablation): Session 1 Follow up Protocols After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Karl-Heinz Kuck (Germany)
Atrial Fibrillation (Ablation): Session 1 Remote Navigation in Atrial Fibrillation Lab David Burkhardt (USA)
Atrial Fibrillation (Ablation): Session 2 Adjunctive Imaging in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Chang-Sheng Ma (China) *
Atrial Fibrillation (Ablation): Session 2 Anticoagulation Strategy and Recommendation After Successful Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Antonio Raviele (Italy)
Atrial Fibrillation (Ablation): Session 2 New Non-RF Technologies for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Robert Lemery (Canada)
Atrial Fibrillation (Ablation): Session 2 Percutaneous Epicardial Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Young-Hoon Kim (Korea)
Atrial Fibrillation (Ablation): Session 3 - Case-based Tutorial Ablation with Robotic Navigation (at least one case dual image and in tutorial format) Andrea Natale (USA)
Atrial Fibrillation (Ablation): Session 3 - Case-based Tutorial Catheter Ablation with Advanced Imaging: CARTOSound (at least one case dual image and in tutorial format) Douglas Packer (USA)
Atrial Fibrillation (Ablation): Session 3 - Case-based Tutorial 4 Step Approach for the Ablation of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Kikuya Uno (Japan)
Atrial Fibrillation (Ablation): Session 3 - Case-based Tutorial Substrate Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation (at least one case dual image & in tutorial format) Shih-Ann Chen (Taipei) *
Atrial Fibrillation (Device & Drug): Session 1 - Atrial Fibrillation: The State of the Art for Drug Therapy and Intervention Ablate & Pace: Still a Good Option, and for Whom? Win-Kuang Shen (USA)
Atrial Fibrillation (Device & Drug): Session 1 - Atrial Fibrillation: The State of the Art for Drug Therapy and Intervention Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: A Practical Perspective Bruce Lindsay (USA)
Atrial Fibrillation (Device & Drug): Session 1 - Atrial Fibrillation: The State of the Art for Drug Therapy and Intervention Guideline-based Therapy: Rate Versus Rhythm Control John Camm (UK) *
Atrial Fibrillation (Device & Drug): Session 1 - Atrial Fibrillation: The State of the Art for Drug Therapy and Intervention The International Epidemic of Atrial Fibrillation: Demographics & Risk of Stroke Oscar Oseroff (Argentina) *
Atrial Fibrillation (Device & Drug): Session 2 - What is the Future of Atrial Fibrillation Therapy: Drugs, Ablation, or Both? New antiarrhymic Drugs: What's on the Horizon? Richard Page (USA)
Atrial Fibrillation (Device & Drug): Session 2 - What is the Future of Atrial Fibrillation Therapy: Drugs, Ablation, or Both? Involving Techniques for AF Ablation Koichiro Kumagai (Japan)
Atrial Fibrillation (Device & Drug): Session 2 - What is the Future of Atrial Fibrillation Therapy: Drugs, Ablation, or Both? Novel Targets to Protect Against Atrial Fibrillation Gregory Lip (UK)
Atrial Fibrillation (Device & Drug): Session 2 - What is the Future of Atrial Fibrillation Therapy: Drugs, Ablation, or Both? Pacing for Atrial Fibrillation Prevention: Does it work? Tachapong Ngarmukos (Thailand) *
Ablation – VT/SVT: Session 1 - Mapping and Ablation of Difficult Supraventricular Tachycardias-What will the expert do?: A Case-Based Approach Approach to Map and Ablate of Atrial Tachycardia Jonathan Kalman (Australia) *
Ablation – VT/SVT: Session 1 - Mapping and Ablation of Difficult Supraventricular Tachycardias-What will the expert do?: A Case-Based Approach Atypical Atrial Flutter Robert Lemery (Canada)
Ablation – VT/SVT: Session 1 - Mapping and Ablation of Difficult Supraventricular Tachycardias-What will the expert do?: A Case-Based Approach Differentiating PSVT in the EP Lab Morio Shoda (Japan)
Ablation – VT/SVT: Session 1 - Mapping and Ablation of Difficult Supraventricular Tachycardias-What will the expert do?: A Case-Based Approach WPW at Unusual Location Hugh Calkins (USA)
Ablation – VT/SVT: Session 2 - Catheter Ablation of VT Ablation of Idiopathic VT Akihiko Nogami (Japan)
Ablation – VT/SVT: Session 2 - Catheter Ablation of VT Ablation of Recurrence Ventricular Fibrillation Vivek Reddy (USA)
Ablation – VT/SVT: Sesstion 2 - Catheter Ablation of VT Post-MIVT: How to Ablate Feifan Ouyang (Germany)
Ablation – VT/SVT: Sesstion 2 - Catheter Ablation of VT RV and LV Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathies Yan Yao (China)
Bradycardia Pacing: Session 1 - Basics of Bradycardia Pacing: Putting Case Studies into Practice Guidelines for Cardiac Pacing Ali Oto (Turkey) *
Bradycardia Pacing: Session 1 - Basics of Bradycardia Pacing: Putting Case Studies into Practice Choosing the Right Pacing Mode David Hayes (USA)
Bradycardia Pacing: Session 1- Basics of Bradycardia Pacing: Putting Case Studies into Practice Complications of Device Implantation Yuji Nakazato (Japan)
Bradycardia Pacing: Session 1 - Basics of Bradycardia Pacing: Putting Case Studies into Practice Optimal Way to Manage Pacemakers Interference and Recall Massimo Santini (Italy)
Bradycardia Pacing: Session 2 - Controversial Issues in Cardiac Pacing Pacing for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation: Still a viable concept? Carsten Israel (Germany)
Bradycardia Pacing: Session 2 - Controversial Issues in Cardiac Pacing   Sabrina Tsao (USA) *
Bradycardia Pacing: Session 2 - Controversial Issues in Cardiac Pacing Alternate - or Dual-site Right Ventricular Pacing: What do we really know? Hung-Fat Tse (Hong Kong) *
Bradycardia Pacing: Session 2 - Controversial Issues in Cardiac Pacing Pacing for Non-Arrhythmic Indications David Hayes (USA)
Gene/Cell Bio-ablation Douglas Packer (USA)
Gene/Cell Biological Pacemaker Ronald Li (Hong Kong) *
Gene/Cell Gap Junction as a Target of Therapy David Siu (Hong Kong) *
Gene/Cell Genotype-Phenotype Relations in Ion Channel Diseases Wataru Shimizu (Japan)
Heart Failure: Session 1 - Heart Failure Management Overview New and Old Drugs for Heart Failure John Camm (UK) *
Heart Failure: Session 1 - Heart Failure Management Overview CRT - 2008: State of the Art David Hayes (USA)
Heart Failure: Session 1 - Heart Failure Management Overview Debate: CRT should be Implanted in All Patients with AV Block Regardless of EF and QRS Duration - CON Jean-Jacques Blanc (France)
Heart Failure: Session 1 - Heart Failure Management Overview Debate: CRT should be Implanted in All Patients with AV Block Regardless of EF and QRS Duration - PRO Sanjeev Saksena (USA)
Heart Failure: Session 2 – How to Implant and Program CRT, Case-based Tutorial Challenging Implant Peter Belott (USA)
Heart Failure: Session 2 – How to Implant and Program CRT, Case-based Tutorial Where are the optimal RV and LV pacing sites? Luigi Padeletti (Italy)
Heart Failure: Session 2 – How to Implant and Program CRT, Case-based Tutorial How to Optimize CRT After Implantation: Echo Device Based and Others Michael Gold (USA)
Heart Failure: Sesssion 3 - New Development in CRT Role of echocardiography in patient selection for CRT, what can we learn from PROSPECT and RETHINQ? Cheuk-Man Yu (Hong Kong)
Heart Failure: Session 3 - New Development in CRT How Useful are Device Diagnostics for Heart Failure Management Michael Gold (USA)
Heart Failure: Session 3 - New Development in CRT CRT Upgrade in Pacemaker Patients Chun-Chieh Wang (Taipei)
Heart Failure: Sesssion 3 - New Development in CRT Role of CRT in AF patients Wing-Hong Fung (Hong Kong)
New Therapies: Session 1 - Advances in Navigation & Imaging in the EP Laboratory Remote Handle Manipulation Bradley Knight (USA)
New Therapies: Session 1 - Advances in Navigation & Imaging in the EP Laboratory Non-Contract Cardiac Mapping Ming-Long Chen (China) *
New Therapies: Session 1 - Advances in Navigation & Imaging in the EP Laboratory Intracardiac Echocardiography Jonathan Kalman (Australia) *
New Therapies: Session 1 - Advances in Navigation & Imaging in the EP Laboratory Role of MR Imaging During Catheter Ablation Procedures Hugh Calkins (USA)
Sudden Cardiac Death: Session 1 - Debates on Risk-Stratification All Patients with Brugada ECG should undergo EP Testing for Risk-Stratification - CON Tohru Ohe (Japan)
Sudden Cardiac Death: Session 1 - Debates on Risk-Stratification All Patients with Brugada ECG should undergo EP Testing for Risk-Stratification - PRO Christian Wolpert (Germany)
Sudden Cardiac Death: Session 1 - Debates on Risk-Stratification Ablation of Stable VT is Preferable to ICD Implant in Structural Heart Disease - CON Karl-Heinz Kuck (Germany)
Sudden Cardiac Death: Session 1 - Debates on Risk-Stratification Ablation of Stable VT is Preferable to ICD Implant in Structural Heart Disease - PRO TBC *
Sudden Cardiac Death: Session 1- Debates on Risk-Stratification CRTD is Preferable to CRTP in Heart Failure - PRO Eric Prystowsky (USA)
Sudden Cardiac Death: Session 1 - Debates on Risk-Stratification CRTD is Preferable to CRTP in Heart Failure - CON Panos Vardas (Greece) *
Sudden Cardiac Death: Session 2 - Gray Hairs for Gray Zones Interactive Cases Presented & Discussed by a Panel of International Experts David Cannom (USA)
Sudden Cardiac Death: Session 2 - Gray Hairs for Gray Zones Interactive Cases Presented & Discussed by a Panel of International Experts Takashi Kurita (Japan)
Sudden Cardiac Death: Session 2 - Gray Hairs for Gray Zones Interactive Cases Presented & Discussed by a Panel of International Experts Chu-Pak Lau (Hong Kong) *
Sudden Cardiac Death: Session 2 - Gray Hairs for Gray Zones Interactive Cases Presented & Discussed by a Panel of International Experts Massimo Santini (Italy)
Sudden Cardiac Death: Session 3 - 2008 Device Guideline Update CRT Indications Philippe Ritter (France) *
Sudden Cardiac Death: Session 3 - 2008 Device Guideline Update ICD Indications Richard Page (USA)
Sudden Cardiac Death: Session 3 - 2008 Device Guideline Update Pacemaker Indications Shu Zhang (China) *
Sudden Cardiac Death: Session 3 - 2008 Device Guideline Update Screening for Athletes & High Risk Subjects David Cannom (USA)
Syncope Predicting the Onset of Syncope Richard Sutton (UK)
Syncope Syncope in Heart Failure Panos Vardas (Greece) *
Syncope The Syncope Management Unit (SMU) Concept Win-Kuang Shen (USA)
Syncope Physical Maneuvers for Preventing Reflex Syncope David Benditt (USA)
Syncope Occupational Impact of Syncope Haruhiko Abe (Japan)
Tachycardia Therapy Device (ICD): Session 1 - Electrical Nightmares: A Cased-based Approach Failure of Defibrillation: Implant & Follow Up Dwight Reynolds (USA)
Tachycardia Therapy Device (ICD): Session 1 - Electrical Nightmares: A Cased-based Approach Electrical Storms: Electrograms & Therapy Muhammed Munawar (Indonesia) *
Tachycardia Therapy Device (ICD): Session 1 - Electrical Nightmares: A Cased-based Approach Lead Failures: Diagnosis & Therapy Wee-Siong Teo (Singapore)
Tachycardia Therapy Device (ICD): Session 1 - Electrical Nightmares: A Case-based Approach Loss of Cardiac Resynchronization due to Arrhythmias Bruce Wilkoff (USA) *
Tachycardia Therapy Device (ICD): Session 3 - ICD Shocks: Approach & Avoidance Testing Defibrillation Efficacy: What is the Value? Werner Jung (Germany)
Tachycardia Therapy Device (ICD): Session 3 - ICD Shocks: Approach & Avoidance Programming to Reduce Shock Frequency Bruce Wilkoff (USA) *
Tachycardia Therapy Device (ICD): Session 3 - ICD Shocks: Approach & Avoidance Drugs or Ablation to Avoid Shocks and When Vivek Reddy (USA)
Tachycardia Therapy Device (ICD): Session 3 - ICD Shocks: Approach & Avoidance Do ICD Shocks Cause Harm or Identify Higher risk Patients? Michael Sweeney (USA) *
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 1 - 心房顫動的防治會場 中國大陸心房顫動射頻消融治療——2007年回顧 Cong-xin Huang (China)
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 1 - 心房顫動的防治會場 慢性房顫消融——機遇與挑戰 Chang-Sheng Ma (China) *
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 1 - 心房顫動的防治 從HRS的房顫導管消融治療專家共識談房顫的規範化治療 Jian Ma (China) *
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 1 - 心房顫動的防治 步進式心房線性消融策略 Yan Yao (China)
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 1 - 心房顫動的防治會場 The HRS Consensus Document for AF Ablation Hugh Calkins (USA)
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 2 - 心臟性猝死 中國大陸心臟性猝死的防治:困難與挑戰 Shu Zhang (China) *
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 2 - 心臟性猝死 心室顫動的射頻消融是否值得嘗試? Quan Fang (China)
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 2 - 心臟性猝死 從2008年器械治療指南看心臟性猝死的一級預防 Wei Hua (China) *
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 2 - 心臟性猝死 Brugada綜合征、QT間期異常與心臟性猝死——中國大陸狀況 Ke-Jiang Cao (China) *
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 2 - 心臟性猝死 Brugada Synchrome Update Christian Wolpert (Germany)
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 3 - CRT治療心衰 從Reverse試驗看CRT治療在輕度心衰患者的應用 De-jia Huang (China) *
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 3 - CRT治療心衰 窄QRS波患者是否適合CRT治療? Fa-Rong Shen (China) *
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 3 - CRT治療心衰 房顫合併心衰的患者能從CRT治療中獲益嗎? Jing-Feng Wang (China) *
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 3 - CRT治療心衰 CRT治療——如何減少「無反應」患者 Yu-Tang Wang (China) *
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 3 - CRT治療心衰 CRT in pacemaker patients Michael Sweeney (USA) *
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 4 - 心律失常的器械治療 中國大陸心臟起搏器應用大全景 Fang-Zheng Wang (China)
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 4 - 心律失常的器械治療 器械治療術後感染處理:一個棘手問題 Jie-Fu Yang (China)
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 4 - 心律失常的器械治療 ICD術後電風暴的原因及處理 Ke-Ping Chen (China)
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 4 - 心律失常的器械治療 如何應對ICD術後高除顫閾值 Jian-An Wang (China)
Advances in Ablation and Device Putonghua: Session 4 - 心律失常的器械治療 Remote monitoring in ICD & PM Dwight Reynolds (USA)
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 1 - Patients with Syncope and Palpitation - How to Approach? Cause of Syncope and Investigations Ruth Kam (Singapore)
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 1 - Patients with Syncope and Palpitation - How to Approach ? Prevention and Treatment of Vasovagal Syncope David Benditt (USA)
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 1 - Patients with Syncope and Palpitation - How to Approach ? Patients with Palpitation: Cause and investigations Yui-Chi So (Hong Kong)
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 1 - Patients with Syncope and Palpitation - How to Approach ? Drugs for Tachycardias (AF, SVT, VT) Wing-Hong Fung (Hong Kong)
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 2 - ECG in Daily Clinical Practice – How to Interpret ? Bradycardia & BBB Delon Wu (Taipei) *
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 2 - ECG in Daily Clinical Practice – How to Interpret ? Narrow-complex Tachycardia: ECG, Acute & Long Term Treatment Bruce Lindsay (USA)
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 2 - ECG in Daily Clinical Practice – How to Interpret ? Tachycardia (II) – Wide-complex Tachycardia: ECG, Acute & Long Term Treatment Ngai-Shing Mok (Hong Kong)
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 2 - ECG in Daily Clinical Practice – How to Interpret ? ECG in Coronary Artery Disease & Heart Failure Kwok-Keung Chan (Hong Kong)
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 3 - Cardiac Device – Who Should Receive the Implant and How to Advise Recipients on Their Daily Life Activities Overview of Pacemaker and ICD Implantation Cathy Lam (Hong Kong) *
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 3 - Cardiac Device – Who Should Receive the Implant and How to Advise Recipients on Their Daily Life Activities Update on Implantation Guidelines Yat-Sun Chan (Hong Kong)
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 3 - Cardiac Device – Who Should Receive the Implant and How to Advise Recipients on Their Daily Life Activities Sports, Driving and Electromagnetic Interference Dwight Reynolds (USA)
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 3 - Cardiac Device – Who Should Receive the Implant and How to Advise Recipients on Their Daily Life Activities Device Patients Undergoing Dental and Surgical Procedure Wei Hua (China) *
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 4 - Peri-operative and Emergency Cardiac Arrhythmias – How To Manage? Atrial Fibrillation in Patients After Surgery John Camm (UK) *
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 4 - Peri-operative and Emergency Cardiac Arrhythmias – How To Manage? Anti thrombotic Therapy for AF: Rountine, Pre-operative, and Warfarin + Dual Antiplatelet Gregory Lip (UK)
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 4 - Peri-operative and Emergency Cardiac Arrhythmias – How To Manage ? Incessant Ventricular Tachycardia & VF Storm: ICU & ICD Patients Steve WK Lai (Hong Kong)
Practical Aspect of Arrhythmia Management : Session 4 - Peri-operative and Emergency Cardiac Arrhythmias – How To Manage ? Drug and Herb Induced Cardiac Arrhythmias Chi-Wo Chan (Hong Kong) *
Joint Session with Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society - Frontier of Arrhythmia Management in the Asia Pacific Region Substrate Property and Catheter Ablation of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Shih-Ann Chen (Taipei) *
Joint Session with Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society - Frontier of Arrhythmia Management in the Asia Pacific Region Long Term Outcome (> 5 years) After Catheter Ablation of AF: Have we finished to carry out our mission? Young-Hoon Kim (Korea)
Joint Session with Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society - Frontier of Arrhythmia Management in the Asia Pacific Region Clinical and Electrocardiographic Characteristics in Japanese Patients with Brugada Syndrome- A comparison with European studies Masayasu Hiraoka (Japan)
Joint Session with Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society - Frontier of Arrhythmia Management in the Asia Pacific Region Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Brugada Syndrome Tohru Ohe (Japan)
Paediatric Arrhythmia Pacing in Patient with Congenital Heart Diseases: Tricks of the Trade Harry Mond (Australia)
Paediatric Arrhythmia ICD & CRT in Paediatric Population Sabrina Tsao (USA)
Paediatric Arrhythmia Catheter Ablations in Children with Ventricular Tachycardia Evgeny Pokushalov (Russia)
ICPES Management of Device Recall Dwight Reynolds (USA)
ICPES World Pacing and ICD Registry Harry Mond (Australia)
ICPES Anti-arrythmic Medications Usage on a world wide basis: The old, the new and the absolute John Camm (UK) *
ICPES AF ablation: An International Perspective Douglas Packer (USA)
Joint Session with Indian Heart Rhythm Society Debate: Biventricular pacing does not require defibrillator backup in moderate heart failure - PRO Kamal Sethi (India)
Joint Session with Indian Heart Rhythm Society Debate: Biventricular pacing does not require defibrillator backup in moderate heart failure - CON Farouk Pirzada (USA) *
Joint Session with Indian Heart Rhythm Society Debate: Intracardiac echocardiographic imaging is unnecessary for in left atrial ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation - PRO Ravi Kishore (India) *
Joint Session with Indian Heart Rhythm Society Debate: Intracardiac echocardiographic imaging is unnecessary for in left atrial ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation - CON Jasbir Sra (USA) *
Joint Session with Indian Heart Rhythm Society Debate: Biatrial linear ablation is unnecessary in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation - PRO C. Narasimhan (India) *
Joint Session with Indian Heart Rhythm Society Debate: Biatrial linear ablation is unnecessary in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation - CON Sanjeev Saksena (USA)
Joint Session with Indian Heart Rhythm Society Debate: The potential atrial fibrillation epidemic in India can be aborted by prevention of hypertension and rheumatic fever - PRO Vadagenalli Prakash (India)
Joint Session with Indian Heart Rhythm Society Debate: The potential atrial fibrillation epidemic in India can be aborted by prevention of hypertension and rheumatic fever - CON Abraham Kocheril (USA) *
Bard Symposium   Delon Wu (Taipei) *
Lunch Symposium (Supported by Takeda) Beyond Blood Pressure Control: ARB on HT, Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease Chu-Pak Lau (Hong Kong) *
Lunch Symposium (Supported by Takeda) Role of ARB on AF Koichiro Kumagai (Japan) *
Sudden Cardiac Death in Asian Pacific Region - Principle to Practice   TBC *
Joint Session with Heart Rhythm Society   TBC *
Joint SOLAECE Symposium   TBC *
   
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