3rd International EP Workshop
 
    PROGRAMME OUTLINE

THURSDAY 22nd FEBRUARY 2018


20:00-22:00
  
                                   
                                                  WELCOME DINNER AT CROWNE PLAZA


FRIDAY 23rd FEBRUARY 2018
ELECTROGRAM RECORDINGS IN THE EP LAB: GENERAL CONCEPTS

8:15-8:45

       Welcoming and Registration

 


8:45-9:00
    
       Introduction

        Yves Vandekerckhove, AZ Sint Jan Bruges, BE
 


9:00-9:30



9:30-10:00


10:00-10:30
  1. Basic concepts of electrogram recordings: unipolar vs bipolar, filter settings and electrogram content, interelectrode size and spacing.
    Jacques de Bakker, Amsterdam University, NL

  2. Electrogram recordings during ablation: what do they tell about lesion formation.
    Mattias Duytschaever, AZ Sint Jan Bruges, BE

  3. Is there a place for algorithmic interpretation of electrogram recordings in the EP lab?  Richard Houben, 2BMedical & BioMRC Maastricht, NL


10:30-11:00      COFFEE BREAK
 
ELECTROGRAM RECORDINGS AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION


11:00-11:30



11:30-12:00



12:00-12:30

 

12:30-13:00
  1. Activation mapping during atrial fibrillation: do we have the appropriate catheters and annotation algorithms in the EP lab?
    Nastasja de Groot, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, NL

  2. Phase mapping: what goes in the box, what happens in the box, what comes out the box?
    Olivier Bernus, Bordeaux University Hospital, FR

  3. Electrogram recordings during sinus rhythm: are they useful in designing the ablation strategy?
    Thomas Arentz, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, DE

  4. Electrogram mapping during AF ablation.
    Clemens Bars, FR

13:00-14:00 LUNCH 
ELECTROGRAM RECORDINGS AND SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA


14:00-14:30



14:30-15:00


15:00-15:30



  1. What do electrograms tell about the circuit involved in typical and atypical AVNRT
    Hein Heidbüchel, University Hospital Antwerp, BE

  2. New mechanistic insights from high density mapping in atrial tachycardia
    Nicolas Derval, University Hospital Bordeaux, FR

  3. How to assess bidirectional block across common and uncommon ablation lines in the atria: pearls and pitfalls
    Sebastien Knecht, AZ Sint-Jan Bruges, BE


15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK
 
ELECTROGRAM RECORDINGS AND TISSUE CHARACTERISATION


16:00-16:30




16:30-17:00



  1. Imaging techniques to guide electrogram mapping and ablation in atrial fibrillation.
    Matthew Wright, Bupa Cromwell Hospital London, UK

  2. Imaging techniques to guide electrogram mapping and ablation in ventricular tachycardia.
    Benjamin Berte, Luzerner Kantonspital, CH


 

18:30-22:00
      COCKTAIL & DINNER IN BRUGES

SATURDAY 24th FEBRUARY 2018
ELECTROGRAM RECORDINGS AND VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA


9:30-10:00



10:00-10:30


10:30-11:00


  1. Mechanism of ischaemic VT: fixed and functional blocks.
    René Tavernier, AZ Sint-Jan Bruges, BE

  2. Added value of high resolution electrogram recordings in the ablation of ischaemic VT.
    Paolo Della Bella, San Raffaele Hospital Milan, IT

  3. Electrograms in idiopathic VT: is the earliest site always the optimal ablation site.
    Tom De Potter, OLV Hospital Aalst, BE


11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
 
MAPPING OF VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION

11:30-12:00


12:00-12:30

  1. Mechanism of VF: insight from the basic scientist.
    Pier Lambiase, UCL & Barts Heart Center London, UK

  2. Mapping and ablation of ventricular fibrillation: a dream to become reality?
    Olivier Bernus, Bordeaux University Hospital, FR



12:30-13:30

CLOSING LUNCH