PRAGUE RHYTHM 2023, March 19 - 21, 2023, CONGRESS WITH LIVE CASES AND DEMONSTRATIONS

Prague Workshop

The final program

Day 1 (Sunday, March 19, 2023)

10:00-10:45

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

10:30-10:45

The follow up of cases from 2022
TBD

10:45-12:00

Anatomy and electrophysiology
Chairs: Josef Kautzner and Petr Neužil (Prague)

10:45-11:10

Flying through the heart: 3D anatomy of the heart
Joris Ector (Leuven)

11:10-11:35

Anatomy for the electrophysiologist
KKalyanam Shivkumar (Los Angeles)

11:35-12:00

Online anatomy for electrophysiologists
Fermin Garcia (Philadelphia)

12:00-12:30

Lunch Break

12:30-13:30

Various aspects of ablation procedure
Chairs: Josef Kautzner and Petr Neužil (Prague)

12:30-12:45

Anticoagulation strategies around catheter ablation of AF and VT
Massimo Grimaldi (Bari)

12:45-13:00

From hypnosis to general anesthesia for EP procedures
Marco Scaglione (Asti)

13:00-13:15

The role of preprocedural imaging in catheter ablation
Hubert Cochet (Bordeaux)

13:15-13:30

Discussion

13:30-15:15

Ablation of ventricular arrhythmias 1
Chairs: Josef Kautzner (Prague) and William G Stevenson (Nashville)

13:30-13:50

A history of VT mapping and ablation
William G Stevenson (Nashville)

13:50-14:05

Intramyocardial mapping of ventricular premature depolarizations via septal venous perforators
Fermin Garcia (Philadelphia)

14:05-14:20

Will pulsed field ablation change the results of catheter ablation for VT?
Elad Anter (Tel Aviv)

14:20-14:40

Will alcohol ablation have a chance against pulsed field ablation?
Miguel Valderrabano (Houston)

14:40-14:55

Can VT ablation improve prognosis?
Paolo Della Bella (Milan)

14:55-15:15

Discussion

15:15-17:15

Live cases VT/PVC (2+2 from IKEM and Homolka)
Chairs: Dan Wichterle (Prague) and William G Stevenson (Nashville)

Case 1

Alcohol ablation of ventricular ectopy
IKEM, Miguel Valderrabano, Josef Kautzner, et al

Case 2

VT ablation of ischemic VT guided by EnSite X
IKEM, Paolo Della Bella, Petr Peichl, et al

Case 3

Mapping and ablation of ventricular ectopy
HOMOLKA, Fermin Garcia, Jan Škoda, et al

Case 4

HD mapping and ablation of ischemic VT supported by pVAD
HOMOLKA, Elad Anter, Petr Neužil, et al

17:15-17:30

Coffee Break

17:30-19:00

Ablation of ventricular arrhythmias 2
Chairs: Robert Čihák (Prague) and David Callans (Philadelphia)

17:30-17:45

ECG algorithms to locate the origin of VPB/VT
David Callans (Philadelphia)

17:45-18:00

Omnipolar mapping-guided VT ablation
Tarvinder Dhanjal (Coventry)

18:00-18:15

Do we need to look for functional component of the substrate?
Katja Zeppenfeld (Leiden)

18:15-18:30

Endocardial scar-homogenization with or without epicardial ablation in VT patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy
Andrea Natale (Austin)

18:30-18:45

Epicardial access using carbon dioxide insufflation
John Silberbauer (Brighton)

18:45-19:00

Discussion

Day 2 (Monday, March 20, 2023)

08:00-09:15

Ablation of ventricular arrhythmias 3
Chairs: Dan Wichterle (Prague) and Carlo Pappone (Milan)

08:00-08:15

Image-guided VT ablation
Frederic Sacher (Bordeaux)

08:15-08:30

Will radiotherapy replace catheter ablation for VT?
Josef Kautzner (Prague)

08:30-08:45

Is there a room for radiotherapy for atrial fibrillation?
Massimo Grimaldi (Bari)

08:45-09:00

Catheter ablation for cardiogenetic diseases?
Carlo Pappone (Milan)

09:00-09:15

Discussion

09:15-11:45

Live cases VT/PVC and BrS (2+1 from IKEM and Homolka, 1 case from Milan)
Chairs: Dan Wichterle (Prague) and Carlo Pappone (Milan)

Case 1

VT ablation of ischemic VT using DiamondTemp cath
IKEM, Tarvinder Dhanjal, Petr Peichl et al

Case 2

VT ablation of ischemic VT
IKEM, Katja Zeppenfeld, Josef Kautzner et al

Case 3

Atrial fibrilation ablation using carbon dioxide insufflation to facilitate subxiphoid epicardial access
HOMOLKA, John Silberbauer, Jan Petru at al

Case 4

Brugada Syndrome or LQTS ablation
MILANO, Giuseppe Ciconte, Gabriele Vicedomini

Case 5

Ablation of ischemic VT using ultra-low temperature cryoablation
HOMOLKA, Petr Neuzil et al

11:45-12:00

Coffee Break

12:00-13:30

Ablation of supraventricular arrhythmias 1
Chairs: Robert Čihák (Prague) and Hiroshi Nakagawa (Cleveland)

12:00-12:15

Temporal and spatial evolution of reversible and irreversible lesions by PFA
Hiroshi Nakagawa (Cleveland)

12:15-12:30

Catheter ablation of atrial tachycardias
Jose Louis Merino (Madrid)

12:30-12:45

Globe pulsed field ablation
Jan Petrů (Prague)

12:45-13:00

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation using RF balloon
Boris Schmidt (Frankfurt)

13:00-13:15

High-power short-duration ablation for AF
Benjamin Berte (Zurich)

13:15-13:30

Discussion

13:30-14:30

Lunch Break

14:30-16:30

Live cases AF/AT (2+2 from IKEM and Homolka + 1 from Austin)
Chairs: Josef Kautzner Prague) and Hiroshi Nakagawa (Cleveland)

Case 1

Ablation of AF using HPSD
IKEM, Benjamin Berte, Dan Wichterle et al

Case 2

VT ablation of ischemic VT guided by image integration
IKEM, Frederic Sacher, Predrag Stojadinovic et al

Case 3

Left atrium macro reentry tachycardia ablation
HOMOLKA, Jose Luis Merino, Jan Petru et al

Case 4

Atrial fibrilation reablation with standard mapping/ablation cathether using PF
HOMOLKA, Moritoshi Funasako et al
Case in the box
Atrial fibrilation ablation using The Globe® Pulsed Field Mapping and Ablation System
HOMOLKA, Petr Neužil

Case 5

AUSTIN, Andrea Natale et al

16:30-16:45

Coffee Break

16:45-17:30

Ablation of supraventricular arrhythmias 2
Chairs: Robert Čihák (Prague) and Hiroshi Nakagawa (Cleveland)

16:45-17:00

AF ablation using a deep freezing
Tom De Pottter (Aalst)

17:00-17:15

Principles of zero fluoro
Marco Scaglione (Asti)

17:15-17:30

Discussion

17:30-19:30

Live cases AF/AT (2 from IKEM, 2 from Homolka)
Chairs: Josef Kautzner (Prague) and Hiroshi Nakagawa (Cleveland)

Case 1

Ablation of atrial fibrillation using RF balloon
IKEM, Boris Schmidt et al

Case 2

Zerofluoro ablation of paroxysmal SVT
IKEM, Marco Scaglione, Jana Hašková et al

Case 3

Atrial fibrilation ablation using using ultra-low temperature cryoablation
HOMOLKA, Tom de Potter, Jan Škoda et al

Case 4

Atrial fibrilation ablation using PF pentaspline cathether integrated to novel mapping system
HOMOLKA, Petr Neužil at al

Day 3 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)

08:00-09:15

Cardioneuroablation
Chairs: Josef Kautzner (Prague) and Petr Neužil (Prague)

08:00-08:15

Cardioneuroablation: the right side is enough
Philippe Debruyne (Bonheiden)

08:15-08:30

Cardioneuroablation: we need measurable endpoints
Dan Wichterle (Prague)

08:30-08:45

Pacemaker implant or cardioneuroablation for the treatment syncope/bradycardia – how to select the optimal candidates
Michele Brignole (Milan)

08:45-09:00

Cardioneuroablation: the future is bright
Piotr Kulakowski (Warsaw)

09:00-09:15

Discussion

09:15-11:30

Live cases 5 (2 from IKEM)
Chairs: Josef Kautzner (Prague) and Petr Neužil (Prague)

Case 1

Cardioneuroablation for recurrent vasovagal syncope
IKEM, Philippe Debruyne, Petr Peichl et al

Case 2

Cardioneuroablation in patient with pacemaker
IKEM, Dan Wichterle, Predrag Stojadinovic et al

11:30-12:00

Coffee Break

12:00-13:40

New avenues?
Chairs: Josef Kautzner (Prague) and Petr Neužil (Prague)

12:00-12:15

Novel approach to ablation of AF, using magnetic navigation
Sabine Ernst (London)

12:15-12:45

Live-in-the-box (Ablation of AF using a radial approach)

12:45-13:00

Could novel structural therapies for LV remodelling decrease risk of ventricular arrhythmias?
Petr Neuzil (Prague)

13:00-13:20

The future of catheter ablation
Vivek Y Reddy (New York)

13:20-13:40

Discussion

13:40-13:45

Adjourn
Josef Kautzner (Prague)