| THURSDAY 6 APRIL 2017 | |||
| PEARL A | PEARL C | ||
| 09:00 – 10:30
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, AND HEART FAILURE: THE NEED FOR AN ICD Co-Chairmen: Khalifeh Khalifeh (FR) – Sobhi Dada (LB) Sustained ventricular arrhythmias occurring within 48 hours of acute MI: when ICD is appropriate? – Michel Chauvin (FR) Is it still appropriate to delay the ICD implant after revascularization? – Luc Jordaens (BE) Can I -123 metaiodobenzylguanidine imaging help selecting patients for an ICD? – Maroun Karam (LB) Coronary Intervention in patients with Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy and Arrhythmia – Samih Lawand (SA) |
09:00 – 10:30
CHALLENGING CASES: MANAGEMENT OF AFIB Co-Chairmen: Joseph Chami (LB) – Freddy Abi samra (US) 1. Elderly male with AF and recurrent bleeding – Case presenter: Joe Maalouf (USA) 2. 60 y/o man having had 2 PV isolations (1 followed by a left sup PV occlusion), 1 isthmus ablation and 3 cardioversions, recurs very symptomatic AF episodes despite antiarrhythmic drugs. In addition intolerance to amiodarone and sotalol. Attitude? – Case presenter: Luc De Roy (BE) 3. Elderly male with AF and EF 20% and normal LV systolic and diastolic dimension and normal pulmonary arterial systolic pressure and HR = 120 bpm – Case presenter: Jacques Mansourati (FR) 3. 78 y/o patient with asymptomatic pace-maker detected atrial arrhythmias – Case presenter: Najmeddine Echahidi (FR) |
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| 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break | 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break | ||
| 11:00 – 12:30
ECG NIGHTMARES BECOME EASY AT THE END Chairman: Samer Nasr (LB) Case presenters Luc De Roy (Belgium) Walid Saliba (US) Panelists: – Chawki Abdallah (LB) – Malek KHatib (LB) – Alexandre Kharma (LB) |
11:00 – 12:30
ABLATIVE THERAPY: INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES Co-Chairmen: Antonio Raviele (IT) – Johnny Abboud (LB) Cardiac anatomy for the electrophysiologist – Michel Chauvin (FR) Cooling vs heating: Lessons learned from imaging AF ablation patient – Nassir Marrouche (US) Our experience in Cryo-ablation – Hassan Mansour (LB) Selecting the appropriate strategy for ventricular tachycardia ablation: Outside in or inside out? – Mario Njeim (LB) |
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| 12:30 – 13:00 Novartis Symposium
Rapid fire session: HAVE WE OVERCOME THE PLATEAU IN THE DRUG THERAPY OF HEART FAILURE? |
12:45 – 13:45 Crystal room
St Jude medical (now Abbott) workshop LATEST TECHNOLOGIES IN HEART FAILURE AND ADVANCED ABLATION (On invitation only) |
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| 13:00 – 13:30 Special Lecture (Boehringer)
Chairman: Samir Arnaout (LB) What should the cardiologist know about SGLT2 inhibitors? – Charles Saab (LB)
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