The Past, Present, and Future of AF Ablation

The 2012 AF Summit, The Past, Present, and Future of AF Ablation: Tools and Technologies for Improving Patient Care, is an all-day program which provides a comprehensive review of AF ablation and evolving therapies that are changing the field. This session provides a high level technical review of four key areas- tools and technologies for AF ablation, catheter ablation of paroxysmal AF persistent, and long standing persistent AF, and the future of AF therapies. This session will bring participants up to speed on particular tools and technologies impacting outcomes and the care of Our Patients. Attendees will leave this session with advanced knowledge of this rapidly evolving field. The AF Summit will also showcase the recipient of the Founders’ Lectureship Award.

Tools and Technologies for AF Ablation
8:00 – 9:35 a.m.
Session Description: A state-of- the-art update concerning the tools and technologies that are available for use in the field of AF ablation. Operators will learn which tools  to use and how to use it to achieve maximum success.

Chairs:
Shih-Ann Chen, MD. Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Hans Kottkamp, MD. Clinic Hirslanden-Heart Center, Zurich, Switzerland

• Summit Introductions and Overview
  Hugh Calkins, MD, FHRS, CCDS. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 
• Permanent PV Isolation: Are We There Yet?
  Vivek Y. Reddy, MD. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 
  
• Current Status of Balloon Based Ablation Tools: Where Do They Fit?
  D. Wyn Davies, MD, FRCP, FHRS. St. Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom 
  
• Contact Sensing Catheters: Do They Improve Outcomes?
  Nadir Saoudi, MD. Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, France 
  
• Magnetic and Robotic Navigation Systems: Have Our Dreams Been Realized?
  Andrea Natale, MD, FHRS. Texas Cardiac Arryhthmia Institute, Austin, TX 
  
• Tools for Surgical Ablation: What Is Available and What Works?
  Ralph J. Damiano, MD. Washington University, St. Louis, MO 
  
• Questions and Panel Discussion
  
  

Break: 9:35 – 9:50 a.m.

Catheter Ablation of Paroxysmal AF
  9:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Session Description: This session will focus on the science of paroxysmal AF as well as optimal approaches to management. The role of the autonomic nervous system in the department of paroxysmal AF will be reviewed, and the short and long term efficacy of AF ablation.

Chairs:
Gregory K. Feld, MD, FHRS. CCDS. University of California-San Diego, San Diego, CA
Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, Ph.D. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

• Basic Mechanisms of Paroxysmal vs Persistent AF
  Stanley Nattel, MD, FHRS. Montreal Heart Institute/Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada 
  
• Role of Autonomic in AF
  Warren M. Jackman, MD, FHRS. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 
  
• Techniques and One Year Outcomes of Ablation for Paroxysmal AF?
  David J. Wilber, MD, FHRS, CCDS. Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 
  
• Mechanisms and Utility of Drug Provocation Studies to Reveal Dormant AF
  Laurent Macle, MD. Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada 
  
• Long Term Outcomes of AF Ablation: What Have We Learned and What Does It Mean?
  Gerhard Hindricks, MD, PHD. University Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany 
  
• Can Ablation Prevent Progression of AF?
  Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, FHRS. Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany 
  
• Questions and Panel Discussion
  

Lunch:
noon – 12:30 p.m. (Lunch provided to Summit attendees)

Catheter Ablation of Long Standing Persistent AF
12:30–2:15 p.m.
Session Description:This session will focus on the science of  persistent and long-standing persistent AF as well as optimal approaches to management for both catheter and surgical ablation. Novel approaches to targeted mapping and ablation of long standing persistent AF will be presented.

Chairs:
Josep Brugada Terradellas, MD, Ph.D. University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Nicholas S. Peters, MD, Ph.D.,FHRS. Imperial College London-St. Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

• Mechanisms of Long Standing Persistent AF: Implications for Ablation
  Jose Jalife, MD, FHRS. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 
  
• Can Suppressing Remodeling Facilitate Persistent AF Ablation?
  Nassir F. Marrouche, MD, FHRS. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 
  
• Stepwise vs. Sequential Ablation Strategies for Long Standing Persistent AF
  Jonathan M. Kalman, MBBS, PHD. Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia 
  
• CAFE Based Ablation for Long Standing Persistent AF
  Richard J. Schilling, MD. St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom 
  
• My Technique of Ablation of Long Standing Persistent AF
  Carlo Pappone, MD, Ph.D., FACC. Gruppo Villa Maria, Contignola, Italy
  
• Mapping Based Catheter Ablation of Rotors in Long Standing Persistent AF
  Sanjiv M. Narayan, MD, PHD, FHRS. University of California, San Diego VA Medical Center, San Diego, CA 
  
• Surgical Ablation of Long Standing Persistent AF: Techniques, Outcomes, and Indications
  James R. Edgerton, MD. The Heart Hospital, Dallas, TX 
  

 

Break: 2:15 – 2:30 p.m.

Current, Evolving and Futuristic Therapies for AF
2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Session Description: During this section of the program the Founders' Lecture will be delivered by Michel Haissaguerre on the past, present, and future of AF ablation. In addition, leaders in the field will present their approach to AF ablation. Finally, the 2012 HRS Consensus Document will be presented and its impact on our field will be discussed.

Chairs:
David T.J. Keane, MD, Ph.D., FHRS, CCDS. St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Young-Hoon T. Kim, MD, Ph.D. Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

• Heart Rhythm Society's Founders' Lectureship Award— Catheter Ablation of AF: The Present, Past and Future
  Michel Haissaguerre, MD. Universite De Bordaeaux-Hospital Cardiologique Du Haut Leveque, Bordeaux-Pessac, France
  
  
• Panel Discussion: This Is How I Ablate AF

Panelist
Ricardo Cappato, MD, FHRS. IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy
David J. Callans, MD, FHRS, CCDS. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Francis E. Marchlinski, MD, FHRS. University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA 
Pierre Jais, MD. Hopital Du Haut-Leveque, Bordeaux, France 
Dipen C. Shah, MD. Hopital Cantonal De Geneve, Division of Cardiology, Geneva, Switzerland 

• The 2012 HRS EHRA and ECAS Consensus Document on AF Ablation
  Douglas Packer, MD, FHRS. Mayo Clinic - St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, MN 
  
• Closing Remarks
  David J. Callans, MD, FHRS, CCDS. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 
  

Heart Rhythm 2012 Opening Plenary Session
4:15–5:45 p.m.

The Opening Plenary Session is Included with AF Summit registration fee.

The Heart Rhythm Society acknowledges an educational grant from Medtronic, St. Jude Medical and Biosense Webster in support of this educational activity.