Scientific Programme

EHRA EUROPACE 2011

Professor Gerhard Hindricks
Chairperson, Scientific Programme Committee

EHRA-EUROPACE is "THE EP event in Europe in 2011," says Chairman Gerhard Hindricks. "The quality of the scientific programme is superb...with a set of intercontinental sessions put together with our partner organisations and friends from all over the world....[also] we will have the CRT Summit, the first summit during a Europace congress, organised by leading experts on CRT in Europe, Angelo Auricchio and Jeroen Bax."

CRT Summit - Techno Live - Joint Intercontinental - Case College - Young Investigator - ECG Course - Lectures & Awards - Opening Ceremony

Main Themes

The three core themes of EHRA EUROPACE 2011 are:

Sudden Cardiac Death
Atrial Fibrillation
New Technologies

Special Features

CRT Summit
The first EHRA EUROPACE CRT Summit will provide a comprehensive and state-of-the art overview of cardiac resynchronisation therapy. During the last several years this field has experienced rapid evolution of technologies and expanding indications from reversal to prevention of heart failure while many issues are still unsolved. During three days, 8 sessions are devoted to capture the latest developments in this area.
From Monday 27 to Wednesday 29 in Room BARCELONA

Monday 27 June
14:00-15:30, Genetics - Dyssynchronopathy
16:30-18:00, Technical and imaging aspects - Imaging dyssynchrony: how to proceed?

Tuesday 28 June
08:30-10:00, Results - Reading the ESC clinical Guidelines
11:00-12:30, Indications - Comorbidities in CRT patients
14:00-15:30, Technical and imaging aspects - CRT beyond the clinical guidelines
16:30-18:00, Leads - Optimal CRT delivery

Wednesday 29 June
08:30-10:00, Monitoring tools - Follow-up
10:30-12:00, Catheter ablation - Management of CRT patients

Techno Live sessions

Seven Live Case transmissions from leading cathlabs in Europe will be brodcast to Madrid. Direct interaction with operators will allow the audience to closely follow the procedures and benefit from the experience of the experts. In addition, outstanding pre-taped clinical cases will be presented and are subject to intense and interesting discussions and exchange of knowledge and experience.

LIVE from Leipzig (DE) and Madrid (ES) - Room SEVILLA

Sunday 26 June
13:45-15:15, Novel strategies for ICD implantation and lead extraction

Monday 26 June
08:30-10:00, New frontiers in implant technologyNew frontiers in implant technology
11:00-12:30, New technologies supporting CRT implantation

Tuesday 28 June
14:00-15:30, New technologies for AF catheter ablation I
16:30-18:00, New technologies for AF catheter ablation

Wednesday 29 June
08:30-10:00, Catheter ablation of atrial macro re-entrant tachycardia
10:30-12:00, Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia

Joint - Intercontinental sessions
EHRA EUROPACE 2011 invites the electrophysiology world to Madrid!

World leading experts will share their knowledge in a series of joint sessions with electrophysiology societies from around the globe including JHRS, HRS, SOLAECE, SOBRAC, CSPE, APHRS, WSA, ESC Working Group on Acute Cardiac Care, and ISCP. We are especially proud that for the first time this year’s EHRA EUROPACE incorporates a joint session with electrophysiologists from the Middle East. These sessions will also feature honorary lectures by world leading experts.

Sunday 26 June
12:00-13:30, room Tenerife, Rhythm control for atrial fibrillation: better results with new antiarrhythmic drugs?
13:45-15:15, room Madrid, Intercontinental Plenum
13:45-15:15, room Tenerife,  Interventional electrophysiology: lessons from South America

Monday 27 June
08:30-10:00, room Barcelona, ECG Course: know the rhythm before you dance - ECG interpretation for the arrhythmologist
11:00-12:30 room Bilbao,  Intercontinental - Middle East
14:00-15:30, room Malaga,  Role of emerging integrated technology in advanced interventional electrophysiology
16:30-18:00, room Malaga, Mapping and catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia
16:30-18:00, room Tenerif, Challenges of ICD therapy in clinical routine

Tuesday 28 June
08:30-10:00, room Malaga, Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation
11:00-12:30, room Madrid,Electrophysiology and cardiac surgery - Competition or partnership?
11:00-12:30, room Malaga, Asia/European joint session: special aspects of atrial fibrillation
14:00-15:30, room Malaga, China/European joint session: focus on ventricular tachycardia

Wednesday 29 June
08:30-10:00, room Tenerife, Cardiac arrhythmias in intensive cardiac care setting
10:30-12:00, room Bilbao, Cardiac resynchronisation therapy in minimally symptomatic patients
10:30, room Malaga, Intercontinental Honorary Lecture, J Jalife (Ann Arbor, USA)

DON'T MISS!

Opening Ceremony

A new vibrant format awaits you on Sunday 26 June 2011 from 17:00 to 18:30 in Room MADRID. It will be followed by a Reception in the Exhibition Area.

Agenda

Welcome Address by the EHRA President, Professor Panos E. Vardas, FESC (Heraklion, GR)
Show Act, Sevillanas
Scientific Programme Committee Chairperson, Professor Gerhard Hindricks, FESC (Leipzig, DE)
Cardiostim Chairperson, Doctor Philippe Ritter (Bordeaux, FR)
Local Host Committee, Doctor Fernando Arribas Ynsaurriaga (Madrid, ES), Doctor Ignacio Fernandez Lozano, FESC (Madrid, ES)
Show Act, Alegria
ESC President, Professor Michel Komajda, FESC (Paris, FR)
Opening Address, Professor Panos E. Vardas, FESC (Heraklion, GR)
The European Heart Rhythm Association is pleased to invite you to the Opening Reception in the Exhibition Area 18:30 - 19:30

ECG Course

Know the rhythm before you dance: ECG interpretation for the arrhythmologist with Professors Hein Wellens and Jeronimo Farre. This unique ECG course conducted by Prof.Jeronimo Farre, Madrid, and Prof. Hein Wellens, Maastricht, is one of the EHRA EUROPACE highlights. During this exciting session these two world-renowned specialists will discuss ECGs and electrograms with the audience. Don’t miss your chance to learn from the experts how to interpret difficult tracings and actively participate with a voting system.
Monday 27 June 2011 from 8:30 to 10:00 in Room BARCELONA.

YIA Session

Clinical and Basic Science - Come and support the finalists of the Young Investigator Awards while they present their research in front of a panel of experts.
Tuesday 28 June 2011 from 14:00 to 15:30 in Room TENERIFE.
YIA winner announcement: Wednesday 29 June, 11:08 in Room MALAGA

Case College sessions

This year’s EHRA EUROPACE introduces Case College sessions - an exciting opportunity for young electrophysiologists and researchers under the age of 35 to actively contribute to the electrophysiology community by submitting interesting and challenging clinical cases. The best cases have been selected for presentation in Madrid and will be eligible for new awards.
Come and support our young electrophysiologists and researchers while they present their clinical cases.

Case College Poster Session: Sunday 26 June at 11:45 in poster area
Case College 1: Tuesday 28 June 2011 from 8:30 to 10:00 in Room SEVILLA
Case College 2: Wednesday 29 June 2011 from 8:30 to 10:00 in Room MALAGA
Case College winner announcement: Wednesday 29 June, 11:08 in Room MALAGA

Honorary Lectures & Awards

This session will feature two honorary lectures:
• "Einthoven Lecture 2011" by Dr. Francisco G. Cosio, Pozuelo
• "Intercontinental Honorary Lecture" by Prof. Jose Jalife, Ann Arbor (US)

Professor Hein Wellens, Maastricht, will be honored with a special award:
• "Pioneer in clinical Electrophysiology Award"

During this lecture you will also learn about the winners of the Young Investigator Awards
session, the Case College sessions and the EHRA Training Fellowship programme.
Wednesday 29 June 2011 from 10:30 to 12:00 in Room MALAGA