Topic List

Abstract submission and scientific sessions cover a wide array of topics:

Basics

• Clinical Skills
  • Electrocardiography

Arrhythmias, General

• Arrhythmias, General – Pathophysiology and Mechanisms
  • Cellular Mechanisms of Arrhythmias
  • Genetic Aspects of Arrhythmias
  • Arrhythmias, General – Pathophysiology and Mechanisms: Ion Channel Disorders
• Arrhythmias, General – Diagnostic Methods
  • Arrhythmias, General – Diagnostic Methods: Electrocardiography
  • Arrhythmias, General – Diagnostic Methods: Signal-averaged ECG
  • Arrhythmias, General – Diagnostic Methods: Holter Monitoring and Event Recorder
  • Arrhythmias, General – Diagnostic Methods: Non-invasive Diagnostic Methods
  • Arrhythmias, General: Invasive Diagnostic Methods
• Arrhythmias, General – Treatment
  • Arrhythmias, General: Lifestyle Modification
  • Antiarrhythmic Drug Treatment
  • Catheter Ablation of Arrhythmias
• Arrhythmias, General – Prevention 
• Arrhythmias, General – Clinical

Atrial Fibrillation

• Atrial Fibrillation - Pathophysiology and Mechanisms
  • Genetic Causes
  • Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Dysfunction
  • Sleep Disordered Breathing
  • Obesity and Diabetes
  • Autonomic Dysfunction
  • Sports and Atrial Fibrillation
  • Defining Types of Atrial Fibrillation
  • Mechanisms for Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation
  • Mechanisms for Heart Failure and Cardiac Complications 
  • Atrial Fibrillation, Pathophysiology and Mechanism, Other
• Atrial Fibrillation - Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome
  • Prevalence and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation
  • Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation
  • Heart Failure in Atrial Fibrillation
  • Sudden Death in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
  • Cognitive Function and Autonomy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
• Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnostic Methods
• Atrial Fibrillation - Treatment
  • Acute Management 
  • Acute Rate Control and Cardioversion
  • Patient Flow
  • Rate Control
  • Rhythm Control, Cardioversion
  • Rhythm Control, Antiarrhythmic Drugs
  • Rhythm Control, Catheter Ablation
  • Rhythm Control, Catheter Ablation: Techniques and Technology
  • Rhythm Control, Catheter Ablation: Outcomes and Complications
  • Rhythm Control, Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
  • Rhythm Control, Hybrid Therapy
• Atrial Fibrillation - Stroke Prevention
  • Oral Anticoagulation
  • Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
• Atrial Fibrillation - Stroke Treatment
• Atrial Fibrillation - Prevention
• Atrial Fibrillation - Clinical

Supraventricular Tachycardia (non-AF)

• Supraventricular Tachycardia (non-AF) - Pathophysiology and Mechanisms
• Supraventricular Tachycardia (non-AF) - Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome
• Supraventricular Tachycardia (non-AF) - Diagnostic Methods
• Supraventricular Tachycardia (non-AF) - Treatment
• Supraventricular Tachycardia (non-AF) - Prevention
• Supraventricular Tachycardia (non-AF) - Clinical

Syncope and Bradycardia

• Syncope and Bradycardia - Pathophysiology and Mechanisms
• Syncope and Bradycardia - Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome
• Syncope and Bradycardia - Diagnostic Methods
• Syncope and Bradycardia - Treatment
• Syncope and Bradycardia - Prevention
• Syncope and Bradycardia - Clinical

Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD)

• Ventricular Arrhythmias and SCD - Pathophysiology and Mechanisms
• Ventricular Arrhythmias and SCD - Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome
• Ventricular Arrhythmias and SCD - Diagnostic Methods
• Ventricular Arrhythmias and SCD - Treatment
  • Management of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
  • Drug Treatment of  Ventricular Arrhythmias
  • Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias
  • Device Treatment 
• Ventricular Arrhythmias and SCD - Prevention

Device Therapy

• Antibradycardia Pacing
• Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
• Home and Remote Patient Monitoring
• Device Complications and Lead Extraction

Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology

Rehabilitation and Sports Cardiology

• Sports Cardiology
  • Sports Cardiology: Electrocardiography (ECG)
  • Sports Cardiology: Arrhythmias
  • Sudden Death in Sports

e-Cardiology/ Digital Health

• Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning, Deep Learning)
• Big Data and Digital Twin
• Hospital Information Systems, Electronic Medical Records, Clinical Decision Support
• Remote Patient Monitoring and Telemedicine
  • Telehealth
  • Remote Patient Monitoring and Telehealth, Other

Public Health and Health Economics

Basic Science

• Basic Science - Cardiac Diseases
  • Basic Science - Cardiac Diseases: Arrhythmias
• Basic Science - Vascular Biology and Physiology
  • Vascular Biology and Physiology: Ion Channels, Electrophysiology
• Basic Science: Vascular Diseases