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Advanced Approaches to Combined Epicardial and Endocardial Strategies – From New Consensus to Practice

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  • Heart Rhythm

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  • 1.00 EBAC

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Advanced Approaches to Combined Epicardial and Endocardial Strategies – From New Consensus to Practice
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Overview

In this session, filmed at EHRA 2024 in Berlin, DE moderators Dr Hugh Calkins (Baltimore, US) and Prof Riyaz Kaba (London, UK) lead an international faculty comprising Prof Carlo de Asmundis (Brussels, BE), Dr Manuela Cireddu (Milan, IT) and Prof Claudio Tondo (Milan, IT) to discuss the endocardial approach to management of arrhythmias.

 

The faculty consider which patients may benefit from the hybrid approach (particularly in light of PFA), and review what the guidelines do and don’t say about hybrid ablation.

Support Statement

This programme is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from AtriCure, Inc.

Disclosure

In compliance with EBAC guidelines, all speakers/chairpersons participating in this programme have disclosed or indicated potential conflicts of interest which might cause a bias in the presentations. The Organising Committee/Course Director is responsible for ensuring that all potential conflicts of interest relevant to the event are declared to the audience prior to the CME activities.

Terms & Conditions

Radcliffe Education requires contributors to our CME programmes to disclose any relevant financial relationships that have occurred within the past 12 months that could create a conflict of interest. These will be identified in the faculty section if applicable.

 

The session, ‘Advanced Approaches to Combined Epicardial and Endocardial Strategies – From New Consensus to Practice’ is accredited by the European Board for Accreditation of Continuing Education for Health Professionals (EBAC) for 1 hour of external CME credits. 

 

Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that have actually been spent in the educational activity. EBAC works according to the quality standards of the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), which is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS).

 

Through an agreement between the European Board for Accreditation of Continuing Education for Health Professionals and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EBAC External CME credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EBAC credit to AMA credit can be found on the AMA website.

Instruction to Participants

There is no fee for taking part in this online learning activity.

 

Activities are designed to be completed within 60 minutes and must be completed by the registered user. Physicians should only claim credits for time spent on the activity. To successfully earn credit, participants must complete the activity in full in the indicated time frame.

 

To complete the course and claim certification participants must:

 

  • Read the course outline information supplied and complete pre-test questions if supplied prior to starting the activity. Users must read and study the activity in its entirety before completing the post-test questions.
  • Your results will be automatically saved and if a pass score is achieved (where applicable), you may be eligible to claim credit for the activity and receive a certificate of completion.

Target Audience

  • Electrophysiologists
  • Cardiac surgeons
  • Cardiologists
  • Healthcare professionals

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Identify patient populations who may benefit from hybrid ablation
  • Summarise the existing rationale and evidence for hybrid ablation beyond atrial fibrillation
  • Understand how to integrate left atrial appendage exclusion in atrial ablation approaches
  • Examine key aspects of new consensus recommendations for hybrid ablation
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Module

Title

Duration

Speakers

Session 1 Introduction 4 mins Hugh Calkins (Baltimore, US)
Session 2 The hybrid approach to the management of arrhythmias – Which patients may benefit? 9 mins Carlo de Asmundis (Brussels, BE)
Session 3 Has PFA changed the approach to patient selection for hybrid ablation? 10 mins Manuela Cireddu (Milan, IT)
Session 4 Review of atrial fibrillation guidelines – What they do and don’t say about hybrid ablation 12 mins Claudio Tondo (Milan, IT)
Session 5 Discussion – Current and future roles of hybrid ablation 9 mins Hugh Calkins Riyaz Kaba Carlo de Asmundis Claudio Tondo Manuela Cireddu
Session 1.

Introduction

Duration: 4 mins

Speakers: Hugh Calkins (Baltimore, US)

Session 2.

The hybrid approach to the management of arrhythmias – Which patients may benefit?

Duration: 9 mins

Speakers: Carlo de Asmundis (Brussels, BE)

Session 3.

Has PFA changed the approach to patient selection for hybrid ablation?

Duration: 10 mins

Speakers: Manuela Cireddu (Milan, IT)

Session 4.

Review of atrial fibrillation guidelines – What they do and don’t say about hybrid ablation

Duration: 12 mins

Speakers: Claudio Tondo (Milan, IT)

Session 5.

Discussion – Current and future roles of hybrid ablation

Duration: 9 mins

Speakers: Hugh Calkins Riyaz Kaba Carlo de Asmundis Claudio Tondo Manuela Cireddu

Chair

Hugh Calkins

Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD, US

Dr Hugh Calkins is Professor of Medicine and Director of Electrophysiology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution in Baltimore, US.  

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Speaker

Carlo de Asmundis

Heart Rhythm Management Centre, University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Carlo de Asmundis is a Professor in Cardiology at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Chair of the Heart Rhythm Management Center at Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Begium.

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Claudio Tondo

Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Centre, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Monzino Cardiologic Centre, University of Milan

Dr Claudio Tondo is the Chairman of the Heart Rhythm centre at Centro Cardiologico, University of Milan, Italy. Dr Tondo's interests range from clinical aspects of arrhythmias to genetics.

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Riyaz Kaba

Cardiovascular Clinical Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Institute, St George’s, University of London and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Department of Cardiology, Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust, Chertsey, Surrey, UK

Dr Riyaz Kaba is Consultant Cardiologist, St George's Hospital, London, UK.

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Manuela Cireddu

Dr Manuela Cireddu is an electrophysiologist in the Arrhythmia Unit and EP Laboratories at San Raffaele Hospital, MIlan, Italy. 

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