08.30 – 10.30
Contact force sensor: crucial tool or nice toy?
P. Santangeli/ Philadelphia, USA
11.00 – 13.00
FIRM substrate mapping approach: outcome data update
J. Bradfield / Los Angeles, USA
Non invasive ECG mapping system: moving from atrial fibrillation to ventricular fibrillation
M. Hocini/ Bordeaux, France
Scar definition technologies for treatment of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias
H. Halperin/ Baltimore, USA
13.00 – 14.30
A new era in contact force technology: safety, efficacy, efficiency in ventricular tachycardia ablation
C. Carbucicchio/ Milan, Italy
Mapping and ablation in AF: how can we evaluate the lesion formation?
D. Gupta / Liverpool, UK
17.00 – 19.00
Debate 1
Persistent & longstanding persistent AF are best treated with catheter ablation
D.J. Callans/ Philadelphia, USA
Persistent and longstanding persistent AF are best treated with surgical ablation
J.R. Edgerton/ Dallas, USA
Debate 2
LAA exclusion using an epicardial ligation device like Lariat is superior to LAA
closure with surgery
M. Barbierato / Venice, Italy
LAA closure is best done with surgery
S. Salzberg/ Zurich, Switzerland
Debate 3
Post-op AF is best treated with rate control
G. Gerosa/ Padua, Italy