Thursday 26 October | 08.30-10.00

 
Core Curriculum
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA SURGERY: WHERE ARE WE AND WHERE ARE WE GOING? – SESSION 1
Chairs: D. Mangino / Venice-Mestre, Italy – A. Verma / Newmarket, Canada

 
• Debate on hybrid AF ablation: A procedure without an indication!
D.L. Packer / Rochester, USA
Procedure of choice for stand alone ablation
M. La Meir / Maastricht, The Netherlands
Discussion
• Maze/CABG, Maze/Mitral, Maze/AVR: where are we, where are we going?
C. Muneretto / Brescia, Italy
• Update on new STS Guideline Statement and surgical aspects of HRS 2017
Consensus Statement
J.R. Edgerton / Dallas, USA
Discussion