Core Curricula: Cenacolo Room – Sunday 18 afternoon (13.00h-14.30h)

Core Curricula

? GO BACK TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015

13.00-14.30

Core Curriculum

ICD leads evolution

Program Chairmen: Andrew E. Epstein – Seah Nisam

NEARLY HALF A CENTURY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS: WHAT’S STILL NEEDED?

Chairmen: A.E. Epstein/ Philadelphia, USA- S. Nisam/ Brussels, Belgium

The evolution of transvenous ICD leads: from the Mirowski / Mower prototype to today
S. Nisam/ Brussels, Belgium

An independent review of the reliability data – registries, PPRs, indipendent studies
and how ICD leads really perform
E.W. Lau/ Belfast, UK

Has the transvenous ICD lead reached its zenith with new technologies such as
S-ICD and leadless pacemaker?
M.R. Gold/ Charleston, USA

Novel ICD lead development
A. Grace/ Cambridge, UK

Round Table: What can the implanter do to avoid lead extraction or to make it easier?
I. Anguera / Madrid, Spain –G. Zucchelli / Pisa, Italy – P.P. Mitkowski/ Poznan, Poland –
TBCL. Van Erven/ Leiden, The Netherlands