? 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 –
TBC – L. Van Erven/ Leiden, The Netherlands