Core Curricula: Cipressi Room – Friday 16 afternoon (16.15h-18.00h)

Core Curricula

? GO BACK TO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015

16.15-18.00

Core Curriculum

Syncope 2015 update

Program Chairmen: David G. Benditt – Brian Olshansky

SYNCOPE: DILEMMAS

Chairmen: J.J. Blanc/ Brest, France – M. Brignole/ Lavagna, Italy

Syncope in the channelopathies: what can gene studies teach us?
A.D. Krahn/ Vancouver, Canada

Does autonomic orthostatic dysfunction progress with age?
R.A. Kenny/ Dublin, Ireland

The adenosine / ATP test controversy: can it be resolved?
D. Flammang/ Lyon, France

Case Study #4 16 yo female with history of abrupt transient loss of consciousness
without warning supine or upright with or without exertion. The corrected QT is
480. She has a family history of faints on her mother’s side…What is the next step?
Genetic testing?
P.G. Postema/ Amsterdam, The Netherlands