Scientific Program

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SESSION TYPES

Main symposia
Core curricula
Scientific Societies corners
Geographic area corners
Young investigator corners
Debates/Controversies
Lectures
Focus on sessions
Live presentations
Arrhythmic clinical trials
Award sessions
Agorà
Oral communications
Poster sessions
Satellite symposia
Luncheon panels
News from companies
Allied professional sessions

MAIN TOPICS

Anatomic/electrophysiologic correlations
Genetics of cardiac arrhythmias
Non-invasive evaluation
Autonomic nervous system and cardiac arrhythmias
Tele-arrhythmology
Remote monitoring of implanted devices
Sport and arrhythmias
Unexplained palpitations
TLOC and Syncope
Brugada syndromes
Short and long QT syndromes
New arrhythmogenic hereditary syndromes
Atrial Fibrillation: epidemiology, prognosis and therapy
Typical and atypical atrial flutter/tachycardia
Non-sustained and sustained ventricular arrhythmias
Sudden death: identification and treatment of patients at risk
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomiopathy
Pediatric aspects of arrhythmias
Arrhythmias in the elderly
Dilated and hypertrophic cardiomiopathy: arrhythmic risk
Old and new anti-arrhythmic drugs
Contemporary issues in cardiac pacing
Heart failure and cardiac resynchronization therapy
ICD: indications and trouble shouting
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest & defibrillator
Catheter ablation
Surgery for cardiac arrhythmias
New technologies and therapies
Role of cardiac imaging in electrophysiology
Role of the robot in electrophysiology