08.30 – 10.30
Purse-string PV box isolation: a less invasive modified maze procedure for non-mitral atrial fibrillation
T. Taguchi, K. Imai, M. Watanabe, H. Kodama, K. Katayama, S. Takahashi, T. Kurosaki, T. Sueda / Hiroshima, Japan
Hybrid two-step approach in treatment of patients with coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation
S. Kovalev, L. Bokeria, A. Filatov, D. Gryaznov / Voronezh, Russia
Improved procedural efficacy of pulmonary vein isolation using the novel second-generation cryoballoon
M. Maines, D. Catanzariti, C. Angheben, M. Del Greco / Rovereto, Italy
Seven years of cryo-ballon catheter ablation. Follow-up analysis, results, recurrences, complications and side effects in patients treated for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, with a prospective protocol guided by complete bidirectional left atrium-pulmonary veins disconnection after adenosine as main target end point. A single center report.
J.M. Paylos, C. Ferrero, L. Azcona, A. Morales, M.A. Vargas, L. Lacal, C.M. Cilleros, T.G. Delange / Madrid, Spain
Cryo-balloon catheter ablation efficacy restoring and maintaining sinus-rhythm in patients treated for persistent long standing atrial fibrillation after acute complete electrical isolation of the pulmonary veins
J.M. Paylos, C. Ferrero, L. Azcona, A. Morales, M. A. Vargas, L. Lacal, V. Gomez-Tello / Madrid, Spain
11.00 – 13.00
Mechanisms of atrial fibrillation terminations in humans: insights from non-invasive cardiac mapping
E.A. Fetisova, A.V. Tsyganov, M.K. Chaykovskaya, V.V. Kalinin, M.V. Yakovleva / Moscow, Russia
In-vitro training in physics of radiofrequency ablation for physicians and medical engineering students
T. Haber, G. Kleister, B. Selman, J. Härtig, J. Melichercik, B. Ismer/ Offenburg, Germany/p>
RF ablation guided by polarization sensitive optical coherence reflectometry: new tool for direct procedure control
E. Margallo-Balbás, D. Herranz, J. Lloret, S. Jiménez-Valero, J.L. Rubio-Guivernau / Tres Cantos, Spain
Possible clinical and hemodynamic predictors of atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation
S. Dolginina, S. Garkina, S. Khokhlunov, D. Duplyakov/ Samara, Russia
13.00 – 14.30
Comparison of visualization of left atrial appendage using intracardiac echocardiography from right atrium and right ventricular outflow tract during atrial fibrillation ablation procedure
G.A. Gromyko, D.A. Mangutov, S.A. Novichkov, M.U. Chernov, O.R. Pestovskaia, D.L. Kranin/ Moscow, Russia
Comparison of initial LA patterns as the road to successful endocardial “box lesion” ablation
A. Kovalev, L. Bockeria, A. Filatov / Moscow, Russia
Pulmonary vein reconnection: is contact force more important than stability?
P. Carmo, N. Lopes, F. Moscoso Costa, P. Adragao, D. Cavaco, L. Parreira, P. Santos, S. Carvalho, T. Teixeira, A. Soares, M. Abecasis / Lisbon, Portugal
Contact force technology is associated with better outcome in persistent compared with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: 1 year follow up
G. Sirico, S. Panigada, D. Sacchetta, M.Pozzi, V. De Sanctis, M. Mantica / Milan, Italy
Adenosine in atrial fibrillation ablation: does it improve the outcome?
P. Carmo, F. Moscoso Costa, N. Lopes, D. Cavaco, P. Santos, S. Carvalho, T. Teixeira, A. Soares, M. Marques, L. Parreira, P. Adragao/ Lisbon, Portugal