Electrophysiology 2011: Straight Talk from the Experts

February 5 - 7, 2011
Lion Square Lodge • Vail, CO

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Course Information___________________________

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Guidelines and manuscripts are widely available but decision-making in individual patients involves clinical judgment. Through this comprehensive, interactive 3 day course, attendees will have an opportunity to interact with experts to individualize their approaches to patients with PSVT, atrial fibrillation, and ventricular tachycardia, indications for defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization therapy. In addition, the latest advances in anti-arrhythmic pharmacologic therapy, and controversies in device extraction will be addressed.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Assess the suitability of the criteria for ablation of atrial fibrillation and the
most recent technical approaches

• Define the advantages of genetic testing in patients with idiopathic cardiac
arrest and their families on an individualized basis

• Discuss the approach to ablation of hemodynamically stable ventricular
tachycardia

• Explain the role of new transseptal tools

TARGET AUDIENCE
This educational program is designed for clinical electrophysiologists.

CREDIT DESIGNATION
Washington Hospital Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ANY COMMERCIAL INTEREST
As a sponsor accredited by the ACCME, it is the policy of Washington Hospital Center to require that everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest prior to the educational activity.

The ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.

Faculty and planners who refuse to disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from participating in the CME activity. For an individual with no relevant financial relationship(s), the participants must be informed that no conflicts of interest or financial relationship(s) exist.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
Washington Hospital Center wishes to ensure that no individual with a disability is excluded, denied services, segregated or otherwise treated differently from other individuals because of the absence of auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please contact 202-877-2992 to notify us of your needs.

Faculty_____________________________________

COURSE DIRECTORS
George Klein, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Western Ontario
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario

Adam Strickberger, MD
Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University
Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC
FACULTY
Hugh G. Calkins, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Director of the Arrhythmia Service
Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Jane Chen, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine & Director, Electrophysiology Fellowship Program
Washington University School of Medicine
Clinical Electrophysiologist, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO

Andrew E. Epstein, MD
Professor of Medicine
Electrophysiology Section, Cardiovascular Division
University of Pennsylvania
Chief, Cardiology Section
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA

Bradley P. Knight, MD
Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology
Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern
Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Andrew D. Krahn, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Western Ontario
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario

 

Agenda ____________________________________

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5

2:45 PM
Registration and Welcome

3:00 PM
Case Presentations

6:00 PM
Reception

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6

7:30 AM
What in the Last Year Has Changed My Practice?
Adam Strickberger, MD
George J. Klein, MD

7:45 AM
How and Why I Address AF Ablation the Way I Do
Hugh G. Calkins, MD

8:00 AM
How I Ablate Hemodynamically Stable VT
Jane Chen, MD

8:30 AM
New Technologies for AF Ablation
Hugh G. Calkins, MD

8:50 AM
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia: An Update
Andrew D. Krahn, MD

9:30 AM
Discussion

10:00 AM
Break from Morning Session

3:30 PM
Case Presentations

6:30 PM
Adjourn

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7

7:30 AM
Unmet Needs in Risk Stratification for the Implantation of ICDs and CRT - Who Will Be a Responder and Who Won’t?
Andy Epstein, MD

8:30 AM
How New Transeptal Tools Improve the Procedure
Bradley P. Knight, MD

9:30 AM
Discussion

10:00 AM
Break from Morning Session

3:30 PM
Case Presentations

6:30 PM
Adjourn

Lion Square Lodge____________________________

Lion Square Lodge in Vail, Colorado offers hotel rooms and 1, 2, 3 & 5 bedroom condominiums at the base of Vail Mountain next to the Vail Gondola in Lionshead Village. These lodging accommodations are truly ski-in and ski-out. Lion Square Lodge is the perfect property for conferences, families, and groups of all sizes. Denver International Airport is about 2 ½ hours away and Vail/Eagle County Airport is 45 minutes away.

Consistently rated the #1 ski resort in North America with 38 feet of powder last season, Vail is the largest single ski resort on the continent. Vail boasts three distinct areas of the mountain, each with their own features and fortes, including three terrain parks, seven bowls and 5,289 acres of freeride terrain.

To make reservations, and to book ground transportation and lift tickets, please contact Lion Square Lodge’s Central Reservations office at 800-525-5788.

When making reservations please indicate that you will be attending the “Washington Hospital Center” conference.

Our preferred discounted room block is available from Thursday, February 3, 2011 – Thursday, February 10, 2011. A Lodge Room or standard hotel room is $320 per room, per night. Tax and resort fees are 15.29%.

Lion Square Lodge requires a 3-night minimum stay during the winter season. Condos sleeping 1-16 people with full kitchens are also available. Please call Central Reservations for room rates and availability.

The cut-off date for making hotel reservations is January 4, 2011. Lift tickets are less expensive if purchased more than 10 days in advance.

More information can be found at http://www.lionsquare.com/

 

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