Agenda 2024

Agenda - Friday, October 11, 2024

*Times listed are in Eastern Standard Time

6:45 - 7:30 AM		Registration and Breakfast with Exhibits
7:20 - 7:30 AM		Welcome and Introductions Vivek Reddy, MD
7:40 - 8:55 AM		SESSION I Device Therapy Moderator: David Callans, MD *Digital Moderator*: Rajat Deo, MD
7:40 - 7:50 AM		Imaging of the Conduction System to Guide Pacing Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD
7:50 - 8:00 AM		LBBP for CRT: Conduction System Capture is Essential for Success Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD
8:00 - 8:10 AM		Effect of Scar on Conduction System Pacing Michael Gold, MD
8:10 - 8:20 AM		RAFT PERM AF: CRT in AF Patients? Anthony Tang, MD
8:20 - 8:30 AM		Innovation, Research Gaps, and Promise for Advances in VT/Sudden Cardiac Death Paul Wang, MD
8:30 - 8:55 AM		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
8:55 - 10:05 AM		SESSION II Imaging for VT Ablation *Moderator:* Larry Chinitz, MD *Digital Moderator*: Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD
8:55 - 9:05 AM		Role of CMR to Evaluate Ablation Success and RF Lesion Evolution Ivo Roca-Luque, MD, PhD
9:05 - 9:15 AM		From Image to Intervention: Streamlining VT Ablation with Multimodality Imaging Saman Nazarian, MD, PhD
9:15 - 9:25 AM		Predicting Ventricular Tachycardia Circuits in Patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy using Genotype-Specific Heart Digital Twins ) Natalia Trayanova, PhD, MS
9:25 - 9:35 AM		MRI Guided Preventive Treatment of VT Substrates in CHD: Towards Cure? Katja Zeppenfeld, MD, PhD
9:35 - 9:45 AM		Intracardiac Ultrasound for Titrating Radiofrequency Energy William Stevenson, MD
9:45 - 10:05 AM		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
10:05 – 10:25 AM		Break and Visit Exhibits
10:25 - 11:35 AM		SESSION III VT Mechanisms *Moderator:* Sanjay Dixit, MD *Digital Moderator:* David Callans, MD
10:25 - 10:35 AM		Basic Mechanisms of Ventricular Arrhythmias – the Tissue is the Issue Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD
10:35 - 10:45 AM		Unipolar dV/dt as a Unique Marker of Arrhythmogenic Myocardium Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD
10:45 - 10:55 AM		The Spatial Ventricular Gradient and VT inducibility Jonathan Waks, MD
10:55 - 11:05 AM		Evolving Understanding of Inflammation in VT/PVC Management Jason Bradfield, MD
11:05 - 11:15 AM		Structural Abnormalities of Papillary Muscles and Relation to Focal VAs Frank Bogun, MD
11:15 - 11:35 AM		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
11:35 – 11:45 AM		Pick-Up Lunch in Exhibit Hall
11:45 AM - 1:30 PM		SESSION IV Live Cases and Working Lunch *Moderator: Vivek Reddy, MD Digital Moderator:* Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD *Panel:* Francis Marchlinski, MD, David Frankel, MD, Josef Kautzner, MD, PhD, Katja Zeppenfeld, MD, John Miller, MD, Paolo Della Bella, MD The Mount Sinai Hospital ∙ New York, NY *Operators: Srinivas Dukkipati, MD, Jacob Koruth, MD, William Whang, MD, Marc Miller, MD, Mohit Turagam, MD, Daniel Musikantow, MD, Abhishek Maan, MD Hospital of University of Pennsylvania ∙ Philadelphia, PA* *Operators:* Gregory Supple, MD, Robert Schaller, MD, David Lin, MD, Fermin Garcia, MD, Mathew Hyman, MD, PhD
1:35 – 2:45 PM		SESSION V Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Stratification *Moderators:* Laurence Epstein, MD *Digital Moderator*: Andrew Epstein, MD
1:35 - 1:45 PM		Role of Artificial Intelligence in SCD Risk Stratification Gerhard Hindricks, MD
1:45 - 1:55 PM		Role of ICDs in the Contemporary Era of HF GDMT Jeanne Poole, MD
1:55 - 2:05 PM		Risk Stratification in Mitral Valve Prolapse Marc Miller, MD
2:05 - 2:15 PM		Machine Learning Insights into LQTS and Brugada Syndrome Joshua Lampert, MD
2:15 - 2:25 PM		Risk Stratification in Sarcoidosis Jonathan Chrispin, MD
2:25 - 2:45 PM		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
2:50 - 4:00 PM		SESSION VI Channelopathies and Ventricular Fibrillation *Moderator:* Francis Marchlinski, MD *Digital Moderator:* Steven Markowitz, MD
2:50 - 3:00 PM		Advancements in Catheter Ablation for J Wave Syndrome Koonlawee Nadamanee, MD
3:00 - 3:10 PM		Substrates of Unexplained SCD/IVF Delineated by Arrhythmia Characteristics Michel Haïssaguerre, MD, PhD
3:10 - 3:20 PM		Ablation Strategies to Targeting the VF Substrate David Burkhardt, MD
3:20 - 3:30 PM		Epicardial Ablation of Brugada Syndrome: Who are the right patients? Sami Viskin, MD
3:30 - 3:40 PM		Inherited Arrhythmias: From Mechanism to Molecular Therapies Silvia Priori, MD, PhD
3:40 - 4:00 PM		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
4:00 – 4:20 PM		Break and Visit Exhibits
4:20 - 5:50 PM		SESSION VII Clinical Trials Update *Moderators:* Edward Gerstenfeld, MD *Digital Moderator:* John Sapp, MD
4:20 - 4:30 PM		FDA Perspective on VT Trials Aneesh Deoras, MSE
4:30 - 4:40 PM		LESS-VT: Emerging Data Jeffrey Winterfield, MD
4:40 - 4:50 PM		Cryocure-VT: One-year results & Next Steps Atul Verma, MD
4:50 - 5:00 PM		EMAP Trial David Frankel, MD
		Forthcoming Trials – Rapid Fire Presentations
5:00 - 5:05 PM		*Magnetic VT* Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD
5:05 - 5:10 PM		*FACILE-VT* Roderick Tung, MD
5:10 - 5:15 PM		*RADIATE-VT* Daniel Cooper, MD
5:15 - 5:20 PM		*Sphere-9 VT* Vivek Reddy, MD
5:20 - 5:50 PM		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
6:00 - 7:30 PM		Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall with Abstract Posters

Agenda - Saturday, October 12, 2024

*Times listed are in Eastern Standard Time

6:45 - 7:25 AM		Breakfast and Exhibits
7:25 - 7:30 AM		Welcome Day 2 Vivek Reddy, MD
7:30 - 8:45 AM		SESSION VIII Novel VT Mapping/Ablation Techniques *Moderators:* William Stevenson, MD *Digital Moderator:* Daniel Musikantow, MD
7:30 - 7:40 AM		Role of PFA for LV Ablation with Particle Therapy Douglas Packer, MD
7:40 - 7:50 AM		Novel Epicardial Access using Trans-Atrial Perforation for Pericardial CO2 Insufflation Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
7:50 - 8:00 AM		Zero Fluoroscopy Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias Andreas Enriquez, MD
8:00 - 8:10 AM		Procedural Strategies to Optimize Ethanol Ablation of Large VT Substrates Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD
8:10 - 8:20 AM		Bailout Strategies for Failed Ablation David Callans, MD
8:20 - 8:45 AM		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
8:50 - 10:10 AM		SESSION IX Pulsed Field Ablation for VT *Moderators:* Gerhard Hindricks, MD *Digital Moderator:* Cory Tschabrunn, PhD
8:50 – 9:00 AM		Maximizing Ventricular PFA Lesion Formation Damijan Miklavčič, PhD
9:00 – 9:10 AM		PFA Tissue Priming and Sensitization for Deeper PFA Lesion William Sauer, MD
9:10 – 9:20 AM		Toward Durable Lesions: Real-Time Prediction of PFA Lesion Size Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD
9:20 – 9:30 AM		Direct Lesion Assessment of PFA Lesions? Harikrishna Tandri, MD
9:30 – 9:40 AM		PFA for VT Ablation Jacob Koruth, MD
9:40 – 9:50 AM		Effect of PFA on Coronary Arteries Edward Gerstenfeld, MD
9:50 – 10:10 AM		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
10:10 – 10:30 AM		Break and Visit Exhibits
10:30 – 11:10 AM		SESSION X Annual Mark E. Josephson Memorial Lecture *Moderator:* Vivek Reddy, MD *Panel:* David Callans, MD, Paolo Della Bella, MD, Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD
10:30 - 10:35 AM		Introduction
10:35 - 10:55 AM		Evolution of VT Mapping/Ablation in Nonischemic Substrates: Where We’ve Been and We’re Going? Francis Marchlinski, MD
10:55 - 11:10 AM		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
11:10 AM – 12:25 PM		SESSION XI Improving VT Outcomes *Moderator:* Josef Kautzner, MD, PhD *Digital Moderator:* Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD
11:10 – 11:35 AM		DEBATE: Early VT/VF Ablation: Hope or Hype? (10 Minute Presentations with 5 Minute Discussions) Hopes Paolo Della Bella, MD Hype Christian de Chillou, MD, PhD
11:35 – 11:45 AM		Influence of Vasopressor Choice in Hemodynamic Decompensation During VT Ablation Wendy Tzou, MD
11:45 – 11:55 AM		Substrate Mapping with Multiple Wavefronts – New Insights Timothy Maher, MD
11:55 AM – 12:05 PM		Identification of Lines of Block and VT Circuit Boundaries Roderick Tung, MD
12:05 - 12:25 PM		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
12:25 – 12:35 PM		Pick-Up Lunch in Exhibit Hall
12:35 - 2:20 PM		SESSION XII Live & Recorded Cases and Working Lunch *Moderator:* Vivek Reddy, MD *Digital Moderator:* Paquale Santangeli, MD, PhD *Panel:* Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, William Stevenson, MD, Srinivas Dukkipati, MD, Roderick Tung, MD, Atul Verma, MD, Wendy Tzou, MD Live Case: VT Ablation with a Lattice-Tip Catheter *Operators:* Petr Neuzil, MD, PhD, Jan Petru, MD, Moritoshi Funasako, MD, PhD Homolka Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic PVC Ablation using Ultra-low Cryoablation (Recorded Case) Roland Tilz, MD Scar VT Homogenization with a Focal PFA Catheter (Recorded Case) Vivek Reddy, MD Epicardial Ablation to Treat Channelopathy / Long QTS (Recorded Case) Carlo Pappone, MD, PhD Noninvasive Cardiac Radioablation (Recorded Case) Philip Cuculich, MD
2:20 – 3:20 PM		SESSION XIII Mark E. Josephson Abstract Competition & VT Innovation Award *Moderator:* David Callans, MD *Panel:* Vivek Reddy, MD, Francis Marchlinski, MD, Srinivas Dukkipati, MD, Christian de Chillou, MD, PhD Abstract Presentations from the 3 Finalists The authors of the top 3 submitted Abstracts, as selected by an expert panel, present their original research and engage in brief discussions with the panelists. The overall winner will be announced at the Sessions’ conclusion and receive the Mark E. Josephson VT Innovation Award to commemorate their accomplishment.
2:30 - 2:43 PM		Distinguishing Purkinje-related Re-entry from Scar-related Re-entrant Ventricular Tachycardias: Analysis of His Bundle Region Activation During Sinus Rhythm, Tachycardia, and Entrainment Shunsuke Uetake, MD Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
2:43 - 2:56 PM		Intracardiac Echocardiography for the Detection of Arrhythmogenic Periaortic Substrate: A Prospective Analysis with Electroanatomic Mapping and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Naohiko Sahara, MD The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA
2:56 - 3:09 PM		Validation of a Novel Digital Twin Framework for Ventricular Functional Substrate Simulation in Structural Heart Disease Matteo Parollo, MD University of Pisa Hospital, Pisa, Italy
3:09 - 3:20 PM		VT Innovation Award Presented for the Best Abstract
3:20 – 3:40 PM		Break and Visit Exhibits
3:40 - 4:55 PM		SESSION XIV Potpourri *Moderator:* Wendy Tzou, MD *Digital Moderator:* Usha Tedrow, MD
3:40 - 3:50 PM		Influence of Treatment on Recurrent VT Cycle Length John Sapp, MD
3:50 - 4:00 PM		A New Horizon: First Genetically Modified Porcine Xenotransplant in Man–Observed Ventricular ECG Characteristics and Ventricular Arrhythmias Timm Dickfeld, MD, PhD
4:00 - 4:10 PM		Frequency Analysis Derived Electrogram Markers of VT Circuits Usha Tedrow, MD
4:10 - 4:20 PM		Novel Pericardial Access Devices Vivek Reddy, MD
4:20 - 4:30 PM		Cardiac Contractility Modulation for GDMT Refractory HF Robert Schaller, DO
4:30 - 4:55 PM		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
4:55 – 5:00 PM		Closing Comments and Invitation to VT Symposium 2025 Vivek Reddy, MD

Faculty

19^th Annual International Symposium on Ventricular Arrhythmias

Course Directors
Vivek Reddy, MD The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY		David Callans, MD University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA
Srinivas Dukkipati, MD The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY		Andre d’Avila, MD, PhD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Francis Marchlinski, MD University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA

Faculty

Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD
UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center
Los Angeles, CA

Frank Bogun, MD
University of Michigan Health
Ann Arbor, MI

Jason Bradfield, MD
UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center
Los Angeles, CA

David Burkhardt, MD
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute
Austin, TX

Larry Chinitz, MD
NYU Langone Health
New York, NY

Jonathan Chrispin, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Daniel Cooper, MD
Washington University
St. Louis, MO

Phillip Cuculich, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Christian de Chillou, MD, PhD
University Hospital Nancy
Nancy, France

Paolo Della Bella, MD
IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Milano, Italy

Rajat Deo, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Aneesh Deoras, MSE
US Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD

Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Hospital
New York, NY

Timm Dickfeld, MD, PhD
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD

Sanjay Dixit, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD
VCU Health
Richmond, VA

Andres Enriquez, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Andrew Epstein, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Laurence Epstein, MD
Northwell Health
Manhasset, NY

Moritoshi Funasako, MD, PhD
Na Homolce Hospital
Prague, Czech Republic

David Frankel, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Fermin Garcia, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Edward Gerstenfeld, MD
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Michael Gold, MD, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Michel Haïssaguerre, MD, PhD
Bordeaux University Hospital
Bordeaux, France

Gerard Hindricks, MD
Charite-University of Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Matthew Hyman, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Josef Kautzner, MD, PhD
IKEM, Charles University Medical School Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic

Jacob Koruth, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD
LANS Cardio
Hamburg, Germany

Joshua Lampert, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

David Lin, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Abhishek Maan, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Timothy Maher, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Steven Markowitz, MD
Weil Cornell Medicine
New York, NY

Damijan Miklavčič, PhD
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Marc Miller, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

John Miller, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN

Daniel Musikantow, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Koonlawee Nadamanee, MD
Pacific Rim Electrophysiology Research Institute
Bangkok, Thailand

Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Saman Nazarian, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Petr Neuzil, MD, PhD
Na Homolce Hospital
Prague, Czech Republic

Douglas Packer, MD
Intermountain Medical Center
Murray, UT

Carlo Pappone, MD, PhD
IRCCS Policlinico Dan Donato
Milan, Italy

Jan Petru, MD
Na Homolce Hospital
Prague, Czech Republic

Jeanne Poole, MD
UW Medicine
Seattle, WA

Silvia Priori, MD, PhD
University of Pavia
Pavia, Italy

Ivo Roca-Luque, MD, PhD
University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain

Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

John Sapp, MD
QEII Health Sciences Center
Halifax, NS, Canada

William Sauer, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

Robert Schaller, DO
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD
UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center
Los Angeles, CA

William Stevenson, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Gregory Supple, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Harikrishna Tandri, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Anthony Tang, MD
London Health Science Centre
London, Ontario, Canada

Usha Tedrow, MD, MS
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

Roland Tilz, MD
University Heart Center Lübeck
Lübeck, Germany

Natalia Trayanova, PhD, MS
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Cory Tschabrunn, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Roderick Tung, MD
The University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ

Mohit Turagam, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Wendy Tzou, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO

Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD
Houston Methodist DeBakey Cardiology Associates
Houston, TX

Atul Verma, MD
McGill University Health Center
Montreal, Québec, Canada

Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes-Barre, PA

Samuel Viskin, MD
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel Aviv, Israel

Jonathan Waks, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Paul Wang, MD
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA

William Whang, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Jeffrey Winterfeld, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Katja Zeppenfeld, MD, PhD
University of Leiden
Leiden, Netherlands