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Heart Failure joint with Arrhythmia / EP: Where two worlds collide, integrating electrophysiology and heart failure

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Heart Failure
Friday, August 2, 2024
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Riverside Theatre‎

Speaker

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Prof Peter Kistler
Head of Electrophysiology
Alfred Hospital

Update on management of AF and HFREF: Rate vs rhythm control

10:45 AM - 11:05 AM

Biography

Peter Kistler is the head of electrophysiology at the Alfred Hospital and head of clinical electrophysiology research at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne. Peter is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne and Monash Universities. He has made a substantial contribution to the field of atrial arrhythmias with 260 publications, 6467 citations and supervised 18 PhD students. He is Chair of the AF ablation guidelines for CSANZ and recipient of the 2020 RT Hall Prize. Peter is an invited speaker at the ESC, American Heart Association, ACC, Heart Rhythm Society in the USA and Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society.
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Assoc Prof Sandeep Prabhu
Electrophysiologist and Senior Research Fellow
Alfred Health / Baker Institute

Patient selection for AF ablation in HFrEF

11:05 AM - 11:25 AM

Biography

Associate Professor Sandeep Prabhu is a Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. He is an NHMRC and Heart Foundation supported clinical researcher and Senior Research Fellow at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Research Institute. He has a particular interest in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in the setting of heart failure and was Principle Trial Investigator of the CAMERA-MRI clinical trial.
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Prof Pierre Jais
University of Bordeaux

High risk VT ablation - pre-procedural planning and the role of an integrated MDT

11:25 AM - 11:45 AM

Biography

Pierre Jaïs, MD a Professor at the Cardiology Hospital, Pessac, France, working with Michel Haïssaguerre in the Rhythmolgy & Cardiac Stimulation Department, co-manages the LIRYC Institute (Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute) and the MUSIC EQUIPEX; both aim to improve knowledge and treatments of electrical dysfunctions of the heart with an extra focus on imaging for MUSIC. Dr. Jaïs is a regular contributor to national and international symposia and has written more than 400 articles, mainly on electrophysiology and RF catheter ablation, particularly focusing on atrial arrhythmias. He is currently working on catheter ablation for atrial and ventricular arrhythmias with special focus on advanced imaging integration and modeling to guide ablation procedures.
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Prof Kyoko Soejima
Professor Of Medicine
Kyorin University

PVC related cardiomyopathy - the chicken or the egg

11:45 AM - 12:05 PM

Biography

Dr. Soejima has been a clinical electrophysiologist at Kyorin University in Tokyo, Japan since 2011. She is a Professor of Medicine and serves as a Chief of Cardiology. Clinical and research interests include the management of ventricular arrhythmias by catheter ablation and neural modulation, leadless devices, and early diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation.
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Dr David Chieng
Consultant
Alfred Health

HfPeF and AF - when to intervene

12:05 PM - 12:15 PM

Biography

Dr David Chieng is a consultant electrophysiologist at the Alfred Hospital, and postdoctoral fellow at Monash University/ Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. He completed his PhD in 2022 with the support of NHMRC, National Heart Foundation, and Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Bright Sparks scholarships. He was the co-principal investigator of the CAPLA study, and principal investigator of the Hi-Lo HEAT and STALL HFpEF randomized trials. He has been awarded 22 prestigious young investigator prizes for his research, including the University of Melbourne Graham Brown Prize (2023), the Heart Rhythm Society Eric Prystowsky Fellows Clinical Research Award (2023), the Noel and Imelda Foster Prize for Cardiovascular Research (2022), the Paul Korner Medal for outstanding PhD achievements (2021), and the American College of Cardiology Christopher O'Connor Award for Outstanding Scholarship (2023). He is the recipient of a post-doctoral fellowship from the National Heart Foundation.
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Dr Alicia Chan
Consultant Cardiologist
Central Adelaide Local Health Network

Chairperson

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Dr Benjamin King
Cardiologist / Electrophysiologist
Advara Heartcare

Chairperson

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