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Arrhythmia / EP: Dangerous arrhythmias and their friends

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Arrhythmia / EP
Saturday, August 3, 2024
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Riverview Room 5

Speaker

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Prof Pierre Jais
University of Bordeaux

Latest advances in VT mapping and ablation: State of the art

10:30 AM - 10:50 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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Assoc Prof Saurabh Kumar
Staff Specialist
University of Sydney

Indications and timing for VT ablation

10:50 AM - 11:15 AM

Biography

A/Prof Kumar is a cardiologist and electrophysiologist, program director for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death at Westmead Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney. His research interests include genetic basis of ventricular arrhythmias, in particular channelopathies and cardiomyopathies.
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Prof Kyoko Soejima
Professor Of Medicine
Kyorin University

Ablation of VT in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

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 Nick Jackson
Cardiologist
John Hunter Hospital

VT mapping; what are the critical targets and endpoints of ablation?

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Biography

Dr Nick Jackson studied cardiology and electrophysiology at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle and at Toronto General Hospital in Canada. He is now a conjoint senior lecturer with the University of Newcastle and a staff specialist at John Hunter Hospital. During this time he has authored over forty peer reviewed articles and book chapters, including work on ventricular fibrillation in explanted human hearts and new mapping techniques for ventricular tachycardia ablation.
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Prof Rajeev Pathak
Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology
Canberra Heart Rhythm / Australian National University

Catheter ablation for PVCs originating from the papillary muscles and LV summit: Tips and tricks

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Biography

Professor Rajeev Pathak is Clinical Director for Cardiac Electrophysiology & Pacing at the Australian National University and The Canberra Heart Rhythm Centre. He is a clinical academic with research interest in complex atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, and physiologic pacing. He leads a dynamic team with his lab performing more than 500 complex ablations per year as well as pacemakers, defibrillators, physiologic pacing and CRT devices. He is the Chair of the CSANZ Ventricular Tachycardia Guidelines and is co-author of national and international guidelines for Atrial Fibrillation; Ventricular Tachycardia; Cardiac Pacing; and Digital Health and Wearable Technology. He is currently the Principal Investigator in several national and international Clinical Trials. Prof Pathak has widely published in the field of Cardiac Electrophysiology with over 100 peer reviewed publications, 700 abstracts and 6300 citations.
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Dr Nick Jackson
Cardiologist
John Hunter Hospital

Chairperson

Biography

Dr Nick Jackson studied cardiology and electrophysiology at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle and at Toronto General Hospital in Canada. He is now a conjoint senior lecturer with the University of Newcastle and a staff specialist at John Hunter Hospital. During this time he has authored over forty peer reviewed articles and book chapters, including work on ventricular fibrillation in explanted human hearts and new mapping techniques for ventricular tachycardia ablation.
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Dr Bhupesh Pathik
Cardiologist
Royal Melbourne Hospital

Chairperson

Biography

Bhupesh Pathik is a Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist at the Royal Melbourne and Box Hill Hospitals, Melbourne. He completed his PhD at the Royal Melbourne Hospital evaluating the mechanisms of atrial arrhythmias using novel 3D mapping techniques. After completing his PhD, Bhupesh Pathik completed a two-year clinical fellowship in Pacing and Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA.
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