Executive Committee of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society · 2019-10-30 · Executive...

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to join us at the 9th Annual Scientific Congress of the European CardiacArrhythmia Society “ECAS” to be held in Paris, France April 14 to 16, 2013 at the Meridien-Etoile Hotel. All thosewho attended previous editions of ECAS Congress know that it is a highly scientific and educational event in acheerful atmosphere which facilitates the interaction between the renowned faculty and younger colleagues inthe field. This edition promises to be particularly successful and we will be delighted to welcome you in Paris.

Executive Committee of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia SocietyPresident Riccardo Cappato (Milan, IT)

Past President Wyn Davies (London, GB)Vice-President (Education & Research) Richard Hauer (Utrecht, NL)

Vice-President (National Societies) Massimo Santini (Rome, IT)Vice-President (International Societies & EU) Samuel Lévy (Marseille, FR)

Treasurers Eli Ovsyshcher (Beersheba, IL)Secretary General Leo Van Wersch (Paris, FR)

Organizing Committee ECAS 2013Riccardo Cappato, Xavier Copie, Fernand Hessel,Xavier Jouven, Ellen Hoffmann, Stefan Kaab, GillesLascault, Samuel Lévy (Chair), Michael Nabauer,Olivier Piot, Gerhard Steinbeck

Gilles Lascault, MD Congress Chairman

Gilles Lascault, MD

Xavier Jouven, MD Scientific Program Chair

Riccardo Cappato, MD President of ECAS

Gerhard Steinbeck, MD Samuel Lévy, MD

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Andrey Ardashev ; Alawi Alsheikh-Ali ; Serge Barold ; David S Cannom ; Riccardo Cappato ; Wyn Davies ; Roberto De Ponti ;Heidi Estner ; Jeronimo Farre ; Mark Estes III ; John Fisher; Robert Hatala ; Richard Hauer ; Ellen Hoffmann ; Charles Jazra ;Xavier Jouven (Chair) ; Stefan Kaab ; Jean-François Leclercq ; Gilles Lascault ; Samuel Lévy ; Thorsten Lewalter ; Shaowen Liu; Peter Loh ; Pierpaolo Lupo ; Chang Sheng Ma ; Michael Nabauer ; Mohan Nair ; Yuji Nakazato ; Andrea Natale ; Petr Neuzil ;Eli Ovsyshcher ; Douglas L Packer ; Luigi Padeletti ; Nicholas S. Peters ; Dubravko Petrac ; Antonio Raviele ; Amiran Revishvilli; Sanjeev Saksena ; Gerhard Steinbeck ; Massimo Santini ; Neil Sulke ; Dorwarth Uwe ; Reza Wakili ; Bruce Wilkoff.

Program Committee

Stefan Kääb, MDMichael Näbauer, MD Ellen Hoffmann, MD Xavier Jouven, MD

Masood Akhtar (Milwaukee, USA)Etienne Aliot (Nancy, FR)Maurits A. Allessie (Maastricht, NL)Eckhard Alt (Munich, DE)Charles Antzelevitch (Utica, USA)Andrey Ardashev (Moscow, RU)Serge S. Barold (Boca Raton, USA)David Benditt (Minneapolis, USA)Poul Erik Bloch-Thomsen (Hellerup, DK)Johannes Brachmann (Coburg, DE)A John Camm (London, GB)Riccardo Cappato (Milan, IT)David S. Cannom (Los Angeles, USA)Stuart J. Connolly (Hamilton, CA)Antonio Curnis (Brescia, IT)Philippe Coumel*D. Wyn Davies (London, GB)Hu Dayi (Beijing, CN)Luc De Roy (Yvoir, BE)Sergio Dubner (Buenos Aires, AR)Nils G. Edvardsson (Goteborg, SE)Michaël Eldar (Tel Aviv, IL)Nabil El-Sherif (New York, USA)Jeronimo Farre (Madrid, ES)John Fisher (New-York, USA)Guy Fontaine (Paris, FR)Robert Frank (Paris, FR)Seymour Furman (New York, USA)*Bulent Gorenek (Eskisehir, TR)

Mohamed Guediche (Tunis, TN)Stephen C. Hammill (Rochester, MN, USA)Richard Hauer(Utrecht, NL)Habib Haouala (Tunis, TN)Stefan Hohnloser(Frankfurt, DE)Yoshito Iesaka (Tokyo, JP)Charles Jazra (Beirut, LB)Werner Jung (Villingen, DE)Joergen Kanters (Copenhagen, DK)Gilbert Kirkorian (Lyon, FR)Bondo Kobulia (Tbilisi, GE)Karl-Heinz Kuck (Hamburg, DE) Antoine Leenhardt (Paris, FR)Jean-François Leclercq (Paris, FR)Jean-Yves Le Heuzey (Paris, FR)Samuel Lévy (Marseille, FR)Berndt Luderitz (Bonn, DE)Damian Gascon Lopez (Sevilla, ES)Marek Malik (London, GB)Sherif Mokhtar (Cairo, EG)Harry G. Mond (Melbourne, AU)Alessandro A Montenero (Rome, IT)Conception Moro Serrano (Madrid, ES)Arthur J. Moss (Rochester, NY, USA)Gerald V. Nacarelli (Hershey, USA)Franco Nacarella (Bologna, IT)Yuji Nakazato (Tokyo, JP)Andrea Natale (Cleveland, USA)Promund I. W.Obel (Johannesburg, ZA)

Bertil S. Olsson (Lund, SE)Oscar Oseroff (Buenos Aires, AR)Ali Oto (Ankara, TR)Eli Ovsyshcher (Beersheba, IL)Douglas L. Packer (Rochester, USA)Luigi Padeletti (Florence, IT)Nicholas S Peters, (London, GB)Dubravko Petrac (Zagreb, HR)Eric N. Prystowsky (Indianapolis, USA)Antonio Raviele(Venice, IT)Amiran Revishvili (Moskow, RU)Dwight Reynolds (Oklahoma, USA)Edward Rowland (London, GB)Sanjeev Saksena (New Brunswick,USA)Massimo Santini (Rome, IT)Maurizio Santomauro (Naples, IT)Dipen Shah (Geneva, CH)Martin Jan Shalij (Leiden, NL)Richard Schilling (London, GB)Georg Schmidt (Munich, DE)Peter M. Spooner (Baltimore, USA)Neil Sulke (Eastbourne, GB)Paul Touboul (Lyon, FR)Albert Waldo (Cleveland, USA)Hein JJ Wellens (Maastricht, NL)Bruce Wilkoff (Cleveland, USA)George D. Wyse (Calgary, CA)

*In memoriam

Christine Albert ; Alawi Al-Scheikh-Ali ; Di-etrich Andresen ; Dietmar Baensch ; SergeBarold ; Cristina Basso ; Jean-Jacques Blanc; ; Poul Erik Bloch-Thomsen ; MartinBorggrefe ; Gunter Breithardt ; LeonardoCalo ; John Camm ; David Cannom ; RiccardoCappato ; Alessandro Capucci ; ChristopherClyne ; Harry Crijns ; Gheorghe Andrei Dan ;Wyn Davies ; Pascal Defaye ; Mario Delmar ;Luigi Di Biase ; Joachim Ehrlich ; JeronimoFarre ; Ali Fathi ; John Fisher ; BulentGorenek ; Gerard Guiraudon ; Sam Hanon ;Richard Hauer ; Bengt Herweg ; MelezeHocini ; Ellen Hofmann ; Yoshito Iesaka ;

Shigeru Ikeguchi ; Carsten Israel ; MichielJanse ; Xavier Jouven ; Werner Jung ; StefanKaab ; Prapa Kanaratgam ; Jorgen Kanters ;Bharat K. Kantharia; Helmut Klein ; LascaultGilles ; Le Heuzey Jean-Yves ; LelloucheNicholas ; Levy Samuel ; Lewalter Thorsten ;Bruce Lindsay ; Shaowen Liu ; Peter Loh ;Marek Malik ; Frank Marcus ; William McKenna ; Sandro Montenero ; ConceptionMoro-Serrano ; Michael Nabauer ; Koon-lawee Nademanee ; Yuji Nakazato; AndreaNatale ; Mark O’Neill ; Promund Obel ;Mario Oliveira ; Brian Olshansky ; Ali Oto; EliOvsyshcher ; Luigi Padeletti ; Carlo Pappone

; Nicholas Peters; Olivier Piot ; MariavittoriaPitzalis ; Jeanne Poole ; Helmut Puererfellner; Antonio Raviele ; Amiran Revishvili ;Thomas Rostock ; Edward Rowland ; SanjeevSaksena ; Walid Saliba ; Massimo Santini ;David Lee Scher; Richard Schilling ; RobertSchweikert ; Dipen Shah ; Gerhard Steinbeck; Neil Sulke ; Richard Sutton ; Tamas SziliTorok ; Carl Timmermans ; Gioia Torrito ;Toon Van Teen ; Peter Van Tintelen ; ErnstVester ; Albert.L Waldo; Oussama Wazni ;David Wilber ; Roger Winkle

Scientific Advisory Board

Abstract Selection

Congress Chairman

The Organizing committee would like to thank the abstract reviewers for their valuable help in abstract selectionof ECAS 2013 program:

Gilles Lascault, MDCentre Cardiologique du Nord32-36 Rue des Moulins-Gémeaux

93207 St Denis Cedex

Tel: +33 1 49 33 41 22 • +33 1 49 33 48 62(Secretary Mrs. V. Falcon) Fax: + 33 1 49 33 83 01

E-Mail: [email protected]

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Abstract Awards

General information

Pre-Arranged Sessions

Publication

Sanjeev SaksenaJICE Editor-in-Chief

Leonardo Calo MD ECAS JICE co-Editor

Presentation of the Awards for Best Oral Presentations will take place on Sunday April 14 during the Opening Ceremony atRoom Derain and the Best Poster on Tuesday April 16, 2013 from 12:00pm to 12:30pm Room Diderot (Meridien-Etoile Hotel)

The Program includes 32 Pre-arranged sessions and workshops or debates. It can be downloaded from our website as wellas the Program of Abstracts selected for oral or poster presentations

Congress venueLE MERIDIEN ETOILE Hôtel81 Boulevard Gouvion Saint Cyr, 75848 Paris Cedex 17 Tel: (33) (0)1 40 68 34 34www.lemeridienetoile.com

Badges Badges and Final programs will be available at Hotel MeridienEtoile, Paris for pre-registered participants and Faculty at the ECASwelcome desk starting Saturday April 13, 2013 2:00 PM - 6:00PM

ECAS Congress Secretariat Josette Razafimbelo Tel/FAX: + 334 93 29 80 99Cell: +336 26 07 55 74E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract PresentationsThe abstracts accepted for oral or poster presentation will bepublished in a supplement issue of the Journal of InterventionalCardiac Electrophysiology (JICE), the official journal of ECASprovided the authors attend the congress and present their work.

The oral presentation of abstracts is 10 minutes plus 5 minutes fordiscussion.All posters accepted for presentation will be chaired. Please to checkthe day and time at which your poster will be presented to thechairpersons and the time at which the presenter should be neartheir poster board.

RegistrationRegistration and payment of Congress fees as well as payment ofMembership dues can be done through the website. Registration onsite will start on Sunday April 14 at 8:00 AM at Hotel Meridien-Etoile.

CurrencyPayment in cash for registration on site must be made in euros only.Payment using American Express or Visa credit cards will be acceptedon the Congress site. Personal checks cannot be accepted.

Congress WebsiteAll information, Scientific Program and Registration to the congress,Abstract submission and Membership subscription with securedpayment can be done through our websitehttp://www.ecas-heartrhythm.org

JICE(Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology)

is the official Journal of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society

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Room DERAIN Room DIDEROT Room DESCARTES Room PASCAL Room GAUGUIN

Oral Abstract 1 Oral Abstract 2 Oral Abstract 3 Oral Abstract 4 Chaired posterSession A (Cont.)

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee break and visit to the posters

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee break and visit to the posters

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Concurrent Abstract Sessions

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Simultaneous Workshops

ROOM DUFY

Clinical use of Novel Oral Anticoagulants for stroke prevention in Atrial FibrillationSupported by an educational grant from Boehringer-Ingelheim

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM LUNCHEON PANEL

Opening ceremony Special lecture: A tribute to Philippe CoumelBy Prof. Jeronimo Farre (Madrid, ES)

A Brief History of the Exploration of the AV JunctionAwards Presentation

All participants are kindly invited to the Opening Ceremony followed by the Cocktail reception

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Room DERAIN

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM


Session AF-04AF Mechanisms

Session SD-04 Sudden death and

inherited arrhythmiassyndromes

Session SP-07Joint session ofECAS-WSA

Current issues in ICDtherapy

Session SD-01Arrhythmogenesis andEpidemiology of Sudden

death

Chaired postersession B


Session AF-08Ablation of persistent AF

Session SD-05The MADIT Trials

Session AF-09Treatments and techniques in AF

Session SP-10CRT

Chaired poster Session B

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE ECAS 2013

SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2013

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Room PASCAL Room DIDEROT Room DESCARTES Room GAUGUIN

Session WS-01Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

D. Packer

Session WS-02Cardiac

Resynchronization therapyB. Wilkoff

Session WS-03ECG of pacing and CRT

dysfunctionS. Barold

E.Ovschyscher - C.Israel

Chaired posterSession A


Room DERAIN Room PASCAL

EP testing in Brugada syndrome Echocardiographic techniques and CRT Improvement results

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee break and visit to posters

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee break and visit to posters


Oral Abstract 5 Oral Abstract 6 Oral Abstract 7 Oral Abstract 8 Chaired posterSession C

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Simultaneous Oral Abstract sessions

ROOM DUFY

Practical aspects of Xa inhibition: What you need to know?Supported by an educational grant from Bayer Pharma

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM LUNCHEON PANEL

5:30 PM - 6:15 PM DEBATES

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM


Session SP-01 Paroxysmal versus Long-standing AF

Session SD-06 Primary prevention of sudden death early

post MI

HRS-ECAS Session II Arrhythmogenic right

ventricularcardiomyopathy

Session SP-02New innovations inAF ablation: role of

contact forceSupported by

Biosense-WebsterD. Shah

Chaired posterSession D


Session AF-07 PV isolation: comparative

strategies

Session AF-05 Progression of AF

HRS-ECAS Session I Arrhythmogenic right

ventricularcardiomyopathy

Session SD-03Sports and sudden death in athletes

Chaired posterSession C

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Simultaneous sessions


Session SP-08 Epicardial mapping:when and how?

Special session 6 th Japan HRS-ECASY. Nakazato

Session SP-03Ablation of persistent AF: which target?

SP-05Case-based studies of SVT

Chaired poster Session D(Cont.)

MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013

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8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

TUESDAY APRIL 16, 2013

Room DIDEROT Room DESCARTES Room PASCAL Room TBA

Oral abstract 9 Oral abstract 10 Oral abstract 11 Oral abstract 12

Room DIDEROT Room DESCARTES Room PASCAL Room TBA

Session AF-03AF in heart failure

Session SP-11Advances in syncope

management

Session WS-04Tips and tricksfor AF ablation

N. Sulke-R. De Ponti

Session SP-06Ablation of sustained VT

10:30 AM - 12:00 AM

Presentation of the Best Posters and Awards to the Awardees of the Best Abstracts

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Room DIDEROT

Conference Rooms

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee break and visit to posters

This program is sponsored by Aix-Marseille Université


SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM ROOM PASCAL

WORKSHOP WS-01

Pushing the Threshold on Integrated Mapping and Imaging for Guiding AF AblationChairpersons: Douglas Packer (Rochester, MN/USA), David Wilber (Maywood, USA)

1. Conventional Image-based Mapping of Atrial Fibrillation: Making catheter elec-trodes, 3D mapping, andintracardiac ultrasound work togetherSabine Ernst (London, GB)

2. Mapping of Atrial Fibrillation: Is this now a fixed-rotor world?David Wilber (Maywood, USA)

3. Clinical Analogues of Fibrillatory Conduction, CFAE Activation, and Dominant Frequencies: Which ones areeven relevant in a rotor world?Moussa Mansour (Boston, USA)

4. Integrated 3-Dimensional Ultrasound and CT/MR Imaging for Guiding Internal and External Energy Ablation ofAtrial FibrillationDouglas Packer (Rochester, MN/USA)

SUNDAY APRIL 14, 20138:30 AM - 10:00 AM ROOM DIDEROT

WORKSHOP WS-02

Cardiac Resynchronization TherapyImproving outcomes and Reducing Adverse eventsChairpersons: Luigi Padeletti (Florence IT); Walid Saliba (Cleveland, USA)

1. Minimizing ICD shocks and Reduced Mortality in CRT patients: From clinical trials to practiceBruce Wilkoff (Cleveland, USA)

2. Atrial Fibrillation and CRT: Special Considerations?Walid Saliba (Cleveland, USA)

3. Patient Selection: Fine-tuning the guidelines and beyond. Peggy Jacon (Grenoble, FR)

4. Maximizing response to CRT: Optimal programming and follow up. Conception Moro-Serrano (Madrid, ES)

SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM ROOM DESCARTES

WORKSHOP WS-03

Pacemaker ECG, ICD and CRT interpretation: Case studiesChairpersons: Serge Barold (Tampa, USA), Eli Ovsyshcher (Beersheba, IL), Carsten Israel (Bielefeld, DE)

1. Eli Ovsyshcher (Boston, USA)

2. Carsten Israel (Bielefeld, DE)

3. Bengt Herweg (Tampa, USA)

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SUNDAY APRIL 14, 20138:30 AM - 10:00 AM ROOM GAUGUIN

Posters exposed from 8:30 AM - 12:00 PMPresenters and chairpersons present from 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM`

CHAIRED POSTER SESSION A - PART 1

Ventricular Arrhythmias Chairpersons: Mohammad Shenasa (San Jose, USA); Luigi De Ambroggi (Milan, IT)

13-1 Abstract 19-23PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF EARLY REPOLARISATION IMMEDIATELY AFTER CARDIAC ARRESTValeria Carinci 1, Gianni Casella 1, Gaetano Barbato 1, Camillo Pavesi 1, Piergiorgio Cavallo 2, Giovanni Gordini 2, Giuseppe Di Pasquale 11 Division of Cardiology, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy, 2 Intensive Care Unit/118 EMS, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy

13-3 Abstract 17-17IDENTIFYING EPICARDIAL ORIGIN OF VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIAS: ARE WE MISSING A USEFUL LEAD?Shahnaz Jamil-Copley 1, Ian Wright 1, Pipin Kojodjojo 1, Rex Stanbridge 2, David Wyn Davies 1, Prapa Kanagaratnam 1

1 St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 2 Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom

13-5 Abstract 17-16ARE PREMATURE VENTRICULAR COMPLEX ALWAYS BENIGN? WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATED TREATMENT? Gaetano Barbato 1, Valeria Carinci 1, Francesco Pergolini 1, Giuseppe Di Pasquale 11 Division of Cardiology, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy

13-6 Abstract 17-11REQUENT VENTRICULAR ECTOPY IN PREGNANCY: NOT ALWAYS BENIGNKristopher Knott 1, Amanda Varnava 21 West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford, United Kingdom, 2 Imperial College Healthcare and West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, London,United Kingdom

13-7 Abstract 20-11EFFICACY OF COMBINATION OF POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS N-3, HAWTHORN AND ANTIOXIDANTS INEXTRASYSTOLE WITHOUT ORGANIC HEART DISEASEFlavio Doni 1, Riccardo Cappato 2, Antoine Kheir 1, Margherita Manfredi 1, Sarah Todd 1

1 Policlinico San Pietro, Ponte San Pietro, Italy, 2 Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy

13-8 Abstract 02-13 G-PROTEIN COUPLED INWARD RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CURRENT CONTRIBUTES TO VENTRICULAR REPOLARIZATIONBo Liang 1, Jakob D. Nissen 1, Morten Laursen 1, Xiaodong Wang 1, Matthew C. Hearing 2, Martin N. Andersen 1, Hanne B. Rasmussen 1,Morten Grunnet 1, Søren-Peter Olesen 1, Thomas Jespersen 1

1 University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States

13-09 Abstract 04-11PRO-ARRHYTHMIC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES INDUCED BY CONSCIOUS MENTAL STRESS: FIRST DIRECTMEASUREMENT IN HUMANSMalcolm Finlay 1, Pier Lambiase 1, Kostas Zizmous 1, Ron Ben SImon 1, Peter Taggart 11 UCL, London, United Kingdom

13-10 Abstract 01-18THE ASSOCIATION OF PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE WITH VENTRICULAR REPOLARIZATION DYNAMICS EVALUATEDBY QT DYNAMICITYUğur Canpolat 1, Lale Tokgözo�lu 1, Ergün Barı� Kaya 1, Hikmet Yorgun 1, Levent �ahiner 1, Giray Kabakci 1, Kudret Aytemir 1, Ali Oto 1

1 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey

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Catheter Ablation of atrial fibrillation13-11 Abstract 07-16SYSTEMATIC SCREENING IN RELATIVES OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH VICTIMS: APPLICATION IN GENERALPOPULATIONEmilie Chazelle 1, Hazrije Mustafic 1, Eloi Marijon 1, Wulfran Bougouin 1, Lionel Lamhaut 2, Daniel Jost 3, Frankie Beganton 1, Khadija Lahlou-Laforêt 4, Alain Cariou 5, Jean-Philippe Empana 6, Xavier Jouven 1

1 Expertise Center of Sudden Death (CEMS), Paris, France, 2 SAMU of Paris, Paris, France, 3 Paris Fire Brigade, Paris, France, 4 AP-HP, Georges PompidouEuropean Hospital, psychiatry department, Paris, France, 5 AP-HP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, 6 INSERM U970, cardiovascular and sudden deathepidemiology, Paris, France

13-12 Abstract 07-13SUDDEN DEATH IN YOUNG - CAUSES AND MORPHOLOGICAL FINDING: DATA FROM CENTRE OF DISEASE PREVENTIONAND CONTROL OF LATVIA, 2011Oskars Kalejs 1, Jolanta Vamze 2, Ligita Zvaigzne 1, Ainars Rudzitis 1, Iveta Mintale 1, Milana Zabunova 1, Aivars Lejnieks 3, Andrejs Erglis 41 P.Stradins University Hospital, Riga, Latvia, 2 State Centre of Forensic Medical examination of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, 3 Riga Stradins University, Riga EastUniversity Hospital, Riga, Latvia, 4 P.Stradins University Hospital, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

13-13 Abstract 19-14DEFIBRILLATION THRESHOLD TESTING – IS HIGH SHOCK-IMPEDANCE A PREDICTOR OF DFT-TEST-FAILURE?Eimo Martens 1, Johannes Siebermair 1, Regina Freeden 2, Carsten Koenig 2, Franziska Schüßler 1, Moritz F Sinner 1, Ralf Bosch 3, StefanKaeaeb 1

1 University Hospital Munich - Cardiology, Munich, Germany, 2Medtronic Europe, Meerbusch, Germany, 3 Cardiology Aspergerstrasse, Ludwigsburg,Germany

13-14 Abstract 08-11THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MYOCARDIAL DYSSYNCHRONY AND RISK FACTORS OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATHAlexandr Rychkov 1, Vadim Kuznetsov 1, Natalya Khorkova 1, Dmitriy Krinochkin 1, Nikolay Melnikov 1, Elena Dyuraygina 11 Tyumen Cardiology Center, Tyumen , Russia

13-15 Abstract 03-11NOVEL APPROACHES TO IDENTIFY HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS BY MEANS OF A GENETIC CASCADE SCREENING. THEDUTCH EXPERIENCE Peter Lansberg 1, Wanda Hermans van Ast 1, Alex Postma 1, Peter van Tintelen 2, 1 Durrer Center for Cardiogenetic Research - ICIN Holland Heart House, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2 dept. of clinical genetics - University Medical CenterGroningen, Groningen, Netherlands

13-16 Abstract 03-12CETP TAQIB POLYMORPHISM AND THE RISK OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTSFrancesca Galati 1, Serafina Massari 1, Antonio Galati 21 DiSTeBA - University of Salento, Lecce, Italy, 2 Division of Cardiology - Card. G. Panico Hospital, Tricase, Italy

13-17 Abstract 18-21IMPACT OF A NEW OPEN-IRRIGATED RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER WITH DIRECT FORCE MEASUREMENT ONPROCEDURAL AND CLINICAL PARAMETERS IN PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATIONElisabeth Sigmund 1, Michael Derndorfer 1, Christine Lemes 1, Josef Aichinger 1, Siegmund Winter 1, Hans-Joachim Nesser 1, HelmutPuererfellner 1, Martin Martinek 11 Elisabethinen University Teaching Hospital of the Universities Innsbruck and Graz; Linz, Austria, Department of Cardiology, Linz, Austria

SUNDAY APRIL 14, 201310:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee break and visit to the posters

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SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2013 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ROOM DERAIN

ABSTRACT ORAL SESSION 1

Mechanisms of atrial fibrillation related to catheter ablation Chairpersons: Douglas Packer (Rochester, MN/USA), Ellen Hoffmann (Munich, DE)

1-1 Abstract 15-53TREATMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA REDUCES THE RISK OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RECURRENCE FOLLOWINGCATHETER ABLATIONAdam S. Fein, Alexei Shvilkin, Charles I. Haffagee, Saumya Das, Peter J. Zimetbaum, Alfred E. Buxton, Mark E. Josephson, Elad AnterHarvard Thorndike Electrophysiology Institute, Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

1-2 Abstract 15-52CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ARE INFLUENCED BY QUANTI-TATIVE RATHER THANQUALITATIVE ACHIEVEMENT OF SINUS RHYTHM AND ANTIAR-RHYTHMIC DRUG SELECTION April Slee, Rangadham Nagarakanti, Sanjeev SaksenaUMDNJ- RWJ Medical School, Warren, NJ, Electrophysiology Research Foundation, Warren, NJ, USA

1-3 Abstract 15-18STABLE ROTORS AND FOCAL SOURCES DRIVE THE FIBRILLATING HUMAN ATRIA AND THE PULMONARY VEINSSanjiv Narayan 1, Ruchir Sehra1, Gautam Lalani1, Amir Schricker1, Rajeev Joshi1, David Krummen11 University of California, San Diego, United States

1-4 Abstract 15-26CLINICAL AND PROCEDURAL FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH RISK OF MULTIPLE PROCEDURES TO ACHIEVEPAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATIONSana Amraoui 1, Nicolas Derval 1, Frederic Sacher 1, Arnaud Denis 1, Adlane Zemmoura 1, Melèze Hocini 1, Philippe Ritter 1, PierreBordachar 1, Michel Haissaguerre 1, Pierre Jais 11 Haut-Levêque hospital, Pessac, France

1-5 Abstract 15-27LOW VOLTAGE AREAS IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF) DO NOT CORRELATE TO LGE-CMR DEFINED ATRIAL SCAR INPATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT AFNorman Qureshi 1, Wenjia Bai 2, Ben Ariff 1, Alison Williams 3, Connal Monro 3, Steven Kim 3, Shahnaz Jamil-Copley 1, Sajad Hayat 1, MichaelKoa Wing 1, Andreas Kyriacou 1, Belinda Sandler 1, Afzal Sohaib 1, Elaine Lim 1, Ian Wright 1, Wyn Davies 1, Lefroy David 1, ZacharyWhinnett 1, Nicholas Peters 1, Prapa Kanagaratnam 1, Phang Boon Lim 11 St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 2 Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, 3 St Jude Medical, St Paul, MN, United States

1-6 Abstract 15-25REFUTING THE ASSUMPTION OF INEVITABLE PROGRESSION TO PERSISTENT AF – THE TRUE NATURAL HISTORY OF AFFROM LONG-TERM BEAT-TO-BEAT PACEMAKER MONITORINGConn Sugihara 1, Rick Veasey 1, Steve Podd 1, Steve Furniss 1, Neil Sulke 11 Eastbourne General Hospital, Eastbourne, United Kingdom

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SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2013 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ROOM DIDEROT

Abstract Oral Session 2

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and sudden cardiac death Chairpersons: Richard Hauer (Utrecht, NL), Mario Delmar (New York, USA)

2-1 Abstract 19-26DIFFERENTIATION OF CONCEALED ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY FROM BENIGN RIGHTVENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT ECTOPY- FROM ENDOCARDIAL MAPPING TO DYNAMIC SURFACE ECG MARKERSMalcolm Finlay 1, Akbar Ahmed 1, Alan Sugre 1, Justine Bhar-Amato 1, Giovanni Quarta 1, Antonis Pantazis 1, Edward Ciaccio 1, Petros Syrris 1,Ron Ben-Simon 1, Anthony Chow 1, Martin Lowe 1, Oliver Segal 1, William McKenna 1, Pier David Lambiase 11 UCL, London, United Kingdom

2-2 Abstract 19-27 PROGNOSTIC IMPORTANCE OF FRAGMENTED QRS COMPLEX IN PATIENTS WITH ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHTVENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY/DYSPLASIAUğur Canpolat 1, Ali Oto 1, Hikmet Yorgun 1, Levent �ahiner 1, Ergün Barı� Kaya 1, Muhammed Dural 1, Giray Kabakci 1, Kudret Aytemir 11 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey

2-3 Abstract 19-13SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN CHILDREN (1-18 YEARS) – SYMPTOMS, COMORBIDITIES AND CAUSES OF DEATH IN ANATIONWIDE SETTINGBo Gregers Winkel 1, Bjarke Risgaard 1, Golnaz Sajadieh 1, Henning Bundgaard 1, Stig Haunsø 1, Jacob Tfelt-Hansen 11 University Hospital Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Lab for Molecular Cardiology, The Heart Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

2-4 Abstract 19-29 WHO NEEDS THERAPEUTIC ECLS OR NON-HEART-BEATING ORGAN DONATION PROGRAM IN REFRACTORY CARDIACARREST?Hazrije Mustafic 1, Lionel Lamhaut 2, Eloi Marijon 1, Wulfran Bouguoin 3, Alain Cariou 3, Emilie Chazelle 1, Frankie Beganton 1, Daniel Jost 4,Patricia Jabre 2, Xavier Jouven 11 Expertise Center of Sudden Death (CEMS), Paris, France, 2 SAMU of PARIS, Paris, France, 3 AP-HP, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, 4 Paris Fire Brigade, Paris,France

2-5 Abstract 19-21PHYSICS OF CO2 COOLING WITH NO NEUROLOGICAL DEFECT IN THE FIRST OHCA PATIENT - VALUE OF INFRAREDIMAGINGGuy Fontaine 1, Julien Mayaux 1, Farzin Beygui 1, Francoise Hidden-Lucet 1, Caroline Himbert 1, Claude Lefeuvre 1, Richard Isnard 1, JeanPhilippe Metzger 1, Xavier Jouven 2, Michel Komajda 11 Hopital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France, 2 Hopital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

2.6 Special Report"ATRIAL ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION: CONDUIT OR ORGAN"Gerard Guiraudon (London, Ontario, CA)

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SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2013 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ROOM DESCARTES


Vasovagal syncope, from tilt testing to tilt-training Chairpersons: Habib Haouala (Tunis, TN), Aladar Ronaszeki (Commercy, FR)

3-1 Abstract 11-11INDEPENDENT ROLE OF REDUCED ARTERIAL BAROREFLEX SENSITIVITY IN PREDICTING REFLEX SYNCOPE DURINGHEAD-UP TILT TESTINGSergio Laranjo 1, Cristiano Tavares 1, Joana Gomes 1, Mario Oliveira 2, Sofia Silva 2, Eunice Oliveira 2, Rui Cruz Ferreira 2, Isabel Rocha 11 Cardiovascular Autonomic Function Lab, Clinical and Translational Physiology Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular & Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon,Lisbon, Portugal, 2 Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Marta, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal3-2 Abstract 11-14PRODROMAL ECG CHANGES MAY PREDICT THE TILT-INDUCED VASOVAGAL SYNCOPEKálmán Nagy 1, József Maurer 1, Aladár Rónaszéki 21 Budai Irgalmasrendi Kórház, Kardiológia, Budapest, Hungary, 2 Centre Hospitalier Saint Charles, Cardiologie, Commercy, France

3-3 Abstract 11-15 EVALUATION OF INFLUENCE OF ENDOTHELIUM FUNCTION MEASURED BY ULTRASONOGRAPHY ON CHANGES OFREGIONAL OXYGEN SATURATION DURING HEAD-UP TILT TEST IN PATIENTS WITH VASO-VAGAL SYNCOPEMateusz Wnuk 1, Artur Z Pietrucha 1, Danuta Mroczek-Czernecka 1, Irena Bzukala 1, Olga Kruszelnicka 1, Ewa Konduracka 1, WiesławaPiwowarska 1, Jadwiga Nessler 11 Department of Coronary Heart Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Medical School of Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital,Cracow, Poland, Cracow,Poland

3-4 Abstract 11-12 BAROREFLEX EFFECTIVENESS INDEX AND IMPROVEMENT IN SYMPTOMS AFTER TILT TRAINING IN PATIENTS WITHRECURRENT REFLEX SYNCOPESofia Santos 1, Mário Oliveira 1, M. Nogueira Silva 1, Sérgio Laranjo 2, Cristiano Tavares 3, Teresa Alves 1, Isabel Rocha 3, Rui Cruz Ferreira 11 Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Marta - CHLC, Lisbon, Portugal, 2 Pediatric Cardiology Department, Hospital de Santa Marta - CHLC, Lisbon,Portugal, 3 Cardiovascular Autonomic Function Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal

3-5 Abstract 11-16 USEFULNESS OF BIOCHEMICAL MARKER IN EVALUATION OF POSSIBLE BRAIN INJURY INDUCED BY HEAD-UP TILT TESTRELATED SYNCOPE IN PATIENTS WITH VASO-VAGAL SYNDROMEArtur Z. Pietrucha 1, Mateusz Wnuk 1, Irena Bzukala 1, Krystyna Sztefko 2, Agnieszka Malek 2, Wieslawa Piwowarska 1, Jadwiga Nessler 11 Department of Coronary Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, John Paul II Hospital, Cracow, Poland, 2 Department ofClinical Biochemistry, Children Univeristy Hospital, Medical School of Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, Cracow, Poland

3-6 Abstract 11-18RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CO-MORBIDITY ON THE OCCURRENCE OF DEPRESSION SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH VASO-VAGAL SYNCOPEArtur Z. Pietrucha 1, Borowiec Agnieszka 1, Danuta Mroczek-Czernecka 1, Mateusz Wnuk 1, Irena Bzukala 1, Marta Wegrzynowska 1, OlgaKruszelnicka 1, Ewa Konduracka 1, Jadwiga Nessler 11 Department of Coronary Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, John Paul II Hospital, Cracow, Poland

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SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2013 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ROOM PASCAL


Recent progress in cardiac Pacing Chairpersons: Carsten Israel (Bielefeld, DE), Claude Barnay (Aix en Provence)

4-1 Abstract 23-11MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN PATIENTS WITH PACEMAKERS (PMS) AND IMPLANTABLE CARDIACDEFIBRILLATORS (ICDS): RESULTS FROM A SINGLE CENTER NON-RANDOMIZED STUDY OF SAFETY AND EFFICACYGuido De Ambroggi 1, Pierpaolo Lupo 1, Mario Pittalis 1, Sara Foresti 1, Hussam Ali 1, Tommaso Infusino 1, Antonio Sorgente 1, CristinaBalla 1, Francesco Secchi 1, Francesco Sardanelli 1, Riccardo Cappato 11 Irccs Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy

4-2 Abstract 23-12PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF QRS DURATION AFTER TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATIONNicolas Lellouche 1, Kenturo Meguro 1, Gauthier Mouillet 1, Jean-Luc Dubois-Rande 1, Emmanuel Teiger 11 Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France

4-3 Abstract 22-10ARE WE DOWNSIZING PACING/ICD LEADS IN VAIN? A VENOUS OCCLUSION STUDY OF 123 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS Michael Giudici 1, Dwayne Campbell 1, Denise Hodgson-Zingman 1, Alexander Mazur 1, Yiming Wu 11 University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, United States

4-4 Abstract 23-18ACTIVE FIXATION CORONARY SINUS LEADS: A CHALLENGING ADVERSARY IN LEAD EXTRACTIONAndrianos Kontogeorgis 1, Shohreh Honarbakhsh 1, Panayiotis Constantinou 1, Ozan Demir 1, Julian W E Jarman 1, Wajid Hussain 2, ViasMarkides 1, Tom Wong 11 Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 2 Harefield Hospital, London, United Kingdom

4-5 Abstract 11-10 TILT TABLE TESTING OF PATIENTS WITH PACEMAKERS AND RECURRENT SYNCOPEChristian Haarmark 1, Jørgen K. Kanters 2, Jesper Mehlsen 31 Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark, 2 Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University ofCopenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 3 Coordinating Research Centre, Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark

4-6 Abstract 23-20 Special ReportALLEVIATING HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES WITH RE-USED PACEMAKERSThomas Crawford 1, Timir S. Baman 1, Kim A. Eagle 11 The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2013 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ROOM GAUGUIN

Posters exposed from 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Presenters and chairpersons present from 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

CHAIRED POSTER SESSION A PART 2

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillationChairpersons: Bruce Lindsay (Cleveland, USA), Andrea Natale (Austin, USA)

14.1 Abstract 18-12ASSESSMENT OF PULMONARY VEINS ISOLATION VS LINEAR RADIOFREQUENCY ABLA-TION IN PAROXYSMAL ATRIALFIBRILLATION PATIENTS USING EITHER MATHEMATICAL SCANNING OR CLINICAL APPROACH Andrey Ardashev 1, Mikhail Mazurov 2, I Kalyuzhny 2, Evgeny Zhelyakov 1, Yury Belenkov 31 Federal Scientific and Clinic Center of FMBA, Moscow, Russia, 2Moscow University of Economics, Statistics and Mathematics, Moscow, Russia,3 Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia

14.2 Abstract 18-15RIGHT ATRIAL EXCLUSION FOR CONTROL OF PERSISTENT OR PERMANENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: ANATOMICAL BASISGerard Guiraudon 1, Douglas Jones 2, Edward Tweedie 3, Allan Skanes 4, George Klein 41 CSTAR, Robarts, Department of Surgery, Schulich Medical School, UWO, London, Ontario., Can-ada, 2 CSTAR, Lawson Health Research Institute,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich Medical School, UWO, London Ontario, Canada, 3 Department of Pathology, Schulich MedicalSchool, UWO, London, Ontario, Canada, 4 Department of Cardiology, Schulich Medical School, UWO., London, Ontario, Canada

14.3 Abstract 15-44MICRORNAS AS POTENTIAL BIOMARKERS OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION THERAPY Reza Wakili 1, Sebastian Clauss 1, Viola Schmidt 1, Ina Klier 1, Franziska Schüssler 1, Johannes Sie-bermair 1, Heidi Estner 1, Stanley Nattel 2,Stefan Kääb 11 Department of Medicine I, Grosshadern Clinic, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, 2Montreal Heart Institute, University of Montreal, Montreal,Canada

14.4 Abstract 18-34ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL OUTCOME OF ABLATION FOR LONG-STANDING PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION WITH ORWITHOUT DEFRAGMENTATIONFerdi Akca 1, Lennart De Vries 1, Lara Dabiri Abkenari 1, Muchtiar Khan 2, Gijsbert De Ruiter 2, Petter Janse 1, Natasja De Groot 1, DominicTheuns 1, Tamas Szili-Torok 11 Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2 Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands

14.5 Abstract 15-10LONG-TERM OUTCOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CRYO-BALLOON AND POINT-BY-POINT RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATIONFOR PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN A LOW EXPE-RIENCED HOSPITALJulio Marti-Almor 1, Victor Bazan 1, Ermengol Vallès 1, Begoña Benito 1, Miguel E Jauregui-Abularach 1, Miguel Cainzos 1, Aleix Fort 1, JordiBruguera 1

1 Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

14.6 Abstract 15-14GANGLIONATED PLEXI ABLATION AS ONE OF THE REQUIRED STEPS FOR PERSISTENT AF ABLATIONShigeru Ikeguchi 1, Shinsaku Takeda 1, Yuzo Takeuchi 1, Takeshi Harita 1, Jyunya Seki 1, Soji Nishio 1, Yasutaka Inuzuka 1, Masaharu Okada 1,Tatsuhiko Hata 1, Kunihiko Kosuga 11 Shiga Medical Center for Adult, Moriyama, Japan

14.7 Abstract 05-11A SIMPLE METHOD TO LOCALIZE TRANSSEPTAL PUNCTURE SITE DURING CATHETER ABLATION FOR AFJian-Zeng Dong 1, Man Ning 1, Rong-Hui Yu 1, De-Yong Long 1, Ri-Bo Tang 1, Cai-Hua Sang 1, Chen-Xi Jiang 1, Xin Du 1, Chang-Sheng Ma 11 Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing, China

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14.8 Abstract 15-31A REPEAT CATHETER ABLATION IS AS EFFECTIVE AS MINIMALLY SURGICAL ABLATION IN PATIENTS WHO HAD APRIOR FAILED CATHETER ABLATION FOR PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONZhi-Jun Zhang 1, Jian-Zeng Dong 1, Xin Du 1, Cai-Hua Sang 1, Ri-Bo Tang 1, Rong-Hui Yu 1, De-Yong Long 1, Ke Chen 1, Qian Yan 1, MohamedSalim 1, Chang-Sheng Ma 11 Department of Cardiology, Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

14.9 Abstract 18-45LEFT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION VIA TRANS-BAFFLE PUNCTURE IN THE MUSTARD ANATOMYJulian W.E. Jarman 1, David G. Jones 1, Vias Markides 1, Tom Wong 11 Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom

14.10 Abstract 18-44INITIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH A DIAPHRAGMATIC ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC-GUIDED APPROACH TO MONITORPHRENIC NERVE INTEGRITY DURING CRYOBALLOON-BASED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION Blandine Mondésert 1, Jason G Andrade 1, Peter G Guerra 1, Laurent Macle 1, Léna Rivard 1, Mario Talajic 1, Bernard Thibault 1, Denis Roy 1,Paul Khairy 1, Marc Dubuc 11Montreal Heart Insitute, Montréal, Canada

14.11 Abstract 18-32CATHETER ABLATION OF PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESESKe Chen 1, Cai-Hua Sang 1, Zhi-Jun Zhang 1, Mohamed Salim 1, Jian-Zeng Dong 1, Xin Du 1, Rong-Hui Yu 1, De-Yong Long 1, Ri-Bo Tang 1, ManNing 1, Song-Nan Wen 1, Song-Nan Li 1, Chen-Xi Ji-ang 1, Qian Yan 1, Chang-Sheng Ma 11 Department of Cardiology, Center for Atrial Fibrillation, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

14.12 Abstract 18-30ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION USING REMOTE MAGNETIC CONTROL AND THE RISK OF ATRIAL-ESPOHAGEALFISTULAAsaf Danon 1, Krishnakumar Nair 1, Mohammed Shurrab 1, Xu Chen 2, Nadir Saoudi 3, Tamas Szili-Torok 4, J. Peter Weiss 5, Ilan Lashevsky 1,Eugene Crystal 11 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada, 2 Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, 3 Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco, France,4 Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 5 Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, United States

14.13 Abstract 18-18REMOTE MAGNETIC NAVIGATION FOR CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ANDMETA-ANALYSISMohammed Shurrab 1, Asaf Danon 1, Ilan Lashevsky 1, Banafsheh Arouny 1, Avishag Laish-Farkash 1, Alex Kiss 1, David Newman 1, EugeneCrystal 11 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre , Toronto, Canada

14.14 Abstract 18-19CRYOABLATION INDUCES A SIMILAR TRANSIENT BLOOD CLOTTING ACTIVATION BUT A LOWER ENDOTHELIALACTIVATION WHEN COMPARED WITH RADIOFREQUENCY ABLA-TIONPaolo Pieragnoli 1, Giuseppe Ricciardi 1, Gianmarco Carrassa 1, Laura Perrotta 1, Luca Checchi 1, Stella Cartei 1, Antonio Michelucci 1, AnnaMaria Gori 1, Rossella Marcucci 1, Raffaella Priora 1, Ro-sanna Abbate 1, Gian Franco Gensini 1, Luigi Padeletti 11 Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy

14.15 Abstract 18-13FOLLOW-UP AND PROCEDURAL DATA COMPARISON OF CRYOBALLOON ABLATION OF PULMONARY VEINS WITH ANDWITHOUT ELECTROPHISIOLOGICAL VALIDATION IN PA-TIENTS WITH PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONMassimiliano Maines 1, Giuseppe Allocca 2, Carlo Anghebrn 1, Nadir Sitta 2, Pietro Delise 2, Do-menico Catanzariti 11 Division of Cardiology - Santa Maria del Carmine Hospital, Rovereto (TN), Italy, 2 Division of Cardi-ology - Conegliano Hospital , Treviso, Italy

14.16 Abstract 18-42MAJORITY OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PATIENTS FEELS HEADACHE DURING CRYOBALLOON ABLATIONLaurent Pison 1, Pim Peeters 2, Yuri Blaauw 1, Kevin Vernooy 1, Narendra Kumar 1, Suzanne Philippens 1, Harry J. Crijns 1, Johan Vlaeyen 2,Jean Schoenen 3, Carl Timmermans 11Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2 KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 3 CHR de la Citadelle, Liège, Belgium

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SUNDAY APRIL 14, 201312:15-PM - 1:45 PM ROOM DUFY

Supported by an educational grant from Boehringer-Ingelheim

LUNCHEON PANEL Recent Observations and Clinical use of Novel Oral Anticoagulants for strokeprevention in Atrial Fibrillation Chairpersons: Alawi Alsheikh-Ali (Dubai, AE), Samuel Levy (Marseille, FR)

1. Recent developments in primary stroke prevention on AFMichael Näbauer (Munich, DE)

2. Use of Novel Oral Anticoagulants in patient undergoing cardioversion, cardiac catheterization and catheter ablationRiccardo Cappato (Milan, IT)

3. Novel Oral Anticoagulants in real world practice: are they matching the expectations?Albert Waldo (Cleveland, USA)

SUNDAY APRIL 14, 20132:00 PM - 3:30 PM ROOM DERAIN

SESSION AF-04

New insights in Atrial Fibrillation (AF) mechanisms Chairpersons: Michiel Janse (Amsterdam, NL), Albert Waldo (Rochester, USA)

1. Initiating mechanisms in AFNicholas Peters (London, GB)

2. Role of MRI and electroanatomic mapping in the evaluation of AF substrateJames Harrison (London, GB)

3. Role of the autonomous nervous system in the development and maintenance of AFThomas Deneke (Cologne, DE)

4. Role of the left atrial appendage in atrial arrhythmogenesis Andrea Natale (Austin, USA)

SUNDAY APRIL 14, 20132:00 PM - 3:30 PM ROOM DIDEROT

SD-04

Evaluating the risk of sudden death in inherited arrhythmia syndromes Chairpersons: Stefan Kääb (Munich, DE); Xavier Jouven (Paris, FR)

1. Long QT Syndrome Peter Schwartz (Pavia, IT)

2. Brugada syndromePieter Postema (Amsterdam, NL)

3. Cathecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardiaMichael Eldar (Tel Aviv, IL)

4. J waves syndromesStefan Kääb (Munich, DE)

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SUNDAY APRIL 14, 20132:00 PM - 3:30 PMROOM DESCARTES

SESSION SP-07 JOINT SESSION OF ECAS-WSA (WORLD SOCIETY OF ARRHYTHMOLOGY)

Current issues in ICD therapyChairpersons: Bulent Gorenek (Eskisehir, TR), Promund Obel (Johannesburg, ZA)

1. Defibrillation test at implant. When is it still mandatory? When can it be avoided?Carlo Pignalberi (Rome, IT)

2. Do appropriate and inappropriate ICD shocks impact similarly patient outcome?John Fisher (New-York, USA)

3. High voltage lead failure: how to prevent and manage it?Massimo Santini (Rome, IT)

4. Device infections: a new epidemics. Incidence, prevention and treatmentJeanne E. Poole (Seattle, USA)

SUNDAY APRIL 14, 20132:00 PM - 3:30 PMROOM PASCAL

SESSION SD-01

Arrhythmogenesis and epidemiology of sudden cardiac death Chairpersons: Jeronimo Farre (Madrid, ES), Gerhard Steinbeck (Munich, DE)

1. Optical mapping and arrhythmogenesisNabil El-Sherif (New-York, USA)

2. Pulseless activity versus ventricular fibrillation: determining factorsSumeet Chugh (Los Angeles, USA)

3. Non-invasive tests to detect population at risk of sudden cardiac death Marek Malik (London, GB)

4. Sudden cardiac death risk prediction in women and primary preventionChristine M. Albert (Boston, USA)

SUNDAY APRIL 14, 20132:00 PM - 3:30 PMROOM GAUGUIN

Posters exposed from 02:00 PM - 05:30 PM Presenters and chairpersons present from 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM

CHAIRED POSTER SESSION B PART 1

Cardiac resynchronization therapy Chairpersons: Bruce Wilkoff (Cleveland, USA), Walid Saliba (Cleveland, USA)

15-1 Abstract 24-26

WHAT IS THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER IN THE RESPONSE TO CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY? RESULTS IN APOPULATION WITH FOLLOW-UP OF 4 YEARSBruno Piçarra 1, Mário Oliveira 2, Nogueira da Silva 2, Pedro Cunha 2, Luisa Branco 2, Rita Santos 1, Nuno Cabanelas 3, Maria João Ferreira 2,Sofia Santos 2, Ricardo Pimenta 2, Rui Cruz Ferreira 21 Hospital Espirito Santo, Évora, Portugal, 2 Hospital Santa Marta, Lisboa, Portugal, 3 Hospital de Santarém, Santarém, Portugal

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15-2 Abstract 24-20RADIATION EXPOSURE REDUCTION IN CRT DEVICE IMPLANTATION USING NON FLUOROSCOPIC MAPPING SYSTEMMaurizio Del Greco 1, Massimiliano Marini 1, Roberto Bonmassari 1, Stefano Indiani 21 Cardiology Department - S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy, 2 St. Jude Medical Italy, Milano, Italy

15-3 Abstract 24-31RESYNCHRONIZATION DEVICE IMPLANTATION PROCEDURE IN REAL LIFEJerome Taieb 1, Maxime Guenoun 2, Arnaud Lazarus 3, Jean Pierre Cebron 4, Frederic Fossati 5, Jacques Mansourati 61 centre hospitalier Aix en Provence, Aix en Provence, France, 2 CHU Nord, Marseille, France, 3 clinique val d'or, paris, France, 4 nouvelle clinique nantaise,nantes, France, 5 polyclinique dubois, lille, France, 6 CHU brest, Brest, France

15-4 Abstract 01-17POTENTIAL PRO-ARRHYTHMIC EFFECT OF CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY Waleed Farok 1, Abdo Elazab 1, Osama Taya 1, Hassan Khaled 11 Critical Care Medicine,Cairo University,Egypt, Cairo, Egypt

15-5 Abstract 24-17VIABLE AND DYSSYNCHRONOUS MYOCARDIUM IS ASSOCIATED WITH RESPONSE TO CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATIONTHERAPY (CRT), GUIDED BY ECG-GATED [18F] FDG-PET: INITIAL CLINICAL RESULTSFranziska Schuessler 1, Sebastian Lehner 2, Christopher Übleis 2, Reza Wakili 1, Eimo Martens 1, Johannes Siebermair 1, Sebastian Clauss 1,Marcus Hacker 2, Stefan Kääb 1, Heidi Estner 11Medizinische Klinik I, Klinikum Großhadern, Munich, Germany, 2 Klinik für Nuklearmedizin, Klinikum Großhadern, Munich, Germany

15.6 Abstract 24-16RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TAPSE AND BOTH RENAL AND LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOINGCARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPYPaolo Pieragnoli 1, Giuseppe Ricciardi 1, Elena Sticchi 2, Francesca Ristalli 1, Ilaria Ricceri 1, Paola Attanà 1, Luca Checchi 1, Martina Nesti 1,Giulia Pontecorboli 1, Cinzia Fatini 2, Ilaria Romagnuolo 3, Maria Cristina Porciani 1, Luigi Padeletti 1, Gian Franco Gensini 4, RosannaAbbate 2, Antonio Michelucci 11 Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Care, Section of Arrhythmology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, 2 Department of Medical and SurgicalCritical Care, Thrombosis Centre, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, 3 Fiorgen Foundation, Florence, Italy, 4 Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS Foundation,Florence, Italy

15.7 Abstract 24-30ASSESSMENT OF MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTILITY BY SONR SENSOR IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIACRESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY Stefania Sacchi 1, Andrea Giomi 1, Ilaria Ricceri 1, Paola Attanà 1, Paolo Pieragnoli 1, Giuseppe Ricciardi 1, Laura Perrotta 1, Marcello Piacenti 2,Luigi Padeletti 11 University of Florence, Florence, Italy, 2 Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, CNR, Pisa, Italy

15.8 Abstract 24-14ROLE OF CYSTATIN-C IN PATIENTS SCHEDULED FOR CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPYElena Sticchi 1, Giuseppe Ricciardi 2, Paolo Pieragnoli 2, Francesca Ristalli 2, Stella Cartei 2, Ilaria Ricceri 2, Paola Attanà 2, Martina Nesti 2, MariaCristina Porciani 2, Cinzia Fatini 1, Ilaria Romagnuolo 3, Luigi Padeletti 2, Gian Franco Gensini 4, Rosanna Abbate 1, Antonio Michelucci 21 Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Care, Thrombosis Centre, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, 2 Department of Medical and Surgical CriticalCare, Section of Arrhythmology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, 3 Fiorgen Foundation, Florence, Italy, 4 Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS Foundation,Florence, Italy

Cardiac Pacing15.9 Abstract 06-10POTENTIAL INTERFERENCE OF RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION WITH A CARDIAC PACE MAKER AT A SKILIFT Richard Monin 1, Alexandre J Trigano 21 Clinique Parisiére, Bourg de Peage 26300, France, 2 CHU, Marseille 13015, France

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15.10 Abstract 23-15COMPLETE HEART BLOCK: CAN WE REDUCE WAITING TIMES AND COST BY DIRECT TRANSFER FOR PERMANENTPACEMAKER IMPLANTATION?Emily Cantor 1, Patrice Carroz 1, Richard Schilling 11 Barts Health, London, United Kingdom

15.11 Abstract 23-13OUTCOME FOLLOWING PACE MAKER IMPLANTATION AFTER TAVI WITH COREVALVE DEVICE: RESULTS FROM THEFRANCE 2 REGISTRYNicolas Lellouche 1, Gauthier Mouillet 1, Martine Gilard 2, Marc Laskar 3, Helene Eltchaninoff 4, Jean-Luc Dubois-Rande 1, Emmanuel Teiger 11 Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France, 2 Centre Hospitalier de Brest, Brest, France, 3 Centre Hospitalier de Limoges, Limoges, France, 4 Centre Hospitalierde Rouen, Rouen, France

15.12 Abstract 23-16DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF PACING IN CONGENITALLY CORRECTED TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIESWee Tiong Yeo 1, Julian W E Jarman 1, Wei Li 1, Michael A Gatzoulis 1, Tom Wong 11 Heart Rhythm Centre, NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit The Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust , London, United Kingdom

15.13 Abstract 23-10A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF PACEMAKER INFECTIONS Tina Tischer 1, Anne Hollstein 1, Wolfgang Voß 1, Ralph Schneider 1, Jörg Lauschke 1, Georg H. von Knorre 1, Dietmar Bänsch 11 Heart Center Rostock, University Hospital of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

15.14 Abstract 08-13LEFT VENTRICULAR MECHANICS DURING AV SYNCHRONOUS RIGHT VENTRICULAR PACING IN CHILDREN AFTER EPSTUDIESShai Tejman Yarden 1, Noa Bachner-Hinenzon 2, Hanan Khamis 2, Callie Rzasa 1, Beth F Printz 1, Dan Adam 2, James C Perry 11 UCSD, San Diego, CA, United States, 2 Israeli Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

15.15 Abstract 23-17A NEW SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING PACING INTERRUPTION DURING PACEMAKER IMPLANT OR PACEMAKERREPLACEMENT IN PACEMAKER-DEPENDENT PATIENTSMarc Bemurat 1, Laurent Bemurat 11 Hopital privé Saint Martin, Pessac, France

Catheter ablation of AF15.16 Abstract 15-36ECHO AND ECG PREDICTORS OF ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIA RECURRENCES AFTER AN INDEX 3D RADIOFREQUENCYABLATION OF AFIBRILLATION. RESULTS WITH A FOLLOW-UP OF 3 YEARS Andrey Ardashev1, Ekaterina Dolgushina 2, Evgeny Zhelyakov 1, Aleksey Konev 11 Federal Scientific and Clinical Center of Biomedical Agency, Moscow, Russia, 2 Cenral Clinical Hosptal of Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia

SUNDAY APRIL 14, 20133:30 PM - 4:00 PMCoffee break and visit to the posters

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SUNDAY APRIL 14, 20134:00 PM - 5:30 PMROOM DERAIN

SESSION AF-08

Ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation Chairpersons: David Wilber (Maywood, USA), Luc De Roy (Brussels, BE)

1. Imaging and mapping tools required for ablation of persistent AFPrapa Kanagaratnam (London, GB)

2. Predictors of success after single or multiple-proceduresThomas Rostock (Mainz, DE)

3. Long-term results of AF ablation for persistent AFKarl-Heinz Kuck (Hamburg, DE)

4. Robotic and magnetic navigation: usefulness in persistent AFWyn Davies (London, GB)

SUNDAY APRIL 14, 20134:00 PM - 5:30 PMROOM DIDEROT

SD-05

The MADIT (Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation) Trials Chairpersons: Massimo Santini (Rome, IT), Gerhard Steinbeck (Munich, DE)

1. MADIT-RIT (Reduce Inappropriate Therapy): Key findings Arthur Moss (Rochester, USA)

2. MADIT-RIT: How the Study results will affect every day ICD Practice Claudio Shuger (Detroit, USA)

3. MADIT-CRT: The unique importance of gender and QRS duration in predicting clinical outcomesDavid S. Cannom (Los Angeles, USA)

4. MADIT-ASIA: The First Study to Evaluate CRT Effects in Patients with EF 35-50%Helmut Klein (Munich, DE)

SUNDAY APRIL 14, 20134:00 PM - 5:30 PMROOM DESCARTES

AF-09

Incoming treatments and techniques in atrial fibrillationChairpersons: Amiran Revishvili (Moscow, RU), Antonio Raviele (Venice, IT)

1. Incoming antiarrhythmic drug therapy for maintaining sinus rhythm in AF patientsJuan Tamargo (Madrid, ES)

2. Incoming therapies for stroke prevention in AF patientsJohn Camm (London, GB)

3. Incoming techniques for left atrial ablation of AFRiccardo Cappato (Milan, IT)

4. Incoming techniques for monitoring patients with AFSanjeev Saksena (New Brunswick, USA)

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SUNDAY APRIL 14, 20134:00 PM - 5:30 PMROOM PASCAL

SP-10

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: multidimensional approach to maximizeclinical response Chairpersons: Bruce L. Wilkoff (Cleveland, USA), Bharat Kantharia (Houston, USA)

1. CRT: Definition of "success"Gilles Lascault (Paris, FR)

2. Expanding indications for CRTLuigi Padeletti (Florence, IT)

3. Predictors of response to CRT: beyond LV systolic functionAli Oto (Ankara, TR)

4. CRT: lead positioning and alternative pacing methods. The endocardial biventricular pacingBrian Olshansky (Iowa City, USA)

SUNDAY APRIL 14, 20134:00 PM - 5:30 PMROOM GAUGUIN

Posters exposed from 02:00 PM - 05:30 PM Presenters and chairpersons present from 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM

Chaired Poster session B part 2

Prevention of stroke in AF patientsChairpersons: Mark Estes III (Boston, USA), Gunter Breithardt (Munster, DE)

16.1 Abstract 15-13COMPARISON OF CHADS2 AND CHA2DS2-VASC ANTICOAGULATION RECOMMENDATIONS IN AF ABLATION PATIENTSRoger Winkle 1, R. Hardwin Mead 1, Gregory Engel 1, Melissa Kong 1, Rob Patrawala 11 Silicon Valley Cardiology, E. Palo Alto, CA, United States

16.2 Abstract 15-40A COMPARISON OF PERIPROCEDURAL ANTICOAGULATION WITH WARFARIN OR WARFARIN PLUS DALTEPARIN VSDAGIBATRAN ALONE FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE PVIKevin Michael 1, Kiaresh Mohajer 1, Charlotte Haley 1, Chris Simpson 1, Hoshiar Abdollah 1, Adrian Baranchuk 1, Damian Redfearn 11 Queen`s University, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Canada

16-3 Abstract 18-57HATCH- AND CHA2DS2VASC-SCORE: DO THESE SCORES HAVE PROGNOSTIC IMPLICATIONS IN PULMONARY VEINISOLATION?Eike Ulrike Schmidt 1, Ralph Schneider 1, Jörg Lauschke 1, Imke Wendig 1, Dietmar Bänsch 11 Heart Center, University Hospital of Rostock, Germany, Rostock, Germany

16-4 Abstract 18-61CLOT FORMATION DURING CATHETER ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION USING OPEN IRRIGATION TIP CATHETERNobuhiro Nishiyama 1, Seiji Takatsuki 1, Kohei Inagawa 1, Yoshinori Katsumata 1, Takahiko Nishiyama 1, Takehiro Kimura 1, KotaroFukumoto 1, Yoshiyasu Aizawa 1, Yoko Hagiwara 1, Kojiro Tanimoto 1, Keiichi Fukuda 11 Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine , Tokyo, Japan

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16-5 Abstract 15-43MICROBUBBLE AND EMBOLI PRODUCTION FROM LEFT ATRIAL ABLATION WITH AN RF MESH ABLATION SYSTEM VS.IRRIGATED TIP ABLATION: OUTCOMES OF AN EXTRACORPOREAL LOOP SWINE MODELDing He 5 Charles Haffajee 2, Michael Orlov 3, James Stanley 4, Rose Baird 4, Julie Broderick 5, Claire Williams 5, David Haines 1,1 Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, United States, 2 Beth Deaconess Israel Hospital, Boston, United States, 3 St Elizabeth's Hospital, Boston, UnitedStates, 4 CBSET, Lexington, United States, 5 Bard Electrophysiology, Lowell, United States

16-6 Abstract 15-15PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF SILENT ISCHEMIC STROKE IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: A BRAINMRI STUDYMyung-jin Cha 1, Hyo Eun Park 1, Min-Ho Lee 1, Youngjin Cho 1, Eue-Keun Choi 1, Seil Oh 11 Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul,) Republic of South Korea

16-7 Abstract 15-49HYBRID APPROACH TO ANATOMICALLY UNFAVORABLE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE EXCLUSION WITH LARIAT DEVICE Mehul B. Patel 1, Mossaab Shuraih 1, Mihail G. Chelu 1, Nilesh Mathuria 1, Ali Massumi 1, Mehdi Razavi 1, Abdi Rasekh 1, Jie Cheng 11 The Texas Heart Institute/St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA., Houston, United States

Atrial fibrillation: clinical characteristics and management16-8 Abstract 15-54SUCCESS RATES OF PVAC DUTY-CYCLED, PHASED RF ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLA-TION: A SINGLE CENTEREXPERIENCEOlivier Paziaud1, Antoine Lepillier1, Xavier Copie1, Olivier Piot1, Gilles Lascault11Centre Cardiologique Nord St Denis, France

16-9 Abstract 15-41CHINA ATRIAL FIBRILLATION REGISTRY STUDY: RATIONALE, DESIGN AND BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS OF 5638PATIENTS ENROLLEDSongnan Li 1, Xin Du 1, Jiahui Wu 1, Jianzeng Dong 1, Ronghui Yu 1, Junping Kang 1, Delong Long 1, Ribo Tang 1, Xiaohui Liu 1, ChangshengMa 11 Department of Cardiology, Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

16-10 Abstract 15-11WOMEN FEEL MORE TIREDNESS AND BREATHING DIFFICULTIES DURING PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION THAN MENBUT HAVE EQUAL SYMPTOMATIC BENEFIT FROM RESTORATION OF SINUS RHYTHM Nils Edvardsson 1, Marie Paulsson 2, Lars Frison 3, Britta Nyström 2, Ann Bengtson 11 Sahlgrenska Academy at Sahlgrenska Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden, 2 Div. of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden, 3 AstraZenecaR&D, Mölndal, Sweden

16-11 Abstract 15-45HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND OUTCOMES IN WOMEN WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: RESULTS FROM AFFIRMRenee Sullivan 1, Stavros Apostolakis 2, Gregory YH Lip 2, Brian Olshansky 31 University of Missouri, Columbia, United States, 2 University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 3 University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States

16-12 Abstract 15-51ORGANIZED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC PATTERN OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ON SURFACE ECG PREDICTS SUCCESSFULELECTRIC CARDIOVERSION.Elena de la Cruz Berlanga 1, Juan Benezet-Mazuecos, Paloma Avila, Jose manuel Rubio, Miguel angel Quiñones, Silvia del Castillo, EstherMacia, Jeronimo Farré1 Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain

16-13 Abstract 15-48SINUS RHYTHM RESTORATION IN PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND MYOCARDIAL APOPTOSISAND LIPID PEROXIDATIONMarta Wegrzynowska 1, Ewa Konduracka 1, Artur Z. Pietrucha 1, Danuta Mroczek-Czernecka 1, Irena Bzukala 1, Andrzej Paradowski 11 Department of Coronary Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, John Paul II Hospital, Cracow, Poland

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16-14 Abstract 15-22LEFT ATRIAL ABLATION AND ITS IMPACT ON LEFT ATRIAL REMODELLING AND CARDIAC FUNCTION IN LONG-STANDING PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONShouvik Haldar 1, Eva Nyktari 1, Sandeep Panikker 1, David Jones 1, Julian Jarman 1, Jenny Keegan 1, Rick Wage 1, Wajid Hussain 1, ViasMarkides 1, Raad Mohiaddin 1, Tom Wong 11 Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

16-15 Abstract 15-24AGE AND OTHER CLASSICAL RISK FACTORS DO NOT PREDICT AF PROGRESSION WHEN PATIENTS ARE MONITOREDWITH LONG-TERM BEAT-TO-BEAT PACEMAKER DIAGNOSTICS.Conn Sugihara 1, Rick Veasey 1, Steve Podd 1, Steve Furniss 1, Neil Sulke 11 Eastbourne General Hospital, Eastbourne, United Kingdom

16-16 Abstract 18-27 ACTIVE POST-ABLATION LESION FORMATION CHARACTERIZED BY 3D HIGH-RESOLUTION MRIBenu Sethi 1, Andriy Shmatukha 1, Mohammed Shurrab 2, Jennifer Barry 1, Graham Wright 1, Eugene Crystal 21 Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2 Arrhythmia Services, Schulich Heart Centre, SunnybrookHealth Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

SUNDAY APRIL 14, 20135:30 PM - 6:00 PM ROOM DERAIN

Opening CeremonySpecial lecture: A tribute to Philippe Coumel

By Prof. Jeronimo Farré (Madrid, ES)“A Brief History of the Exploration of the AV Junction”

Prof. Gerhard Steinbeck (Munich, DE) and Prof. Samuel Lévy (Marseille, FR)Outstanding Achievement and Support Awards

Outstanding Achievement AwardJeronimo Farre (Madrid, ES)

Arthur Moss (Rochester, NY, USA)Gunter Breithardt (Munster, DE)Outstanding Support AwardDavid Cannom (Los Angeles, USA)Ellen Hoffmann (Munich, DE)Awards of the Best Abstracts

Presented by Dr Riccardo Cappato (Milan, IT)President of ECAS

Dr Gilles Lascault (Paris, FR)Congress Chairman

Dr Fernand Hessel (Mulhouse, FR)President Lucien Dreyfus FoundationFollowed by a cocktail Reception

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MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM ROOM DERAIN

Supported by an educational grant from Medtronic France and Bard

SESSION AF-07

Pulmonary vein isolation: Comparative strategies and outcomesChairpersons: Gilles Lascault (Paris, FR), Edward Rowland (London, GB), Franck Halimi (Le Chesnay, FR)

1. Point by point ablation pulmonary vein isolationIsabel Deisenhofer (Munich, DE)

2. Ablation using a circular ablation catheter (PVAC)Neil Sulke (Eastbourne, GB)

3. Balloon technology for AF ablation: Cryoballoon ablationEllen Hoffmann (Munich, DE)

4. Balloon technology for AF ablation: Laser balloon ablationThorsten Lewalter (Munich, DE)

5. Single shot PVI: Multipole RF Mesh CatheterDavid Keane (Dublin, IE)

MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM ROOM DIDEROT

SESSION AF-05

Progression of atrial fibrillationChairpersons: John Camm (London, GB), Douglas Packer (Rochester, MN/USA)

1. Natural History of AF progressionJean François Leclercq (Paris, FR)

2. AF progression: Insights from implantable devicesWerner Jung (Villingen, DE)

3. Prevention of AF progression by pharmacological agents Harry Crijns (Maastricht, NL)

4. Prevention of AF progression by catheter ablationFiorenzo Gaita (Turin, IT)

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MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM ROOM DESCARTES

HRS-ECAS SPECIAL SESSION I

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy (AC) Chairpersons: Guy Fontaine (Paris, Fr), Dennis Dooijes (Utrecht, NL)

1. ECG-MRI correlation related to outcome and early diagnosisHarikrishna Tandri (Baltimore, USA)

2. Joint transatlantic challenge in ARVD/C (AC)Richard Hauer (Utrecht, NL)

3. Impact of non-desmosomal mutations with focus on phospholamban Peter van Tintelen (Groningen, NL)

4. Advanced molecular genetic analysis in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy William McKenna (London, GB)

5. Lessons from the zebrafish and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy Jeffrey Saffitz (Boston, USA)

MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM ROOM PASCAL

SD-03

Sports and sudden death in athletesChairpersons: Gaetano Thiene (Padua, IT), Francisco Furlanello (Milan, IT)

1. Incidence and mechanisms of sudden cardiac death during exerciseDavid S. Siskovick (Seattle, USA)

2. Sudden death during recreational sportsXavier Jouven (Paris, FR)

3. Screening strategies of athletes and the general population in USAMark Estes III (Boston, USA)

4. Screening strategies in screening competitive athletes in ItalyGaetano Thiene (Padua, IT)

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MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM ROOM GAUGUIN

Posters exposed from 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Presenters and chairpersons present from 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM

CHAIRED POSTER SESSION C PART 1

Issues in supraventricular tachycardias Chairpersons: Sanjeev Saksena (New Brunswick, USA), Antonio Curnis (Brescia, IT)

17.1 Abstract 09-12 LONG-TERM OUTCOMES IN A CASE SERIES OF PATIENTS DIAGNOSED OF INAPPROPRIATE SINUS TACHYCARDIATREATED WITH IVABRADINEElena de la Cruz1, P Avila1, J Benezet-Mazuecos1, JM Rubio1, MA Quiñones1, P Sanchez-Borque1, E Macia1, Jeronimo Farré1.1 Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid Spain

17.2 Abstract 13-11WPW-LIKE QRS PATTERN IN PATIENTS WITH DANON DISEASE IS NOT LINKED TO THE PRESENCE OF AN ACCESSORYPATHWAYTorsten Konrad 1, Sebastian Sonnenschein 1, Hanke Mollnau 1, Frank Schmidt 1, Ewald Himmrich 1, Thomas Münzel 2, Cathrin Theis 1, ThomasRostock 11 II. Medical Clinic, Department of Electrophysiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany, 2 II Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University,Mainz, Germany

17.3 Abstract 13-12ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PREDICTORS OF MALIGNANT ARRHYTHMIAS IN WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROMEMassimo Saviano 1, Amarild Cuko 1, Luigi Giannelli 1, Cristiano Ciaccio 1, Andrea Petretta 1, Raffaele Vitale 1, Mario Baldi 1, Alessia Pappone 1,Gabriele Vicedomini 1, Vincenzo Santinelli 1, Carlo Pappone 11 Department of Arrhythmology, Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Cotignola (RA), Italy

17.4 Abstract 12-11SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF PARAMEDIC TREATMENT OF REGULAR SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIAVictoria Baker 1, Mark Whitbread 2, Laura Richmond 1, Claire Kirkby 1, Gemma Robinson 1, Sotiris Antoniou 1, Richard Schilling 11 Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, 2 London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

17.5 Abstract 14-12RIPPLE MAPPING IMPROVES THE VISUALISATION OF ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA ACTIVATION SEQUENCESShahnaz Jamil-Copley 1, Nick Linton 1, Michael Koa-Wing 1, Phang Boon Lim 1, Sajad Hayat 1, Norman Qureishi 1, Zachary Whinnett 1, DavidWyn Davies 1, Nicholas Peters 1, Darrel Francis 1, Prapa Kanagaratnam 11 St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

17.6 Abstract 14-11TREATMENT STRATEGIES IN SPONTANOUS LEFT ATRIAL MACROREENTRANT TACHYCARDIASRalph Schneider 1, Cindy Schneider 1, Joerg Lauschke 1, Ibrahim Akin 1, Christoph Nienaber 1, Dietmar Bänsch 11 University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany

17.7 Abstract 12-10DOES QRS ALTERNANS DURING SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA ALTERNATE QRS MORPHOLOGY SOLELY? Yasuhiro Yokoyama 1, Suzuki Fumio 2, Yasuaki Tanaka 1, Shingo Maeda 1, Takeshi Sasaki 1, Mihoko Kawabata 1, Tetsuro Sasano 1, KenzoHirao 11 Heart Rhythm Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, 2 Fukujyuji Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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Syncope17.8 Abstract 10-10EVALUATION OF AUTONOMIC FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE AMONG YOUNG ADULTS IN LONGTERM FOLLOW-UP AFTER CORRECTION OF D-TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT ARTERIES BY SENNING ATRIAL SWITCHArtur Z. Pietrucha 1, Beata J. Pietrucha 2, Irena Bzukala 1, Joanna Jedrzejczyk-Spaho 1, Danuta Mroczek-Czernecka 1, Ewa Konduracka 1,Andrzej Rudzinski 2, Jadwiga Nessler 11 Department of Coronary Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, John Paul II Hospital, Cracow, Poland, 2 Children Cardiology Department, Children University Hospital, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland, Cracow, Poland

17.9 Abstract 11-19INFLUENCE OF MENSTRUAL CYCLE ON THE RESULTS OF HEAD-UP TILT TEST IN WOMEN WITH SUSPECTED VASOVAGALSYNCOPEJoanna Jedrzejczyk-Spaho 1, Joanna Jedrzejczyk-Spaho 11 Department of the Coronary Heart Disease, , Institute of Cardiology, Medical School of Jagiellonian University. The John Paul II Hospital in Cracow.,Krakow, Poland

17.10 Abstract 11-17EVALUATION OF ORTHOSTATIC STRESS INFLUENCE ON ENDOTHELIUM FUNCTION, CLOTTING AND FIBRINOLYSISDURING HEAD-UP TILT TEST IN PATIENTS WITH VASO-VAGAL SYNCOPEArtur Z. Pietrucha 1, Irena Bzukala 1, Mateusz Wnuk 1, Danuta Fedak 2, Danuta Mroczek-Czernecka 1, Wieslawa Piwowarska 1, JadwigaNessler 11 Department of Coronary Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, John Paul II Hospital, Cracow, Poland,2 Chair of Clinical Biohemistry, Medical School of Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, Cracow, Poland

AF mechanisms and management17.11 Abstract 15-23EFFECTS OF RENAL SYMPATHETIC DENERVATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION SUBSTRATES INDOGS WITH PACING-INDUCED HEART FAILUREQingyan Zhao 11 Renmin Hospital Of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

17.12 Abstract 05-13DETERMINING THE RESOLUTION OF DATA REQUIRED FOR TRACKING ROTORS IN A DOWNSAMPLED COMPUTATIONALMODEL OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONCaroline H Roney 1, Fu Siong Ng 1, Eugene TY Chang 1, Rheeda Ali 1, Chris D Cantwell 1, Jennifer H Siggers 1, Nicholas S Peters 11 Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

17.13 Abstract 01-14THE NATURE OF CAFE PHYSIOLOGY: EVIDENCE BASED UPON VOLTAGE GRADIENT MAPPINGSteven Bailin 1, Neal Weers 2, Robert West 31 Iowa Heart Center, Des Moines, United States, 2 St Jude Medical, Austin , United States, 3Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, United States

17.14 Abstract 15-17UNFAVORABLE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR CONVENTIONAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION PREDICT NUMEROUS BI-ATRIAL ROTORS, BUT CONSISTENTLY SUCCESSFUL FOCAL IMPULSE AND ROTOR MODULATION (FIRM) ABLATION: ASUBSTUDY OF THE CONFIRM TRIALSanjiv Narayan 1, David Krummen 1, Paul Clopton 1, Kalyanam Shivkumar 2, Tina Baykaner 1, John Miller 31 University of California, San Diego, United States, 2 University of California, Los Angeles, United States, 3 Indiana University, Indianapolis, United States

17.15 Abstract 01-13AGE-DEPENDENCY OF PITX2 DOWN-REGULATION IN ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIASAlina Scridon 1, Emmanuelle Fouilloux-Meugnier 2, Emmanuelle Loizon 2, Sophie Rome 2, Claude Julien 3, Christian Barrès 3, PhilippeChevalier 31 University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Targu Mures, Physiology Department, Targu Mures, Romania, 2 Unité 1060 INSERM CarMen, Université Lyon 1,Lyon, France, 3 Unité de Neurocardiologie, EA 4612, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France

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17.16 Abstract 02-12INDUCIBILITY OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN BROWN NORWAY AND SPONTANEOUS HYPERTENSIVE RATS IS NOT LINKEDTO CONNEXIN 43 EXPRESSION Junaid Zaman 1, Pravina Patel 1, Nicholas Peters 11 Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee break and visit to the posters

MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ROOM DERAIN


Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and prevention of complicationsChairpersons: Changsheng Ma (Beijing, CN); Philippe Chevalier (Lyon, FR)

5.1 Abstract 18-20PREVALENCE OF ATRIOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA AFTER LEFT ATRIAL RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION – ANATION WIDE SURVEYKrishna Kumar Mohanan Nair 1, Atul Verma 2, Ilan Lashevsky 1, Vijay Chauhan 3, Girish Nair 4, David Birnie 4, Yaariv Khaykin 2, AlfredPantano 2, Damian Redfearn 5, Larry Sterns 6, Isabella Greiss 7, Allan Skanes 8, Asaf Danon 1, Sheldon Singh 1, Eugene Crystal 11 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada, 2 Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, Canada, 3 University Health Network, Toronto,Canada, 4 University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada, 5 Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Canada, 6 Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, Canada,7 Hotel-Dieu - CHUM, Montreal, Canada, 8 London Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada

5.2 Abstract 18-14REDUCTION OF RADIATION EXPOSURE DURING ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONJoerg Lauschke, Ralph Schneider, Cindy Schneider, Ibrahim Akin, Christoph Nienaber, Dietmar Baensch.11 University Hospital Rostock, Dept. of Cardiology, Rostock, Germany

5.3 Abstract 15-35REDUCTION IN EMBOLIC EVENTS WITH MULTIPOLAR DUTY-CYCLED RADIOFREQUENCY ISOLATION OF THEPULMONARY VEINS USING THE MODIFIED VERSION OF THE GENIUS™ ABLATOREdina Nagy-Balo 1, Alexandra Kiss 1, Marcell Clemens 1, Levente Lanczi 2, Ervin Berenyi 2, Istvan Edes 1, Zoltan Csanadi 11 Institution of Cardiology, University of Debrecen , Debrecen, Hungary, 2 Department of Radiology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

5.4 Abstract 15-12DISCONTINUING LONG TERM ANTICOAGULATION IN PATIENTS WITH PRIOR CVA/TIA AFTER SUCCESSFUL AF ABLATIONRoger Winkle 1, R. Hardwin Mead 1, Gregory Engel 1, Melissa Kong 1, Rob Patrawala 11 Silicon Valley Cardiology, E. Palo Alto, CA, United States

5.5 Abstract 14-10 DOES LEFT ATRIAL APPENDECTOMY PROTECT AGAINST STROKE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING THE MODIFIED MAZEPROCEDURE?Jennifer Chung 1, Magdi Sami 1, Benoit De Varennes 11McGill University, Montreal, Canada

5.6 Abstract 18-56CRYOABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: IS LONG-TERM SUCCESS PREDICTABLE? Ali Oto 1, Kudret Aytemir 1, U�ur Canpolat 1, Ergün Barı� Kaya 1, Hikmet Yorgun 1, Levent �ahiner 1, Giray Kabakci 11 Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey

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MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ROOM DIDEROT


Advances in cardiac resynchronization therapy I Chairpersons: Charles Jazra (Beirut, LB); Walid Saliba (Cleveland, USA)

6.1 Abstract 24-21THE FIRST IMPLANT OF A CRT-D SYSTEM USING A ROBOTIC APPROACHSana Amraoui 1, Philippe Ritter 1, Louis Labrousse 1, Sylvain Ploux 1, Adlane Zemmoura 1, Michel Haissaguerre 1, Pierre Bordachar 11 Haut-Levêque hospital, Pessac, France

6.2 Abstract 24-27MULTISITE LEFT VENTRICULAR PACING IN A SINGLE CORONARY SINUS BRANCH IMPROVES ACUTE HEMODYNAMICRESPONSE TO BIVENTRICULAR PACING ASSESSED WITH PRESSURE-VOLUME LOOPSAmarild Cuko 1, Zarko Calovic 1, Massimo Saviano 1, Luke C. McSpadden 2, Kyungmoo Ryu 2, Mario Baldi 1, Alessia Pappone 1, AndreaPetretta 1, Cristiano Ciaccio 1, Luigi Giannelli 1, Raffaele Vitale 1, Gabriele Vicedomini 1, Vincenzo Santinelli 1, Carlo Pappone 11 Department of Arrhythmology, Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Cotignola, Italy, 2 St. Jude Medical, Sylmar, United States

6.3 Abstract 24-25NEW ONSET OF PHRENIC NERVE STIMULATION AT MID-TERM FOLLOW UP IN PATIENTS WITH QUADRIPOLAR LV LEAD:A MULTICENTER CLINICAL EXPERIENCEFrancesco Zanon 1, Enrico Baracca 1, Gianni Pastore 1, Vittorio Calzolari 2, Martino Crosato 2, Massimo Zecchin 3, Fulvia Longaro 3, EmanueleBertaglia 4, Franco Zoppo 4, Gianfilippo Neri 5, Diego Vaccari 5, Pietro Delise 6, Elena Marras 6, S. Serge Barold 71 S.Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy, 2 Ca' Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy, 3 Cattinara Hospital, Trieste, Italy, 4Mirano Hospital, Mirano, Italy,5 San Valentino Hospital, Montebelluna, Italy, 6 S.Maria dei Battuti Hospital, Conegliano, Italy, 7 Florida Heart Rhythm Institute, Tampa-FL, United States

6.4 Abstract 24-23THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT PACING SITES DURING RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATIONFOR PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONMaija Vikmane 1, Oskars Kalejs 1, Ginta Kamzola 2, Milana Zabunova 3, Nikolajs Nesterovics 1, Aldis Strelnieks 4, Aivars Lejnieks 4, AndrejsErglis 31 Riga Stradins University, P.Stradins University Hospital, Riga, Latvia, 2 P.Stradins University Hospital, Riga, Latvia, 3 P.Stradins University Hospital, Universityof Latvia, Riga, Latvia, 4 Riga Stradins University, Riga East University Hospital, Riga, Latvia

6-5 Abstract 24-29CRT-DEFIBRILLATOR IMPROVES LONG-TERM SURVIVAL COMPARED WITH CRT-PACEMAKER IN PATIENTS MEETINGCLASS IA INDICATION FOR CRT: DATA FROM THE CONTAK ITALIAN REGISTRYAlessandro Paoletti Perini 1, Giovanni Morani 2, Maurizio Gasparini 3, Francesco Zanon 4, Edoardo Casali 5, Alfredo Spotti 6, AlbinoReggiani 7, Emanuele Bertaglia 8, Francesco Solimene 9, Francesco Molon 10, Michele Accogli 11, Corrado Tommasi 12, Carmine Ciardiello 13,Luigi Padeletti 11 Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy, 2 Ospedale Civile Maggiore di Borgo Trento, Verona, Italy, 3 IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano(Milano), Italy, 4 Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia, Rovigo, Italy, 5 Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy, 6 Ospedale di Cremona, Cremona, Italy,7 Ospedale Carlo Poma , Mantova, Italy, 8 Ospedale di Mirano, Mirano (Venezia), Italy, 9 Casa di cura Montevergine, Mercogliano (Avellino), Italy,10 Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Negrar (Verona), Italy, 11 Ospedale Panico, Tricase (Lecce), Italy, 12 Ospedale di Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy, 13 BostonScientific Italia, Milano, Italy

6.6 Abstract 24-24VENTRICULAR ELECTRICAL DELAY PREDICTS ACUTE HEMODYNAMIC IMPROVEMENT IN CARDIACRESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPYFrancesco Zanon 1, Enrico Baracca 1, Gianni Pastore 1, Chiara Fraccaro 1, Loris Roncon 1, Silvio Aggio 1, Alberto Mazza 1, Frits Prinzen 21 S.Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy, 2Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands

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MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ROOM DESCARTES


Ischemia-related ventricular arrhythmias Chairpersons: Michael Nabauer (Munich, DE), Joachim Ehrlich (Wiesbaden, DE)

7.1 Abstract 20-10ROTIGAPTIDE ATTENUATES CONDUCTION SLOWING IN EX VIVO RAT HEARTS SUBJECTED TO ACIDOSIS WITHOUTAFFECTING THE LEVELS OF CX43 PHOSPHORYLATION ISOFORMSSayed I Al-Aidarous 1, Junaid AB Zaman 1, Pravina M Patel 1, Michael T Debney 1, Caroline H Roney 1, Fu Siong Ng 1, Rasheda A Chowdhury 1,Nicholas S Peters 11 Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

7.2 Abstract 01-11ADVERSE IMPACT OF HEART FAILURE ON ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INHUMANSFu Siong Ng 1, Deborah Janks 2, Andrew L Wit 3, Nicholas S Peters 1, Igor R Efimov 21 Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, 2Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, United States, 3 Columbia University, New York,United States

7.3 Abstract 01-10MELATONIN PROTECTS FROM MALIGNANT ARRHYTHMIAS: IMPLICATION OF CONNEXIN-43 AND PKC SIGNALING. Narcisa Tribulova 1 Juan Benezet-Mazuecos1, Paloma Avila1, Jose manuel Rubio1, Miguel angel Quiñones1, Silvia del Castillo1, Esther Macia1,Jeronimo Farré11 Institute for Heart Research, Bratislava, Slovakia

7.4 Abstract 18-59TRANSITION FROM NORMAL TO ABNORMAL/FRACTIONATED ELECTROGRAMS UNVEILS MID-MYOCARDIAL SEPTAL VTSUBSTRATE IN NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHYGregg Gerasimon 1, Brian Betensky1, Robert Schaller1, Haris Haqqani1, Francis Marchlinski 11 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States

7.5 Abstract 07-14INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME –DATA FROM LATVIAN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME REGISTRY 2011Oskars Kalejs 1, Aija Maca 1, Ilja Zakke 2, Iveta Mintale 2, Ginta Kamzola 2, Milana Zabunova 3, Elza Silina 2, Agnese Udre 1, Inga Narbute 2,Andrejs Erglis 31 Riga Stradins University, P.Stradins University Hospital, Riga, Latvia, 2 P.Stradins University Hospital, Riga, Latvia, 3 P.Stradins University Hospital, Universityof Latvia, Riga, Latvia

7.6 Abstract 02-11ENHANCED GJ COUPLING REDUCES APOPTOSIS IN AN EX-VIVO MODEL OF ISCHAEMIA-REPERFUSIONMajd El-Harasis 1, Michael Debney 1, Rasheda Chowdhury 1, Pravina Patel 1, Fu Siong Ng 1, Alexander Lyon 1, Nicholas Peters 11 Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ROOM PASCAL


Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: New insightst Chairpersons: Hugh Calkins (Baltimore, USA), Frank Marcus (Tucson, USA)

8.1 Abstract 03-13CARDIAC PHENOTYPE OF ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA/CARDIOMYOPATHY Anneline te Riele 1, Cynthia James 2, Binu Philips 2, Neda Rastegar 2, Aditya Bhonsale 2, Judith Groeneweg 3, Brittney Murray 2, CrystalTichnell 2, Daniel Judge 2, Jeroen van der Heijden 1, Maarten Jan Cramer 1, Birgitta Velthuis 1, David Bluemke 4, Stefan Zimmerman 2, IhabKamel 2, Richard Hauer 3, Hugh Calkins 2, Harikrishna Tandri 21 University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, United States, 3 University Medical Center Utrecht andInteruniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, 4 National Institute of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, United States

8.2 Abstract 07-17CHARACTERISTICS AND PROGNOSTIC IMPLICATIONS OF TRANSMURAL DISPERSION OF REPOLARIZATION INARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY: FOCUS ON T PEAK-T END INTERVALMarco Bobbo 1, Iorio Annamaria 1, Zecchin Massimo 1, Brun Francesca 1, Santangelo Sara 1, Dal Ferro Matteo 1, Vitali Serdoz Laura 1, SinagraGianfranco 11 Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti, Trieste, Italy

8.3 Abstract 07-15SHOULD PROGRAMMED VENTRICULAR STIMULATION BE PERFORMED TO ALL PATIENTS WITH ARRHYTHMOGENICRIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY?Carole Maupain 1, Guillaume Duthoit 1, Xavier Waintraub 1, Nicolas Badenco 1, Malika Baraka 1, Thomas Chastre 1, Jean-Louis Hebert 1,Caroline Himbert 1, Francoise Pousset 1, Robert Frank 1, Philippe Charron 1, Francoise Hidden-Lucet 1, Estelle Gandjbakhch 11 La Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France

8.4 Abstract 03-10 PREDICTION OF PATHOGENICITY OF MISSENSE VARIANTS IN ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULARCARDIOMYOPATHY Judith Groeneweg 1, Aditya Bhonsale 2, Cynthia James 2, Jeroen van der Heijden 3, Brittney Murray 2, Crystal Tichnell 2, Harikrishna Tandri 2,Arthur Wilde 4, Jan Jongbloed 5, Peter van Tintelen 5, Daniel Judge 2, Richard Hauer 1, Hugh Calkins 2, Dennis Dooijes 31 University Medical Center Utrecht and Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2 Johns Hopkins University School ofMedicine, Baltimore, United States, 3 University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 4 Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands,5 University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

8.5 Abstract 07-12ASSESSMENT OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR SYMPATHETIC DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHTVENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY USING 123I-METAIODBENZYLGUANIDINJohannes Siebermair 1, Sebastian Lehner 2, Andrei Todica 2, Britt Maria Beckmann 1, Eimo Martens 1, Alexander Becker 1, Heidi L. Estner 1,Marcus Hacker 2, Stefan Kääb 11Medizinische Klinik I LMU Großhadern, Munich, Germany, 2 Department of Nuclear Medicine LMU Großhadern, Munich, Germany

8.6 Abstract 02-14METABOLIC DEREGULATION IN A MODEL OF ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA/CARDIOMYOPATHY (ARVD/C) USING PATIENT-SPECIFIC IPS CELLSHuei-sheng Vincent Chen1, Changsung Kim1, Joseph M. Marine2, Hugh Calkins2, Daniel P. Judge 21 Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, United States, 2 Johns Hopkins Heart & Vascular Institute, Baltimore, United States

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MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ROOM GAUGUIN

Posters exposed from 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Presenters and chairpersons present from 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Chaired poster session C part 2

Arrhythmia Mechanisms Chairpersons: Jorgen Kanters (Copenhagen, DK), Gioia Turitto (New-York, USA)

18.1 Abstract 01-12NOVEL CHARACTERISATION OF THE ARRHYTHMIA PHENOTYPE OF THE REPERFUSED INFARCT: A SMALL ANIMALMODEL OF PRIMARY PCI Michael Debney 1, Fu Siong Ng 1, Alexander Lyon 1, Nicholas Peters 11 Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

18.2 Abstract 01-16SEVERE GAP JUNCTIONAL UNCOUPLING CAUSES ELECTROGRAM FRACTIONATION IN A NOVEL 1D NUMERICALMODEL OF DISCRETE MYOCYTESEugene Chang 1, Chris D Cantwell 1, Caroline H Roney 1, Jennifer H Siggers 1, Spencer J Sherwin 1, Nicholas S Peters 11 Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

18.3 Abstract 03-14 HEART RATE VARIABLITY (HRV) AFTER INDUCIBLE RE-EXPRESSION OF HEXIM1 IN THE MURINE HEARTKhyati Pandya 1, Yee-Hsee Hsieh 2, Anurak Thungtong 2, Julian Stelzer 2, Margaret Chandler 2, Kenneth Loparo 2, Monica Montano 2,Michiko Watanabe 2, Thomas Dick 21 Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States, 2 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, UnitedStates

18.4 Abstract 31-10DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION WITH DHA IMPROVES INOTROPIC EFFICACY OF DIGITALIC DRUG AND DELAYS DIGITALISTOXICITY-MITOCHONDRIAL PROTECTIONMonique Bernard 1, Jean-Michel Maixent 2, Alain Gerbi 3, Carole Lan 1, Patrick Cozzone 1, Gérard Pieroni 4, Martine Armand 3, Thierry CCoste 1 CRMBM UMR 6612 CNRS, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, Marseille, France, 2 University of South-Toulon Var, Toulon, France, 3 UMR INSERMU476 , Faculté de Médecine Timone, Marseille, Marseille, France, 4 Innovation Santé des Lipides, Marseille, Marseille, France

18.5 Abstract 15-28GIRK CHANNEL ACTIVATION VIA ADENOSINE OR MUSCARINIC RECEPTORS HAS SIMILAR EFFECTS ON RAT ATRIALELECTROPHYSIOLOGYXiaodong Wang 1, Bo Liang 1, Lasse Skibsbye 1, Morten Grunnet 1, Søren-Peter Olesen 1, Thomas Jespersen 11 University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

18.6 Abstract 14-13DUAL LOOP REENTRY ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA ABLATION GUIDED BY RIPPLE MAPPINGShahnaz Jamil-Copley 1, Nick Linton 1, Michael Koa-Wing 1, Phang Boon Lim 1, Sajad Hayat 1, Norman Qureishi 1, Zachary Whinnett 1, DavidWyn Davies 1, Nicholas Peters 1, Darrel Francis 1, Prapa Kanagaratnam 11 St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

18.7 Abstract 08-12MECHANISMS OF SUBNODAL CONDUCTION BLOCK AFTER AORTIC VALVE SURGERY: PHASE 4 BLOCK, SUBNODALWENCKEBACH, AND CONCEALED JUNCTIONAL EXTRASYSTOLESGregg Gerasimon 1, Joshua Cooper 11 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States

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Heart Failure18.8 Abstract 02-10MYOCARDIAL CONNEXIN-43 IS IMPLICATED IN ACUTE HEART FAILURE DUE TO VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION BY SEX-RELATED MANNER.Jana Radosinska 1, V. Knez l, 3, J. Slezak2, L. Urban4, A. Vachulova4, R. Hatala4, N. Tribulová21 Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2 Institute for Heart Research, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2 Institute ofExperimental Pharmacology & Toxicology, SAS, Bratislava, 4 Department of Arrhythmias, National Cardiovascular Institute, Bratislava

18.10 Abstract 15-21LOW FREQUENCY OF NEW OR AGGRAVATED HEART FAILURE DURING LONG-TERM RIGHT VENTRICULAR PACINGAFTER RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF THE ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTIONAnna Björkenheim 1, Tommy Andersson 1, Nils Edvardsson 2, Dritan Poci 11 Department of Cardiology, Örebro, Sweden, 2 Institution of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg, Sweden

Remote Monitoring18.12 Abstract 19-19REMOTE MONITORING OF IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATORS –POTENTIAL PROBLEMS ANDIMPLICATIONS FOR THE USE OF A DEVICE TELEMONITORING SYSTEM BASED ON A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCEJohannes Siebermair 1, Eimo Martens 1, Franziska Schüssler 1, Sebastian Clauss 1, Heidi L. Estner 1, Stefan Kääb 1, Reza Wakili 11Medizinische Klinik I LMU Großhadern, Munich, Germany

18.13 Abstract 06-11REMOTE MONITORING IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEVICES. CORRECT INTERPRETATION OF THE DETECTED ALERTSTHROUGH THE USE OF THE DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS OFFERED BY THE SYSTEMGuillermo Alejandro Carnero 1, Nestor Galizio 1, Jose Luis Gonzalez 1, Federico Robles 1, Alejandro Palazzo 1, Agustina Gargano 1, NicolasMartienghi 1, Xavier Vallejos 1, Mauricio Myzuta 11 Favaloro Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ivabradine for Inappropriate Sinus Node Tachycardia18.14 Abstract 09-10CLINICAL EFFICACY OF IVABRADINE IN PATIENTS WITH INAPPROPRIATE SINUS TACHYCARDIACristina Balla 1, Serenella Castelvecchio 1, Cristian Ricci 2, Elisabetta Bianco 1, Laura Vitali-Serdoz 1, Tomaso Gnecchi-Ruscone 3, MarioPittalis 1, Luigi De Ambroggi 1, Mirko Baruscotti 4, Maddalena Gaeta 1, Francesco Furlanello 1, Dario Di Francesco 1, Pier Paolo Lupo 1,Riccardo Cappato 11 Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology Center, I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy, 2 Fondazione Don C. Gnocchi, Milan, Italy, 3 Department ofCardiology, San Leopoldo Mandic Hospital, Milan, Italy, 4 Department of Preventive, Occupational, and Community Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia,Italy

Catheter Ablation (Cont.)18.15 Abstract 18-50RISK OF FLUID OVERLOAD AND RE-HOSPITALIZATION AFTER ABLATION OF LONG STANDING PERSISTENT ATRIALFIBRILLATION WITH A NEW IRRIGATED CATHETER? RESULTS FROM A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY Luigi Di Biase 1, Pasquale Santangeli 1, Rong Bai 1, Prasant Mohanty 1, Sanghamitra Mohanty 1, Chintan Trivedi 1, Justin Price 1, Rachel (Xue)Yan 1, Javier Sanchez 1, G.Joseph Gallinghouse 1, Salwa Beheiry 2, Richard Hongo 2, Jason Zagrodzky 1, Rodney Horton 1, Robert Canby 1, J.David Burkhardt 1, Antonio Dello Russo 3, Michela Casella 3, Gaetano Fassini 3, Corrado Carbucicchio 3, Claudio Tondo 3, Andrea Natale 11 Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St Davids Medical Center, Austin, United States, 2 California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, United States, 3

Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, United States

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18.16 Abstract 18-46FIRST HUMAN VALIDATION OF A NEW EPICARDIAL ACCESS NEEDLE WITH A REAL TIME PRESSURE MONITORING TOFACILITATE EPICARDIAL ACCESS Luigi Di Biase 1, Zoltan Csanadi 2, Gabor Sandorfi 2, Edina Nagy-Balo 2, Chintan Trivedi 1, Pasquale Santangeli 1, Andrei Leny 2, AlexandraKiss 2, Andrea Natale 1, J. David Burkhardt 11 Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St Davids Medical Center, Austin, United States, 2 Department of Cardiology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen,Hungary

Sinus Node Dysfunction18.17 Abstract 09-11CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF RAPID ATRIAL PACING IN PATIENTS WITH SICK SINUS SYNDROME Malka Yahalom 1, Yoav Turgeman 1, 2

1 Heart Institute,Ha'emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel2 Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM ROOM DUFY

Supported by an educational grant from Bayer-Healthcare

LUNCHEON PANEL

Practical aspects of Xa inhibition: What you need to know? Chairpersons: John Camm (London, GB), Jean-Yves Le Heuzey (Paris, FR)Welcome: Jean-Yves Le Heuzey (Paris, FR)

1. Introduction Samuel Lévy (Marseille, FR)

2. Stroke prevention in AF, the neurologist perspectivePierre Amarenco (Paris, FR)

3. ESC Guidelines 2012 and the novel oral anticoagulants John Camm (London, GB)

4. Practical aspects of rivaroxaban use in cardiology Riccardo Cappato (Milan, IT)

Discussion: Jean-Yves Le Heuzey(Paris, FR)Summary and conclusions: Samuel Lévy (Marseille, FR)

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MONDAY APRIL 15, 20132:00 PM - 3:30 PMROOM DERAIN

SESSION SP-01

Paroxysmal versus long-standing persistent AF: How do they differ? Chairpersons: Roger Winkle (Palo Alto, USA), Neil Sulke (Eastbourne, GB)

1. Differences in their clinical characteristicsSamuel Levy (Marseille, FR)

2. Lessons from AFFIRM Albert Waldo (Cleveland, USA)

3. Role of the substrate in paroxysmal versus persistent AFAlessandro Capucci (Ancona, IT)

4. Differences in activation patternSanjeev Saksena (New Brunswick, USA)

MONDAY APRIL 15, 20132:00 PM - 3:30 PMROOM DIDEROT

SESSION: SD-06

Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death early after Myocardial Infarction Chairpersons: Jeanne E. Poole, (Seattle, USA); Riccardo Cappato (Milan, Italy)

1. Is ejection fraction alone sufficient for deciding primary ICD implantation post MI?Etienne Aliot (Nancy, FR)

2. Lessons from IRIS Gerhard Steinbeck (Munich, DE)

3. Improvements of risk stratification: timing, implantable loop recorders Poul Erik Bloch-Thomsen (Copenhagen, DK)

4. New treatment modalities: aldosterone antagonists, wearable defibrillator Bruce D. Lindsay (Cleveland, USA)

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MONDAY APRIL 15, 20132:00 PM - 3:30 PMROOM DESCARTES

HRS-ECAS SPECIAL SESSION

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (AC): The Challenge ofEarly Diagnosis Chairpersons: Guenter Breithardt (Muenster, DE), Richard Hauer (Utrecht, NL)

1. Clinical decisions in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.Frank Marcus (Tucson, USA)

2. Risk stratification in ARVD/C: Who needs an ICD? Hugh Calkins (Baltimore, USA)

3. Mapping and catheter ablation in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathyFrancis Marchlinski (Philadelphia, USA)

4. Toward understanding of arrhythmogenesis in concealed arrhythmogenic car-diomyopathy. Impact of thesodium current. Mario Delmar (New York, USA)

5. Lessons from explanted hearts with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy Cristina Basso (Padua, IT)

MONDAY APRIL 15, 20132:00 PM - 3:30 PMROOM PASCAL

Supported by an educational grant from Biosense-Webster

SP-02

Advances in ablation catheter technology and role of contact force Chairpersons: Dipen Shah (Geneva, CH), Isabel Deisenhofer (Munich, DE)

1. Acute results of contact force optimized PV isolationTom De Potter (Aalst, BE)

2. Ablation of ventricular tachycardia using real time contact force measurementHeidi Estner (Munich, DE)

3. Outcome correlations with contact force optimized PV isolationDipen Shah (Geneva, CH)

4. Tips and tricks in the clinical use of real time CF measurementJean-Paul Albenque (Toulouse, FR)

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MONDAY APRIL 15, 2013 2:00 PM - 3:30 PMROOM GAUGUIN

Posters exposed from 02:00 PM - 05:30 PMPresenters and chairpersons present from 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM

CHAIRED POSTER SESSION D PART 1

Catheter Ablation of Arrhythmias Chairpersons: Sanjiv Narayan (San Diego, USA), Poul-Erik Bloch-Thomsen (Copenhagen, DK)

19.1 Abstract 18-49RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF SYMPTOMATIC MONOMORPHIC PREMATURE VENTRICULAR BEATS AND IDIOPATHICREPETITIVE MONOMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA FROM THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT INSINGLE CATHETER-TECHNIQUE – A HIGH VOLUME CENTER EXPERIENCEReinhard Höltgen 1, Marcus Wieczorek 11 Klinik für Elektrophysiologie, Bocholt, Germany

19.2 Abstract 18-38INCREMENTAL PACING MANEUVER ASSESSMENT DURING CAVO-TRICUSPID ISTHMUS ABLATION DIMINISHESTYPICAL FLUTTER RECURRENCESErmengol Vallès 1, Victor Bazan 1, Begoña Benito 1, Miguel Jauregui 1, Jordi Bruguera 1, Julio Martí 11 Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

19.3 Abstract 18-35LOWER CATHETER TIP TEMPERATURES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INHOMOGENEOUS LESION FORMATION DURINGRADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION IN A CANINE THIGH MUSCLE MODELFerdi Akca 1, Endre Zima 2, Eszter Végh 2, Gábor Széplaki 2, Judit Skopál 2, Martha Hubay 2, Zsuzsanna Lendvai 2, Bela Merkely 2, Tamas Szili-Torok 11 Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2 Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

19.4 Abstract 18-28EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN T2W AND LGE MRI IN NON-ACUTE THERMAL ABLATION LESIONSAndriy Shmatukha 1, Mohammed Shurrab 2, Benu Sethi 1, Jennifer Barry 1, Graham Wright 1, Eugene Crystal 21 Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2 Arrhythmia Services, Schulich Heart Centre, SunnybrookHealth Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

19.5 Abstract 18-23IMPACT OF A NEW FLUOROSCOPY-INTEGRATED CATHETER POSITIONING SYSTEM (MEDIGUIDE) ON ACUTEPROCEDURAL PARAMETERS IN THE ABLATION OF TYPICAL ATRIAL FLUTTERMichael Derndorfer 1, Elisabeth Sigmund 1, Giorgios Kollias 1, Josef Aichinger 1, Siegmund Winter 1, Hans-Joachim Nesser 1, HelmutPuererfellner 1, Martin Martinek 11 Elisabethinen University Teaching Hospital of the Universities Innsbruck and Graz; Linz, Austria, Department of Cardiology, Linz, Austria

19.6 Abstract 18-33FORMATION OF THERMAL COAGULUM ON MULTI-ELECTRODE ABLATION CATHETERS DURING PHASEDRADIOFREQUENCY ENERGY ABLATION IN THE TREATMENT OF PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONPhilippe Debruyne 1, Tom Rossenbacker 1, Bart Vankelecom 1, Filip Charlier 1, John Roosen 1, Bavo Ector 1, Luc Janssens 11 Imeldaziekenhuis, Bonheiden, Belgium

19.7 Abstract 15-42PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION WITH AN INVESTIGATIONAL DESIGN MULTIPOLE OVER-THE-WIREMAPPING AND ABLATION CATHETER: GENESIS FEASIBILITY STUDYDirk Mueller 1, Yaariv Khaykin 2, Oliver R Segal 3, Jong Gerds-Li MD 4, Allan Skanes MD 5, Isabel Deisenhofer 6, Andy Chiavetta 7, ChrisFleege 7, Jeremiah Johnson 7, Claire Williams 71 Herz-und-Gefaesszentrum, Bad Bevensen, Germany, 2 Southlake Regional Medical Center, Newmarket, Canada, 3 The Heart Hospital & University College,London , United Kingdom, 4 Deutsches Herzzentrum , Berlin, Germany, 5 London Health Sciences Center, London, Canada, 6 Deutsches Herzzentrum ,Munich, Germany, 7 Bard Electrophysiology, Lowell, United States

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19.8 Abstract 12-12SLOW PATHWAY ELIMINATION FOR ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA WITH THE 8-MM TIPCRYOABLATION CATHETER: AN 18-MONTH FOLLOW-UPMichaël Peyrol 1, Pascal Sbragia1, Sabrina Uhry1, Gilles Boccara1, Eric Dolla1, Amandine Quatre1, Maxime Guenoun1, Samuel Lévy1, FranckPaganelli1, 1Division of Cardiology, Hôpital Nord, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France

Advances in ICD technology19.9 Abstract 19-12THE SUBCUTANEOUS ICD - THE NEW ZEALAND EXPERIENCEWarren Smith 1, Margaret Hood 1, Fiona Riddell 1, Ian Crozier 2, Ian Melton 2, Martin Stiles 31 Green Lane Cardiovascular Service, Auckland, New Zealand, 2 Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, NewZealand

19.10 Abstract 19-16SUBCUTANEOUS IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR – IS A STRESS TEST ECG REQUIRED BEFORE IMPLANTATION?Eimo Martens 1, Johannes Siebermair 1, Britt Maria Beckmann 1, Franziska Schüssler 1, Moritz F Sinner 1, Heidi Estner 1, Stefan Kaab 11 University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany

19.11 Abstract 19-17WHY IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR IS STILL UNDERUSED IN EMERGING COUNTRIES?Mohamed Salah Annabi 1, Abdeddayem Haggui 1, Rana Dahmani 1, Lella Zhor Rezine 1, Badii Jdaïda 1, Houaïda Mahfoudhi 1, MehdiGhommidh 1, Thouraya Filali 1, Dhaker Lahidheb 1, Nadhem Hajlaoui 1, Wafa Fehri 1, Habib Haouala 11 Heart rythm unit, Cardiology department, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisie

19.12 Abstract 19-25DO MADIT-2 RESULTS APPLY TO CORRESPONDING POST MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ICD PATIENTS IN CURRENTCOMMON CLINICAL PRACTICE?Martin Svetlosak 1, Hilda Bou-Ezzeddine 1, Anna Vachulova 1, Katarina Gladisova 1, Michal Sasov 1, Peter Margitfalvi 1, Robert Hatala 11 Department of Arrhythmias and Cardiac Pacing, National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia

19.13 Abstract 19-28SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN A HOLIDAY AREA INCIDENCE AND OUTCOME Falko Tillwich 1, Dietmar Bänsch 11 University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

19.14 Abstract 19-22SIGNIFICANCE OF INTRAOPERATIVE TESTING IN RIGHT-SIDED IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATORS Andreas Keyser 11 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany

19.15 Abstract 26-11 USEFULNESS AND RELIABILITY OF A SINGLE-COIL SUBCUTANEOUS HIGH-VOLTAGE LEAD FOR CONVERSION OFREFRACTORY VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION TESTING DURING DEFIBRILLATOR IMPLANTATION: LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP Victor A Medina-Ravell 1, Otto A Medina-Malpica 1, Napoleon A Medina-Malpica 1, Castor L Maduro-Maytin 1, Alejandro Acuña-Seijas 11 Fundarritmia AC, Valencia, Venezuela

19.16 Abstract 18-17REMOTE MAGNETIC NAVIGATION FOR CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIO-VENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRANTTACHYCARDIA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSISMohammed Shurrab 1, Asaf Danon 1, Alex Crystal 1, Darren Kagal 1, Irving Tiong 1, David Newman 1, Ilan Lashevsky 1, Eugene Crystal 11 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre , Toronto, Canada

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SP-08

How and when should epicardial mapping and catheter ablation beperformed?Chairpersons: Richard Schilling (London, GB), Olivier Piot (Paris, FR)

1. Technique of epicardial mapping and ablationGaetano Barbato (Bologna, IT)

2. Epicardial ablation of ventricular tachycardiasFrancis Marchlinski (Philadelphia, USA)

3. Epicardial ablation of supraventricular tachycardiasLuigi Di Biase (Austin, USA)

4. Hybrid endocardial-epicardial atrial fibrillation ablationCarina Blomstrom-Lundqvist (Uppsala, SE)


6th Japanese HRS/ ECAS SYMPOSIUM

Current Issues in atrial fibrillation ablationChairpersons: Yuji Nakazato (Chiba, JP), Bruce Lindsay (Cleveland, USA)

1. Ablation of SVC focal sources triggering atrial fibrillationKenzo Hirao (Tokyo, JP)

2. Role of left atrial fibrosis assessed by MRI in AF substrate ablation Julien Seitz (Marseille, FR)

3. Ganglion plexi ablation in atrial fibrillation ablation and its relationship to Complex Fractionated AtrialElectrogram (CFAE)Shigeru Ikeguchi (Shiga, JP)

4. Impact of CFAE ablation on outcome of AF ablationRoss J Hunter (London, GB)

MONDAY APRIL 15, 20134:00 PM - 5:30 PMROOM DESCARTES

SP-03

Ablation of Persistent AF beyond pulmonary vein isolation: which target?Chairpersons: Roberto De Ponti (Varese, IT), Andrey Ardashev (Moscow, RU)

1. Linear lesions : Roof line, Low left atrium, mitral isthmus lineIsabel Deisenhofer (Munich, DE)

2. Complex fragmented atrial electrograms Koonlawee Nademanee (Los Angeles, USA)

3. Ganglion plexi ablationDemosthenes Katritsis (Athens, GR)

4. Isolation of the left atrial appendage or/and coronary sinusAndrea Natale (Austin, USA)

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MONDAY APRIL 15, 20134:00 PM - 5:30 PMROOM PASCAL

SP-05

Case-based studies of supraventricular tachycardias: Difficult case and howdid I manage it?Chairpersons: Wyn Davies (London, GB), Fathi Ali (Nashville, USA)

1. Paroxysmal AV Junctional tachycardiaPeter Loh (Utrecht, NL)

2. Atrial Tachyarrhythmias: Challenging Clinical DecisionsAlawi Al-Sheikh Ali (Dubai, UAE)

3. A very special case of supraventricular tachycardiaReza Wakili (Munich, DE)

4. Atrial macro-reentrant tachycardiaAnnibale Sandro Montenero (Milan, IT)

5. Recurrence post AF ablationPierpaolo Lupo (Milan, IT)

MONDAY APRIL 15, 20134:00 PM - 5:30 PMROOM GAUGUIN

Posters exposed from 02:00 PM - 05:30 PMPresenters and chairpersons present from 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM

CHAIRED POSTER SESSION D PART 2

AF Ablation Chairpersons: David Wilber (Maywood, USA), Eli Ovsyshcher (Beersheba, IL)

20.1 Abstract 18-47DOES TERMINATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DURING ABLATION OF LONG STANDING PERSISTENT ATRIALFIBRILLATION PREDICT THE OUTCOME AT FOLLOW-UP? RESULTS FROM A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDYLuigi Di Biase 1, Pasquale Santangeli 1, Prasant Mohanty 1, Rong Bai 1, Rodney Horton 1, Javier Sanchez 1, Madhu Reddy 2, DhanunjayaLakkireddy 2, Giovanni Forleo 3, Sanghamitra Mohanty 1, Chintan Trivedi 1, Justin Price 1, Rachel (Xue) Yan 1, Claude Elayi 4, G.JosephGallinghouse 1, Salwa Beheiry 5, Richard Hongo 5, J. David Burkhardt 1, Andrea Natale 11 Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St Davids Medical Center, Austin, United States, 2 University of Kansas, Kansas City, United States, 3 University of TorVergata, Rome, Italy, 4 University of Kentuckly, Lexington, United States, 5 California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, United States

20.2 Abstract 18-51MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC ATRIAL ABLATION INJURY – A HISTOLOGICAL ANDELECTROANATOMICAL VALIDATION STUDYJames Harrison 1, Nick Linton 1, Sarah Peel 1, Amedeo Chiribiri 1, Anne Grøndal 2, Lars Bloch 2, Steen Pedersen 2, Jacob Bentzon 2, ChristophKolbitsch 1, Rashed Karim 1, Steven Williams 1, Kawal Rhode 1, Jaswinder Gill 1, Michael Cooklin 1, Aldo Rinaldi 1, Matthew Wright 1, WonKim 2, Henrik Jensen 2, Tobias Schaeffter 1, Reza Razavi 1, Mark O'Neill 11 King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 2 Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark

20.3 Abstract 15-33PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION HAS NO SHORT-TERM EFFECT ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION: ACOMPARISON OF DIFFERENT ABLATION TECHNIQUESAlexandra Kiss 1, Edina Nagy-Baló 1, Istvan Édes 1, Zoltán Csanádi 11 Institute of Cardiology, Medical University Of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

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20.4 Abstract 15-38LEFT VENTRICULAR SYNCHRONIZATION AND SYSTOLIC FUNCTION ESTIMATED BY SPECKLE TRACKINGECHOCARDIOGRAPHY PRE-AND POST-RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF)Jian Qiang Zhang 1, Xin Yao Liu 1, Xin Du 1, Jun Ping Kang 1, Xiao Hui Liu 1, Rong Hui Yu 1, De Yong Long 1, Ri Bo Tang 1, Song Nan Li 1, TaoLin 1, Man Ning 1, Jian Zeng Dong 1, Yan Yao 1, Chang Sheng Ma 11 Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing, China

20.5 Abstract 18-22PROCEDURAL IMPACT OF A NEW FLUOROSCOPY-INTEGRATED CATHETER POSITIONING SYSTEM (MEDIGUIDE) ONABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION – A CASE MATCHED COMPARISONMichael Derndorfer 1, Elisabeth Sigmund 1, Giorgios Kollias 1, Josef Aichinger 1, Siegmund Winter 1, Hans-Joachim Nesser 1, HelmutPuererfellner 1, Martin Martinek 11 Elisabethinen University Teaching Hospital of the Universities Innsbruck and Graz; Linz, Austria, Department of Cardiology, Linz, Austria

20.6 Abstract 15-50THE USEFULNESS OF TELEMONITORING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM AFTER CATHETER ABLATION FOR ATRIALFIBRILLATIONTakehiro Kimura 1, Seiji Takatsuki 1, Shin Kashimura 1, Kohei Inagawa 1, Yoshinori Katsumata 1, Takahiko Nishiyama 1, Nobuhiro Nishiyama 1,Kotaro Fukumoto 1, Yoshiyasu Aizawa 1, Yoko Tanimoto 1, Kojiro Tanimoto 1, Keiichi Fukuda 11 Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

20.7 Abstract 18-52LEFT VENTRICULAR TORSION HAD INFLUENCE ON MITRAL REGURGITATION BEFORE AND AFTER RADIOFREQUENCYABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONJian Qiang Zhang 1, Xin Yao Liu 1, Man Ning 1, Xin Du 1, Rong Hui Yu 1, Ri Bo Tang 1, De Yong Long 1, Xiao Hui Liu 1, Jun Ping Kang 1, SongNan Li 1, Tao Lin 1, Yan Yao 1, Jian Zeng Dong 1, Chang Sheng Ma 11 An Zhen Hospital, Beijing, China

20.8 Abstract 15-20AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION TO DETERMINE OPTIMAL PATIENT SELECTION FOR PERSISTENT ATRIALFIBRILLATION ABLATIONJulian W.E. Jarman 1, Vias Markides 1, Wajid Hussain 1, Tom Wong 1, R. Hardwin Mead 2, Gregory Engel 2, Melissa H. Kong 2, Rob Patrawala 2,Roger A. Winkle 21 Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, 2 Silicon Valley Cardiology, E. Palo Alto, California, United States

20.9 Abstract 18-58HYBRID APPROACH FOR PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCELuca Bontempi 1, Claudio Muneretto 2, Manuel Cerini 1, Alessandro Lipari 1, Francesca Vassanelli 1, Carlo Pagnoni 1, Elisa Locantore 1,Francesca Salghetti 1, Antonio D'Aloia 1, Enrico Vizzardi 1, Gianluigi Bisleri 2, Antonio Curnis 11 Division and Chair of Cardiology, Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy, 2 Division and Chair of Cardiosurgery, Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy

20.10 Abstract 18-16SNAPSHOT OF INVASIVE ADULT ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY IN CANADA: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE FIRSTNATIONAL SURVEY Evgeny Fishman 1, Anna Kaoutskaia 1, David Birnie 2, Felix-Alejandro Ayala-Paredes 3, Omar Sultan 4, Lilia Tcharnaia 1, Vijay Chauhan 5,Andrew Krahn 6, Atul Verma 7, Eugene Crystal 11 Schulich Heart Centre , Toronto, Canada, 2 Ottawa Heart Institute , Ottawa , Canada, 3 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke,Canada, 4 Regina General Hospital, Regina, Canada, 5 Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada, 6 Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada,7 Southlake Regional Hospital, Newmarket, Canada

Lead Extraction20.11 Abstract 23-19SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF LEAD EXTRACTION IN PATIENTS WITH STRUCTURAL CONGENITAL HEART DISEASEAndrianos Kontogeorgis 1, Shohreh Honarbakhsh 1, Panayiotis Constantinou 1, Ozan Demir 1, Julian W E Jarman 1, Wajid Hussain 2, ViasMarkides 1, Jonathan Clague 1, Tom Wong 11 Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 2 Harefield Hospital, London, United Kingdom

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20-12 Abstract 26-12INCIDENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE (CIED) RE-INFECTION AFTER AN EXTRACTION Omar Saeed 1, Anupam Gupta 2, Jay Gross 1, Eugen Palma 11Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, United States, 2 Jacobi Medical Center, New York, United States

20-13 Abstract 06-15PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO REDUCE DEVICE-RELATED INFECTIONS: A 10-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF OUR CENTRE Giovanni Morani 1, Giacomo Mugnai 1, Martina Morosato 1, Sara Ferrari 1, Chiara Stevanello 1, Luca Tomasi 1, Ruggero Tomei 1, CorradoVassanelli 11 UOC Cardiologia dU - Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy

20-14 Abstract 06-14SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE WITH PERMANENT TRANSVENOUS LEAD EXTRACTION: ANALYSIS ON FACTORSINFLUENCING THE DIFFICULTY OF THE PROCEDURE.Luca Bontempi 1, Manuel Cerini 1, Alessandro Lipari 1, Carlo Pagnoni 1, Elisa Locantore 1, Francesca Salghetti 1, Abdallah Raweh 2, FrancescoChiusso 3, Alessio Gargaro 3, Mohamed Elmaghawry 4, Francesca Vassanelli 1, Antonio Curnis 11 Division and Chair of Cardiology, Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy, 2 IRCCS San Donato Hospital, Milano, Italy, 3 Biotronik Italia Spa, Vimodrone,Milano, Italy, 4 Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt

20.15 Abstract 06-12USEFULNESS OF A NEW ENHANCED EXCIMER LASER TECHNIQUE 80 HZ FOR LEADS EXTRACTION: A SINGLE CENTREEXPERIENCEAntonio Curnis 1, Manuel Cerini 1, Alessandro Lipari 1, Carlo Pagnoni 1, Elisa Locantore 1, Francesca Salghetti 1, Mohamed Elmaghawry 2,Abdallah Raweh 3, Francesca Vassanelli 1, Luca Bontempi 11 Division and Chair of Cardiology, Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy, 2 Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt, 3 IRCCS San Donato Hospital, Milano, Italy

20.16 Abstract 06-13TRANSVENOUS EXTRACTION OF PM AND ICD LEADS IN INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS WITH VEGETATIONS: A SINGLECENTRE EXPERIENCELuca Bontempi 1, Manuel Cerini 1, Francesca Vassanelli 1, Carlo Pagnoni 1, Elisa Locantore 1, Francesca Salghetti 1, Mohamed Elmaghawry 2,Alessandro Lipari 1, Antonio Curnis 11 Division and Chair of Cardiology, Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy, 2 Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt


DEBATE 1

Electrophysiologic testing is required in Brugada syndrome to detect patientsat high risk of sudden deathChairpersons: Mark Estes III (Boston, USA), Magdi Sami (Montreal, CA)

Protagonist: Martin Borggrefe (Mannheim, DE)Antagonist: Hervé Le Marec (Nantes, FR)


DEBATE 2

Echocardiographic techniques are essential for the improvement of CRT resultsChairpersons: Bruce Wilkoff (Cleveland, USA), Carsten Israel (Bielefeld, DE)

Protagonist: John Fisher (New-York, USA)Antagonist: Tamas Szili-Torok (Rotterdam, NL)

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TUESDAY APRIL 16, 20138:30 AM - 10:00 AM ROOM DIDEROT


Technical aspects of catheter ablation of arrhythmias Chairpersons: Oskars Kalejs (Riga, LV), Nicolas Lellouche (Paris, FR)

9.1 Abstract 15-19PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PRESENTING IN SINUS RHYTHM: PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION VERSUSPULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION AND ELECTROGRAM GUIDED ABLATIONFrederic Sebag 1, Najia Chaachoui 1, Mark O'Neil 2, Matthew Wright 2, Nicolas Lellouche 11 Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France, 2 St Thomas Hospital, London, United Kingdom

9.2 Abstract 15-39IMPACT OF CATHETER-BASED CONTACT FORCE MEASUREMENT ON PERSISTENT AF ABLATION WITH AND WITHOUTROBOTIC NAVIGATION Waqas Ullah 1, Ross Hunter 1, Victoria Baker 1, Ailsa McLean 1, Claire Kirkby 1, Matthew Lovell 1, Matthew Ginks 1, Ihab Diab 1, MehulDhinoja 1, Simon Sporton 1, Mark Earley 1, Richard Schilling 21 St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 2 London Bridge Hospital, London, United Kingdom

9.3 Abstract 15-16ROLE OF HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS AND BODY-MASS-INDEX IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PULMONARY VEINISOLATION FOR TREATMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Johannes Siebermair 1, Sebastian Clauss 1, Franziska Schüssler 1, Ina Klier 1, Eimo Martens 1, Stefan Kääb 1, Heidi L. Estner 1, Reza Wakili 11 LMU Großhadern, Munich, Germany

9.4 Abstract 18-25DIFFERENT CONTACT SENSING TECHNIQUES IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCEAntonio Dello Russo 1, Michela Casella 1, Gaetano Fassini 1, Stefania Riva 1, Moltrasio Massimo 1, Fabrizio Tundo 1, Martina Zucchetti 1,Benedetta Majocchi 1, Vittoria Marino 1, Gennaro Izzo 1, Osama Al Nono 1, Eleonora Russo 1, Daniele Colombo 1, Ester Innocenti 1, FabrizioBologna 1, Corrado Carbucicchio 1, Claudio Tondo 11 Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Centre, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, , Milan, Italy

9.5 Abstract 15-46REPEAT CATHETER ABLATION IS EFFECTIVE FOR RECURRENT ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS FOLLOWING FAILED SURGICALMAZE PROCEDURE FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Gregg Gerasimon 1, Erica Zado 1, Francis Marchlinski 11 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States

9.6 Abstract 14-14CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS WITH PRIOR ISCHEMIC STROKESongnan Li 1, Junping Kang 1, Xin Du 1, Xiaolan He 1, Deyong Long 1, Ronghui Yu 1, Ribo Tang 1, Caihua Sang 1, Chenxi Jiang 1, Man Ning 1,Jianzeng Dong 1, Changsheng Ma 11 Department of Cardiology, Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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TUESDAY APRIL 16, 2013 08:30 AM - 10:00 AM ROOM DESCARTES


Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Chairpersons: Jean-Jacques Blanc (Brest, FR), Sam Hanon (New-York, USA)

10.1 Abstract 24-18CORONARY SINUS VENOPLASTY IN CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY AND ITS EFFECT ON IMPLANT TIMEAND FAILURE RATES Akbar Ahmed 1, Syed Husain 1, Jorge Romero 1, Ella Shaviv 1, Eugen Palma 11Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, United States

10.2 Abstract 24-22GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CMR PREDICTORS OF ECHOGRAPHIC RESPONSE TO CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPYSana Amraoui 1, Hubert Cochet 1, Arnaud Denis 1, Sylvain Ploux 1, Nicolas Derval 1, Frederic Sacher 1, Melèze Hocini 1, Adlane Zemmoura 1,Michel Haissaguerre 1, Philippe Ritter 1, Pierre Bordachar 11 Haut-Levêque hospital, Pessac, France

10.3 Abstract 24-13ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS IN PATIENTS SCHEDULED FOR CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY:RELATIONSHIP WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELING Antonio Michelucci 1, Francesca Cesari 2, Giuseppe Ricciardi 1, Paolo Pieragnoli 1, Anna Maria Gori 3, Cinzia Fatini 2, Elena Sticchi 2, IlariaRomagnuolo 4, Francesca Ristalli 1, Gino Grifoni 1, Gino Grifoni 1, Luigi Padeletti 1, Gianfranco Gensini 4, Rosanna Abbate 21 Department of Medical and Surgical Critical Care, Section of Arrhythmology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, 2 Department of Medical and SurgicalCritical Care, Thrombosis Centre, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, 3 Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS Foundation, Florence, Italy, 4 Fiorgen Foundation,Florence, Italy

10.4 Abstract 31-11 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: THE USE OF IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) AND CARDIACRESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (CRT) FOR TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE HAS EXPANDED SINCE TEN YEARS.NEVERTHELESS, LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE IMPACT OF ICD AND CRT IN PAMarion Rovani 1, Shaida Varnous 2, Xavier Waintraub 1, Guillaume Duthoit 1, Cossimo d’Alessandro 2, Thomas Chastre 1, Nicolas Badenco 1,Caroline Himbert 1, Alain Pavie 2, Pascal Leprince 2, Francoise Hidden Lucet 1, Estelle Gandjbakhch 11 Unité de Rythmologie, Institut de Cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université de Paris 6, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris, France., Paris ,France, 2 Service de chirurgie cardiaque, Institut de cardiologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université de Paris VI, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris,France., Paris , France

10.5 Abstract 24-19CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (CRT) ENTIRELY ENDOCARDIAL: TECHNIQUES, METHODS AND RESULTS OFLEFT VENTRICULAR PACING THROUGH A TRANSEPTAL APPROACHSara Foresti 1, Pierpaolo Lupo 1, Francesco Bandera 1, Hussam Ali 1, Guido De Ambroggi 1, Mario Pittalis 1, Antonio Sorgente 1, TommasoInfusino 1, Cristina Balla 1, Riccardo Cappato 11 Irccs Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy

10.6 Abstract 24-28IMPACT OF QRS COMPLEX WIDTH ON MITRAL REGURGE BEHAVIOR AND RESPONSE TO CAR-DIACRESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY AMONG PATIENTS WITH DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHYSalah Atta 1, Mohammad Bashandy 2, Sherif Zaki 31 Cardiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, 2 Cardiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, AlazharUniversity, Cairo, Egypt, 3 Saud Albabtain Cardiac Center, Aldammam, KSA. Critical Care Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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TUESDAY APRIL 16, 2013 08:30 AM - 10:00 AM ROOM PASCAL


Sudden cardiac death and ICDChairpersons: Brian Olshansky (Iowa City, USA), Riccardo Cappato (Milan, IT)

11.1 Abstract 19-24NATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE ENTIRELY SUBCUTANEOUS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATORJulian W.E. Jarman 1, Derick M. Todd 21 Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, 2 Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool,United Kingdom

11.2 Abstract 19-11IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR THERAPY IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE GENETIC HEART DISEASE Deepa McGriff 1, Matthew Protas 1, William Katsiyiannis 1, Linda Kallinen Retel 1, Robert Hauser 11Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, United States

11.3 Abstract 19-15RHYTHM TYPE DETERMINTES OUTCOME OF DEFIBRILLATOR SHOCKS IN CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHICVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIAFerran Roses-Noguer 1, Julian W.E. Jarman 1, Karen Lascelles 1, Jonathan R. Clague 1,Jan Till 11 Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom

11.4 Abstract 19-18PATIENTS WITH “IDIOPATHIC” VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION AND AN ICDClaire M Kirkby 1, Shunmugam Ragunath Shunmugam 1, Sharon Man 1, Stephen P Page 1, Richard J Schilling 11 Barts Health, London, United Kingdom

11.5 Abstract 25-11WOMEN WITH ICDS: IS THERE A SIGNIFICANT OUTCOME DIFFERENCE?Laura Vitali Serdoz 1, Silvia Magnani 1, Sara Doimo 1, Marco Narciso 1, Matilda Muca 1, Gaetano Morea 1, Ilaria Puggia 1, Fulvia Longaro 1,Luca Salvatore 1, Giulia Barbati 1, Massimo Zecchin 1, Gianfranco Sinagra 11 University ad Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

11.6 Special Report “NEW MRI TECHNOLOGIES FOR EARLY DETECTION OF MYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS”Mohammad Shenasa (San Jose, USA)

TUESDAY APRIL 16, 2013 08:30 AM - 10:00 AM ROOM TOCQUEVILLE

ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION 12

Identification of ventricular tachycardia originChairpersons: Eugene Crystal (Toronto, CA), Yuji Nakazato (Chiba, JP)

12-1 Abstract 17-19RIPPLE MAPPING CAN LOCALISE SLOW CONDUCTING TISSUE CHANNELS IN ISCHAEMIC SCAR DURING SINUSRHYTHMShahnaz Jamil-Copley 1, Corrado Carbucicchio 2, Nick Linton 1, Michael Koa-Wing 1, Valeria Volpe 2, Antonio Dello Russo 2, Caludio Tondo 2,David Wyn Davies 1, Nicholas Peters 1, Darrel Francis 1, Prapa Kanagaratnam 11 St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 2 Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Centre, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Monzino CardiologicCentre, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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12-2 Abstract 05-12FEASIBILITY OF A NON-INVASIVE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC MAPPING SYSTEM AT LOCALISATION OF ORIGIN OFECTOPY TO GUIDE ABLATION IN OUTFLOW TRACT VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIAShahnaz Jamil-Copley 1, Ryan Bokan 2, Pipin Kojodjojo 1, Norman Qureishi 1, Michael Koa-Wing 1, Sajad Hayat 1, Andreas Kyriacou 1, BelindaSandler 1, Afzal Sohaib 1, Ian Wright 1, Elaine Lim 1, David Wyn Davies 1, Zachary Whinnett 1, Nicholas Peters 1, Prapa Kanagaratnam 1, PhangBoon Lim 11 St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 2 Cardioinsights Technology, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

12-3 Abstract 17-14THE USE OF A CONTACT FORCE SENSING CATHETER FOR THE ABLATION OF VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIAFerdi Akca 1, Lara Dabiri Abkenari 1, Rohit Bhagwandien 1, Sophie Van Malderen 1, Natasja De Groot 1, Tamas Szili-Torok 11 Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands

12-4 Abstract 17-20ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS ORIGINATING FROM THE GREATCARDIAC VEIN AND ANTERIOR INTERVENTRICULAR VEINXianliang Yan 1, Jian-Zeng Dong 1, Xin Du 1, Mohamed Salim 1, De-Yong Long 1, Rong-Hui Yu 1, Ri-Bo Tang 1, Jia-Hui Wu 1, Man Ning 1, Chen-Xi Jiang 1, Cai-Hua Sang 1, Song-Nan Li 1, Chang-Sheng Ma 11 Beijing Anzhen hosiptal, Beijing, China

12-5 Abstract 18-24COMPARISON OF SUBSTRATE BASED VOLTAGE GRADIENT MAPPING WITH NON-CONTACT ACTIVATION MAPPING INVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA: A NEW METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING CRITICAL REGIONS OF ENDOCARDIALCONDUCTIONSteven Bailin 1, Neal Weers 2, Robert West 31 Iowa Heart Center, Des Moines, United States, 2 St Jude Medical, Austin , United States, 3Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, United States

12-6 Abstract 18-11 RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS. THE TEL-AVIVMEDICAL CENTER EXPERIENCEOholi Tovia-Brodie 1, Aharon Glick 1, Yoav Michowitz 1, Rafael Rosso 1, Bernard Belhassen 11 Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

TUESDAY APRIL 16, 201310:00 AM – 10:30 AMCOFFEE BREAK

TUESDAY APRIL 16, 201310:30 AM -12:00 PMROOM DIDEROT

SESSION AF-03

Management of atrial fibrillation in heart failureChairpersons: David Cannom (Los Angeles, USA), Dubravko Petrac (Zagreb, HR)

1. Mechanisms of AF in heart failure: “the chicken and egg dilemma” Brian Olshansky (Iowa City, USA)

2. Pharmacological management of AF and heart failure Denis Roy (Montreal, CA)

3. AF ablation in patients with heart failure: impact on left ventricular functionBharat Kantharia (Houston, USA)

4. AF ablation: From the pathophysiology to the tailored approachCarlo Pappone (Ravena, IT)

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TUESDAY APRIL 16, 201310:30 AM - 12:00 PMROOM DESCARTES

SP-11

Advances in syncope managementChairpersons: Gheorghe-Andrei Dan (Bucharest, RO), Martins Oliveira (Lisbon, PT)

1. Syncope and sudden cardiac death Antonio Raviele (Venice, IT)

2. Algorithms for evaluation of syncope: A critical analysisDietrich Andresen (Berlin, DE)

3. Pacing and neurocardiogenic syncope: does the controversy continue?Richard Sutton (Monaco, MC)

4. Ganglionic ablation and syncope: a new frontier?Jean-Jacques Blanc (Brest, FR)

TUESDAY APRIL 16, 201310:30 AM - 12:00 PM ROOM PASCAL

WORKSHOP WS-04

Tips and tricks for AF ablationChairpersons: Roberto de Ponti (Varese, IT), A. Neil Sulke (Eastbourne, GB)

1. How to perform safely a transseptal puncture? Roberto de Ponti (Varese, IT)

2. Which mapping techniques are helpful for performing AF ablation?Steven Furniss (Eastbourne, GB)

3. How do I perform ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?Ernst Vester (Düsseldorf, DE)

4. How do I perform ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation?Leonardo Calo (Rome, IT)

TUESDAY APRIL 16, 201310:30 AM - 12:00 AMROOM TOCQUEVILLE

SP-06

Ablation of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT)Chairpersons: Wyn Davies, (London, GB), Olivier Piot (Paris, FR)

1. Ablation of stable sustained ventricular tachycardiaChristian de Chillou, (Nancy, FR)

2. Ablation of hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardiaDietmar Baensch (Rostock, DE)

3. Ablation of non-inducible ventricular tachycardiaDavid Wilber (Maywood, USA)

4. Ablation of incessant VTRichard Schilling (London, GB)

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The Organizing Committee of ECAS 2013 and the Board of ECAS wish to thank the companies which supported our Congress

with an educational grant

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