A 3-DAY DIGITAL EVENT BROADCAST
1 – 3 DECEMBER 2021
4pm CET | 10am ET
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An interactive experience exploring the latest electrophysiology treatment strategies in ablation and arrhythmias.
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Overview
Rhythm Interventions Online will return 1-3 December 2021.
Building on the outstanding success of 2020’s inaugural event, Rhythm Interventions Online (RIO) 2021 will deliver the highest quality CME-accredited learning over three days.
With an interactive programme that will reflect the very latest tips, tricks and technologies, the aim of RIO 2021 is, conversely, one of continuity: the continue to provide you, the healthcare professional, with stimulating virtual sessions to educate, challenge, and best support optimal outcomes in patient care.
Central to RIO’s philosophy is for all sessions to again be free-to-access, providing a platform for the widest dissemination of live case procedures, expert opinions and best-in-class presentations and discussion.
With over 3200 attendees last year from 130 countries, RIO 2021 aims to be yet larger still, connecting the global electrophysiology community for a truly unique learning experience.
Why should you attend RIO 2021?
- Twelve hours of accredited free-to-access CME learning*
- Opinion and discussion from international thought-leaders
- Exciting live cases from leading global centres
- Symposia and breakouts
- Opportunity to interact with a global audience
- Free to view and easy to access
*Rhythm Interventions Online has been accredited by the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) for a total of 12 CME points, equating to 12 hours of learning (4 hours per day). Physicians may convert EBAC External CME credits to AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.
Programme
DAY 1: 1 DECEMBER | 4pm–9pm CET | 10am–3pm ET
All times Central European Time
Live Cases and Discussion
- 4:05pm – Very High-power Short Duration PVI Under Mild Sedation – Dhiraj Gupta, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK
- 6:30pm – Cryoballoon Ablation of AF with Concomitant LAAC – Julian Chun, Boris Schmidt, Stefano Bordignon, CCB Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt, DE
- 7:30pm – Leadless Pacing and AV Node Ablation for Patients Treated by Ablate and Pace Strategy – Devi Nair, St Bernards Heart & Vascular, Jonesboro, AR, US
Presentation and Discussion
- 5:05pm – Risk Reduction with Arrhythmia Management – Carina Blomström-Lundqvist, Uppsala, SE
- 8:30pm – Ablation Strategies for Persistent AF – Christian Veltmann, Hannover, DE
Symposia and Technical Breakouts
- 5:30pm – Symposium: Hybrid Ablation: Optimising its Use in Persistent AF – Chair: Riyaz Kaba, London, UK
This symposium is supported by AtriCure - 5:30pm – Technical Breakout: A Scroll Through Clinical Data: The Efficient, the Breakthrough and the Unique
This breakout session is supported by Boston Scientific
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DAY 2: 2 DECEMBER | 4pm–9pm CET | 10am–3pm ET
All times Central European Time
Live Cases and Discussion
- 4:05pm – Pulsed Field Ablation to Isolate the Pulmonary Veins – Boris Schmidt & Shaojie Chen, CCB Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt, DE
- 6:30pm – VT Ablation Case with Isochronal Late Activation Mapping – Roderick Tung, The University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, AZ, US
- 7:30pm – Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Made Simple – Devi Nair, St Bernard’s Heart & Vascular Center, Arkansas, US
Presentation and Discussion
- 5:05pm – Intracardiac Ultrasound in Mapping and Ablation of VT Management – Tom De Potter, Aalst, BL
- 8:30pm – The Role of AF Ablation and Occlusion Devices on Stroke Reduction – Luigi Di Biase, New York, US
Symposia and Technical Breakouts
- 5:30pm – Symposium: True Electrograms With New Omnipolar Technology – What Have We Learned and What Does it Mean for the Future of HD Mapping? – Chair: Dipen Shah, Geneva, CH
This session is supported by Abbott
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DAY 3: 3 DECEMBER | 4pm–9pm CET | 10am–3pm ET
All times Central European Time
Live Cases and Discussion
- 4:05pm – Use of Novel Local Impedance Sensing Technology for AF Ablation – Dhiraj Gupta, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK
- 6:30pm – S-ICD with Conscious Sedation – Lucas Boersma, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, NL
- 7:30pm – Persistent AF with PVI and Substrate Modification – Ross Hunter, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK
Presentation and Discussion
- 5:05pm – New Energy Modalities – Burn, Freeze or Shock: Which is Best and When? – Atul Verma, Toronto, CA
- 8:30pm – Future Applications of Leadless CRT Pacing – Aldo Rinaldi, London, UK
Symposia and Technical Breakouts
- 5:30pm – Symposium: Insights From Initial Experience With HELIOSTAR™ Balloon Ablation Catheter – Gian-Battista Chierchia, Brussels, BE; Boris Schmidt, Frankfurt, DE
This session is supported by Biosense Webster - 5:30pm – Technical Breakout: Best Practices on S-ICD Replacement – Christelle Marquié, Lille, FR
This session is supported by Boston Scientific
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Course Leadership
Richard Schilling
COURSE DIRECTOR
St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
Richard Schilling is Professor of Cardiology at Queen Mary University of London and Consultant Cardiologist at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK. He qualified from St Thomas’ Hospital, London in 1989 and was appointed at St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London NHS Trust in 2001. Performing over 200 AF ablations each year, he uses the latest mapping techniques. A Past-President of the British Heart Rhythm Society, Prof Schilling is widely published around outcome improvements and safety of catheter ablation. His research interests include elucidating the mechanism of complex cardiac arrhythmia and the development of percutaneous treatments for them. He serves as Non-Executive Chairman of Rhythm AI and is a Founder and Commercial Director of One Welbeck Heart Health.
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Jason Andrade
COURSE CO-DIRECTOR
Vancouver General Hospital, Canada
Jason Andrade is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and an Adjunct Professor at the Université de Montréal. Dr Andrade is the Director of the Electrophysiology Program at VGH, as well as Head of the Atrial Fibrillation Clinic at VGH. He also serves as co-chair of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines committee, and as the medical lead for the atrial fibrillation care in the province of British Columbia. He previously served as chair of the education committee for the Canadian Heart Rhythm society. Dr Andrade has served as principal investigator of two ongoing multicenter clinical trials on cryoablation and has authored or co-authored over 120 scientific publications.
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KR Julian Chun
COURSE CO-DIRECTOR
Markus Krankenhaus Frankfurt am Main, Germany
KR Julian Chun is Head of Cardiology at Med Klinik III, Markus Krankenhaus Frankfurt am Main, Germany, a position he had held since 2016. He also serves as academic lecturer at the University of Lübeck. Between 1998-2003 he worked at the Department of Cardiology, University of Lübeck, under Prof H Katus, and from 2003 in the Department of Cardiology, AK St Georg, Hamburg, under the direction of Prof Dr KH Kuck. He attended Medical University Lübeck, and studied internal medicine at Yale University, US. Prof Chun has authored and co-authored numerous manuscripts published in leading peer-reviewed journals.
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Devi Gopinath Nair
COURSE CO-DIRECTOR
St Bernards Heart & Vascular Center, Arkansas, US
Devi Nair is Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at St Bernard's Heart and Vascular Center, Arkansas, US. She also serves as Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr Nair is an international leader in cardiac rhythm management with cardiac devices and cardiac ablation therapy, and has authored and co-authored numerous papers in leading international journals. Dr Nair attended medical school at University of Kerala, India, before completing a residencies at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, NY, and fellowships at Case Western Reserve University.
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Faculty
Tim Betts
Oxford, UK
Caterina Bisceglia
Milan, IT
Carina Blomström Lundqvist
Uppsala, SE
Lucas Boersma
Nieuwegein, NL
Hugh Calkins
Baltimore, US
Shaojie Chen
Frankfurt, DE
Pascal Defaye
Grenoble, FR
Tom De Potter
Aalst, BE
Luigi Di Biase
New York, US
Mattias Duytschaever
Bruges, BE
Michael Gold
Charleston, US
Dhiraj Gupta
Liverpool, UK
Rodney Horton
Austin, US
Ross Hunter
London, UK
Claire Martin
Cambridge, UK
Andreas Metzner
Hamburg, DE
Vincent Probst
Nantes, FR
Helmut Puererfellner
Linz, AT
Andreas Rillig
Hamburg, DE
Aldo Rinaldi
London, UK
Melissa R Robinson
Seattle, US
Boris Schmidt
Frankfurt, DE
Jan Steffel
Zurich, CH
Daniel Steven
Cologne, DE
Roderick Tung
Arizona, US
Gaurav Upadhyay
Chicago, IL, US
Christian Veltmann
Hannover, DE
Atul Verma
Toronto, CA
Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman
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Target Audience
- Electrophysiologists
- Arrhythmologists
- General cardiologists
- Cardiac catheterization technologists and technicians
- Physiologists
- Device Implanting Specialists
Learning Objectives
- Discuss the merits of using ablation in the day surgery setting and as a first-line treatment for atrial fibrillation
- Summarise recent clinical data on emerging ablative techniques for atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia (VT)
- Recall how to carry out ablative procedures including fluoro-free ablation, high power ablation, ablation of structural heart VT, convergent ablation and ablation in atrial tachycardia
- Recall how to carry out leadless pacing and His bundle pacing for cardiac synchrony
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