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WEDNESDAY, 16 JUNE 2010
13.00 - 17.00
Postgraduate Course: Atrial Fibrillation
Chair: Mark La Meir, MD
University Hospital Brussels, Belgium
University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
Co-Chair: Nicolas Doll, MD
Sana Heartsurgery, Stuttgart, Germany
Chair: Mark La Meir, MD
University Hospital Brussels, Belgium
University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
Co-Chair: Nicolas Doll, MD
Sana Heartsurgery, Stuttgart, Germany
13.00 - 15.00
What you should learn from your EP
Moderator: Mark La Meir, MD
University Hospital Brussels, Belgium
University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
Moderator: Mark La Meir, MD
University Hospital Brussels, Belgium
University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
13.05 - 13.25
Catheter ablation in long standing persistent AF: strategies and endpoint relevant to surgeons
Claudio Muneretto, MD
University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy
Claudio Muneretto, MD
University of Brescia Medical School, Brescia, Italy
13.25 - 13.45
AF: from cellular electrophysiology to hybrid strategies for ablation
Laurent Pison, MD
University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
Laurent Pison, MD
University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
13.45 - 14.05
Sequential and Hybrid Thoracoscopic Epicardial and Endocardial Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Gorav Ailawadi, MD
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Gorav Ailawadi, MD
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
14.05 - 14.25
Hybrid AF: Back to the future
Mark La Meir, MD
Free University of Brussels, Belgium
University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Mark La Meir, MD
Free University of Brussels, Belgium
University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
14.25 - 15.00
Discussion
15.00 - 15.15
Break
15.15 - 17.00
Bringing AF surgery to the next level
Moderator: Nicolas Doll, MD
' Sana Heartsurgery, Stuttgart, Germany
Moderator: Nicolas Doll, MD
' Sana Heartsurgery, Stuttgart, Germany
15.15 - 15.35
Endoscopic Mitral Valve Repair in Combination with Endocardial or Epicardial Ablation - Technical Considerations and Results
Ralf Krakor, MD
Heart Hospital Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Ralf Krakor, MD
Heart Hospital Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
15.35 - 15.55
Do we have to prove it, or just do it?
Nicolas Doll, MD
Sana Heartsurgery, Stuttgart, Germany
Nicolas Doll, MD
Sana Heartsurgery, Stuttgart, Germany
15.55 - 16.15
Lone AF versus concomitant AF
Jerry Braun, MD
University Medical Center Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
Jerry Braun, MD
University Medical Center Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
16.15 - 16.35
Time to deal with an old Problem: The Left Atrial Appendage
Sacha Salzberg, MD
University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Sacha Salzberg, MD
University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
16.35 - 17.00
Discussion