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EHRA PFA Summit 2024

6 April 2024, from 12:00 to 18:40
Seminar
Berlin, Germany (Berlin, DE)
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Organiser: European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)
Topic: Catheter Ablation of Arrhythmias

The EHRA Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) summit will take place at the CityCube of Berlin (Germany) in a half-day programme format, a day before EHRA 2024.


What is the Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) Summit

Catheter ablation of complex arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation has been established in the ESC guidelines. In particular PFA, as a non-thermal ablation energy source has been attracting mainstream clinical interest due to its specific safety and efficacy profile.

This re-discovered energy source has the potential to change current practice in the field of catheter ablation. However, a prerequisite that our patients may benefit from this therapy is that it is delivered in a proper manner and the electrophysiology (EP) staff including physicians, nurses and allied professionals are fully trained regarding merits and demerits of this ablation modality.

This PFA summit provides practical information and aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of the basics of PFA energy, contemporary devices clinical data, best clinical practices and future applications. 


Registration

  •  Special fee for EHRA Congress delegates:€200 (EHRA members & non-members)
  • EHRA Member Eligibility: €225
  • Standard fee: €290

Sessions

6 April 2024

PFA Summit - Welcome address: update on 'State of the Art' EP paper

Speaker(s): Kyoung-Ryul Julian Chun (Frankfurt, DE)

6 April 2024

PFA Summit: basic

Speaker(s): Elad Anter (Beer Yakov, IL), Josef Kautzner (Prague, CZ), Atul Verma (Montreal, CA)

6 April 2024

PFA Summit: clinical

Speaker(s): Vivek Reddy (New York, US), Boris Schmidt (Frankfurt, DE), Pierre Jais (Bordeaux, FR), Raquel Adelino Recasens (Barcelona, ES), Laura Rottner (Hamburg, DE)

6 April 2024

PFA Summit: allied professional corner – break out session (1)

Speaker(s): David Schaack (Frankfurt am Main, DE)

6 April 2024

PFA Summit: allied professional corner – break out session (2)

Speaker(s):

6 April 2024

PFA Summit: PFA will open the door for non-EPs to do PVI

Speaker(s): Tom De Potter (Aalst, BE), Gerhard Hindricks (Berlin, DE)

6 April 2024

PFA Summit: live box rapid fire - learning from expert centers

Speaker(s): Andreas Metzner (Hamburg, DE), Petr Neuzil (Prague, CZ), Daniel Scherr (Graz, AT), Jippe Balt (Nieuwegein, NL), Melanie Gunawardene (Hamburg, DE)

6 April 2024

PFA Summit: future

Speaker(s): Jacob Koruth (New York, US), Ante Anic (Split, HR), Roland Tilz (Luebeck, DE), Oussama wazni (Cleveland, US)

6 April 2024

PFA Summit: summary

Speaker(s): Boris Schmidt (Frankfurt, DE)

About the contributors

Professor Kyoung-Ryul Julian Chun

Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien, Frankfurt (Germany)

Role: Course director

Professor Elad Anter

Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center, Beer Yakov (Israel)

Role: Speaker

Professor Josef Kautzner

Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM), Prague (Czechia)

Role: Speaker