Rhythm Interventions Online 2022 - Boston Scientific Symposia Sessions

Published: 06 December 2022

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Overview

Rhythm Interventions Online 2022 - Boston Scientific Symposia Sessions

 

Part 1: Personalised AF Solutions: At the Dawn of the PFA Era

 

  • Introduction – Dhiraj Gupta, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK
  • From rhythm control to stroke prevention, combining LAAC and ablation – Roland Tilz, University Heart Center, Luebeck, DE
  • Beyond PVI… effective lesion for optimal outcomes – Dhiraj Gupta, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK
  • Pioneering pulsed field ablation, 2 years of clinical results – Boris Schmidt, CCB Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt, DE
  • Take-away messages – Dhiraj Gupta, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK

 

Part 2: The S-ICD: Ask Me Anything

 

  • Cardiac defibrillation and cardiac pacing: a marriage of inconvenience
  • Modular: pacing only for patients that demonstrate a real need
  • Most ICD patients could be suitable for an S-ICD

Lucas Boersma, Antonius Ziekenhuis Nieuwegein, NL

These symposia were supported by Boston Scientific

Personalised AF Solutions: At the Dawn of the PFA Era – Learning Objectives

  • Explore the available personalised AF solutions based on the individual needs of the patient in the AF journey
  • Learn about streamlined patient management, combining atrial fibrillation ablation with left atrial appendage closure
  • Get insight into the usage of local impedance beyond PVI
  • Review 2 years of clinical results with the pulsed field ablation system and workflow best practices

The S-ICD: Ask Me Anything – Learning Objectives

  • Discuss indications of defibrillation and pacing therapy
  • Assess the risk/benefits of the S-ICD and how this lowers the complication rate
  • Discuss how contemporary and real-world data relate to current clinical practice
  • Learn how the S-ICD can communicate with a LCP to personalise S-ICD therapy

More from this programme

Part 1

Personalised AF Solutions: At the Dawn of the PFA Era

3 sessions
From Rhythm Control to Stroke Prevention, Combining LAAC and Ablation, Roland Tilz, Lübeck, DE Watch now
Beyond PVI… Effective Lesion for Optimal Outcomes, Dhiraj Gupta, Liverpool, UK Watch now
Pioneering Pulsed Field Ablation, 2 Years of Clinical Results, Boris Schmidt, Frankfurt, DE Watch now

Part 2

The S-ICD: Ask Me Anything

2 sessions
Presentation, Lucas Boersma, Nieuwegein, NL Watch now
Live Q & A, Lucas Boersma, Nieuwegein, NL Watch now

Faculty Biographies

Lucas Boersma

Lucas Boersma

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Prof Lucas Boersma is a cardiologist/electrophysiologist at St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein and a Professor of Cardiology at the University of Amsterdam, NL. In his research, Prof Lucas Boersma has primarily focused on transcatheter treatment of atrial fibrillation. Prof Lucas Boersma is the chairman of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology (NVVC) Knowledge Agenda Committee.

Prof Boersma graduated from Medical School in 1996 at the University of Maastricht. In the same year he finished his PHD on Ventricular Tachycardia in the Rabbit Heart. He completed his Cardiology specialty training in 2000 at St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein and his subspecialty training in Electrophysiology in 2001 at Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, ES. He was Head of the Cardiology Department from 2008-2016, as well as Medical Manager of the Cardiovascular Unit from 2011-2017.

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