Scientific program of Arrhythmia course , Pacing & ICD Course
 date 28 – 29 – 30 June  and  1 July , 2010

Faculty:
Thabet Alsheikh, MD
Ayman Mortada, MD
Donna Cummings, Technical Field Engineer, Medtronic
Ziad Dahr, Senior Clinical Specialist, Medtronic

Arrhythmia Course, June 28th

“From ECG to EP”

09:00am - 09:30am : EP study & intracardiac recording: The basics

09:30am - 10:00am : AVNRT/AVRT:  ECG and intracardiac recording

10:00am - 10:30am : Atrial tachycardia/flutter/fibrillation: ECG and intracardiac recording
10:30am - 11:00am : VT in Absence of Structural Heart Disease: Diagnosis & Management

11:00am - 11:20am :  Coffee Break

11:20am - 11:40am :  Hemodynamics of Arrhythmia

11:40am - 12:30pm : Late-Breaking Clinical Trials. 
From the 31st annual scientific session Heart Rhythm Society May, 2010

12:30pm - 01:30pm :  Lunch Break

01:30pm - 02:00pm :  Atrial Fibrillation in 2010: An Update

02:00pm - 02:30pm :  Antiarrhythmics: Old and New. What you need to know.

03:00pm - 03:20pm :  Coffee Break

03:20pm - 04:00pm :  Neurocardiogenic Syncope, POTS and Dysautonomia

04:00pm - 05:00pm : Interesting ECG Tracings, with focus on genetic arrhythmia syndromes
05:00 pm :  Adjourn

Pacing & ICD Course

Day 1, June 29th

09:00am - 09:15am :   History of Pacing

09:15am - 09:45am :  Indications for Pacing

09:45am - 11:00am :  Basic Pacing Concepts, Pacing Leads, Pacing Modes
                                 
11:00am - 11:20am :  Coffee Break

11:20am - 11:40pm :  Implantation Techniques

11:40pm - 12:00pm :  PM Radiology

12:00pm - 12:30pm :  PM Complications

12:30pm - 01:30pm :  Lunch Break

01:30pm - 03:00pm :  PM Timing part I

03:00pm - 03:30pm :  Device Infection: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management
   
03:30pm - 03:50pm :  Coffee Break
                                        
03:50pm - 05:00pm :  Tracings, Trouble-Shooting, Simulator

Day 2, June 30

09:00am - 10:30am :  PM Timing part II

10:30am - 01:00am :  Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT): Accepted and
    controversial indications
11:00am - 11:20am :  Coffee Break

11:20am - 12:30pm :  Live Implant  

12:30pm - 01:30pm :  Lunch Break

01:30pm - 02:30pm :  Pacemaker Patient Follow-up/TTM

02:30pm - 03:00pm :  Biv Timing Optimization

03:00pm - 03:30pm :  Tracings, Trouble-Shooting, Simulator DC/all

03:30pm - 03:50pm :  Coffee Break

03:50pm - 04:20pm :  ICD Trials: Review and Update

04:20pm - 05:00pm :  Introduction to Basic ICD Concepts

ICD Course, July 1

09:00am - 09:30am :  Basic ICD Concepts

09:30am - 10:15am :            ICD Automated Functions and Pain-Free Therapies

10:15am - 10:45am :   Optimization of ICD Programming

10:45am - 11:00am :  ICD and PM: New Advances in 2010  

11:00am - 11:20am :            Coffee Break

11:20am - 12:30pm :  Live Implant

12:30pm - 01:30pm :  Lunch Break

01:30pm - 02:15pm :  ICD Trouble Shooting, Tracings, Simulator  

02:15pm - 02:30pm :  Break

02:30pm - 05:30pm :  PM/ICD Final EXAM