Scientific Program

Opening Ceremony and Introduction

Tolga Aksu
IEPI Director
Ali Oto
IEPI Director

VT Ablation Summit

Chairperson
Jackson Liang
Ali Oto
Panelists
Erkan Baysal, Barış Akdemir, Umuttan Dogan, Şıho Hidayet, Yasin Çakıllı
VEDUM and ILAM Mapping 10 min
Arif Elvan
Imaging guided Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation 10 min
Jeffrey Winterfield
Late Potential and Decremental Evoked Potential Mapping 10 min
Evrim Şimşek
Bipolar Ablation 10 min
William Sauer
Discussion 30 min

New Technologies and Techniques in Atrial Arrhythmias-1

Chairperson
Philipp Sommer
Marwan Refaat
Panelists
İzzet Erdinler, Berat Uguz, Mert Ilker Hayıroglu, Gokhan Aksan
Very HPSD RF Ablation in PAF 10 min
Dhiraj Gupta
Omnipolar Mapping for Identification of Critical Isthmus in Atrial Substrate 10 min
Fırat Ozcan
Mapping of Atrial Fibrillation Substrate: Is That Possible? 10 min
Ruben Casado
Atrial Fibrillation EP Procedures: What do Contemporary Large Population Studies Teach Us? 10 min
Jonathan C Hsu
Discussion 20 min

COFFEE BREAK

HOT TOPIC 1: Physiological Pacing

Chairperson
Parikshit S Sharma
Sabri Demircan
Panelists
Serdar Bozyel, Ahmet Tütüncü, Gokhan Aksan, Yakup Yunus Yamanturk, Abdulcebbar Sipal
Implantation Techniques for Physiological Pacing: Tips and Tricks 10 min
Timothy Larsen
LVSP and LBBP: Are They Same or Different?    10 min
Enes Elvin Gul
Physiological Pacing vs CRT in Heart Failure Patients with LBBB 10 min
Jacqueline Joza
Physiologic Pacing in Narrow QRS 10 min
Hany Demo
Physiological Pacing vs CRT in Heart Failure Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction 10 min
Maggie Infeld
Discussion 30 min

Boston Scientific Satellite Symposium (Lunch Box) 1 Hour

Moderator
Tolga Aksu
PFA using a pentaspline catheter in combination with 3d Mapping: Tool or toy?
Philipp Sommer

New Technologies and Techniques in Atrial Arrhythmias-2

Chairperson
Kamil Adalet
Tolga Aksu
Panelists
Abdulkadir Uslu, Fırat Ozcan, Alper Kepez, Emrah Ermiş
Safety and Efficacy of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation with A Contact Force-sensing Catheter 10 min
Zaid Aziz
Standardized and Durable Pulmonary Vein Isolation: From the CLOSE, CURE, and VISTAX trials to QDOT Technology 10 min
Jonathan W Dukes
Substrate and Arrhythmia Characterization Using High-Density Mapping Catheters for Atrial Arrhythmia Ablation 10 min
Christopher Porterfield
Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Using a Novel Variable-Loop Biphasic Pulsed Field Ablation Catheter Integrated With a 3-Dimensional Mapping System 10 min
Tom De Potter
Discussion 40 min

COFFEE BREAK

Contraversial Issues in AF Ablation

Chairperson
Tolga Aksu
Henry Huang
Panelists
Kamil Gulsen, Serdar Demir, Ferit Onur Mutluer, Berat Uguz
Evaluation of Recurrence Based on New Consensus Document: Which Method? Which Time? 10 min
Jason Andrade
Same-day discharge following catheter ablation 10 min
Christopher Porterfield
Possible role of AI in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation 10 min
Vassil Traykov
Insights from the REAL AF Registry? 10 min
Paul Zei
Anticoagulation discontinuation post AF ablation 10 min
Naga Venkata K Pothineni
Discussion 30 min

HOT TOPIC 2: Pulse Field Ablation

Chairperson
Christian-H. Heeger
Arif Elvan
Panelists
Ayhan Yoruk, Evrim Şimşek, Kıvanc Yalin, Ebru Golcuk, Ahmet Taha Alper
Biophysic of Electroporation for Use in Clinical Arrhythmias 10 min
Dhiraj Gupta
Clinical Comparison of Pulse Field Ablation with Other PVI modalities 10 min
Jacop Koruth
Is Pulse Field Ablation Completely Risk Free? 10 min
Philipp Sommer
Pulsed Field Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Real-life Settings: Efficacy, Safety, and Lesion Durability in Patients with Recurrences 10 min
Jason Andrade
Discussion 30 min

Cryoenergy: The Promise, Technology and the Questions

Chairperson
Jonathan C Hsu
Basri Amasyalı
Panelists
Kamil Gulsen, Mert Ilker Hayıroglu, Emrah Ermiş, Aysel Yagmur, Teyyar Gökdeniz
What is the Future of Cryo Energy at the Era of Pulsed Field Ablation? 10 min
Kivanc Yalin
Ultra-low Temperature Cryoablation for Atrial Fibrillation 10 min
Tom De Potter
Ablation First in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: What have we learned from Cryoablation trials? 10 min
Jason Andrade
Alternative Applications Sites for Cryoballoon: LAAI, SVCI etc. 10 min
Christian-H. Heeger

HOT TOPIC 3: Cardioneuroablation for the treatment of reflex syncope and functional bradyarrhythmias. A Scientific Statement of the EHRA, the HRS, the APHRS and the LAHRS

Chairperson
Olujimi Ajijola
Tolga Aksu
Panelists
Erol Tulumen, İzzet Erdinler, Ahmet Taha Alper, Kazım Serhan Özcan
Anatomy of Intrinsic Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System for Electrophysiologists 10 min
Stavros Stavrakis
Mechanism of Vasovagal Syncope 10 min
Cengiz Ermis
Selection of candidates for CNA based on available literature 10 min
Philippe Debruyne
Mapping of the Intrinsic Cardiac ANS (GPs) 10 min
Juan C Zerpa
Ablation of Intrinsic Cardiac ANS (GPs) and Endpoints 10 min
Dan Wichterle
Procedural and Long-term Risks associated with Cardioneuroablation 10 min
Roman Piotrowski
Discussion 30 min

HOT TOPIC 4: AF Ablation

Chairperson
Jacop Koruth
Ali Oto
Panelists
Ayhan Yoruk, Abdulkadir Uslu, Emir Basowski, Alper Kepez, Sezai Yıldız
Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in HFrEF: When? And Whom? 10 min
Zaid Aziz
AV Node Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in HFrEF: When And Whom? 10 min
Jacqueline Joza
Using Digital Health Tools for AF Ablation 10 min
Vassil Traykov
Fluoroless Pulse Field ablation in AF (The first experience) 10 min
Hany Demo
Discussion 30 min

COFFEE BREAK

Neuromodulation of Clinical Arrhythmias

Chairperson
Olujimi Ajijola
Christian Meyer
Panelists
Ayhan Yoruk, Emir Basowski, Selcuk Kanat, Gamze Arslan, Berat Uguz
ANS and Arrhythmias: A myth or A reality? A deep Dive to Pathophysiological Explanation 10 min
Henry Huang
Tragus Stimulation and Renal Sympathetic Denervation in Atrial Fibrillation: When? And Whom? 10 min
Stavros Stavrakis
Advances in the Management of POTS & IST 10 min 
Naga Venkata K Pothineni
Renal Sympathetic Denervation in Atrial Fibrillation: When? And Whom?10 min

Ali Oto
GP Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation: How? And Whom? 10 min
Juan C Zerpa
Discussion 30 min

LUNCH

VT Ablation: How to approach…

Chairperson
Umuttan Dogan
Omer Akyurek
Panelists
Erkan Baysal, Selcuk Kanat, Teyyar Gökdeniz, Serdar Demir, Batur Gönenç Kanar
How to Stratify Risk and When to Ablate in Idiopathic PVCs? 10 min
Jeffrey Winterfield
How to Map and Ablate Left Ventricular Summit Arrhythmias? 10 min
Taylan Akgun
How to Perform Hybrid VT Ablation? 10 min
Jorge Romero
How to Map Unmappable VTs? 10 min
Jackson Liang
Discussion 30 min

EverPace Satellite Symposium

EverPace Satellite Symposium
Presenters 
Tolga Aksu
Ligang Ding
Step by Step Cardioneuroablation in a patient with VVS
Tolga Aksu
Application and Insights of Columbus™ 3D EP Navigation System and TrueForce™ Catheter in Atrial Fibrillation Treatment
Ligang Ding

COFFEE BREAK

Contraversial Issues in VT ablation

Chairperson
Paul Zei
Henry Huang
Panelists
Taylan Akgun, Emin Evran Ozcan, Ahmet Tütüncü, Şıho Hidayet, Yasin Çakıllı
Neuromodulation in Ventricular Tachycardia: When? And Whom? 10 min
Olujimi Ajijola
Noninvasive VT Ablation: When? And Whom? 10 min
Philipp Cuculich
Pulsed Field Ablation for Ventricular Substrates 10 min
Jacop Koruth
How to safely reach the epicardial space? 10 min
Jorge Romero
Discussion 30 min

SVT Ablation: How to…? Procedures Step by Step

Chairperson
Omer Akyurek
Fethi Kılıçarslan
Panelists
Gamze Arslan, Yakup Yunus Yamanturk, Sezai Yıldız, Batur Gönenç Kanar, Nur Dalgic
SVT discrimination in EP Lab 10 min
Umuttan Dogan
Left-variant AVNRT ablation 10 min
Barıs Akdemir
Anteroseptal accessory pathway ablation 10 min
Erol Tülümen
Mahaim Tachycardia ablation 10 min
Emin Evren Ozcan
Discussion 20 min