Agenda 2026
Agenda - Friday, October 9, 2026
*Times Listed are Eastern Time
| 7:30 – 7:40 AM |
Welcome and Introductions |
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7:40 – 8:40 AM |
SESSION I |
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7:40 – 7:50 AM |
VT Corridors: Structural Features and Implications for Ablation Strategy |
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7:50 – 8:00 AM |
FDG-PET–Guided Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Cardiac Sarcoidosis |
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8:00 – 8:10 AM |
Can Digital Twins Alone Guide VT Ablation? |
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8:10 – 8:20 AM |
MRI Prediction of VT Inducibility & VT Cycle Length in Tetralogy of Fallot |
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8:20 – 8:40 AM |
Panel Discussion with Q&A Session |
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8:45 – 9:55 AM |
SESSION II |
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8:45 – 8:55 AM |
Primary Prevention in Arrhythmic MVP: Who Really Needs an ICD? |
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8:55 – 9:05 AM |
Primary-Prevention ICDs in Preserved/Mildly-Reduced EF: Long-Term Outcomes |
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9:05 – 9:15 AM |
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Who Needs a Primary-Prevention ICD? |
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9:15 – 9:25 AM |
How CIEDs Interact with Pulsed Field Ablation Catheters |
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9:25 – 9:35 AM |
Rethinking ICD Leads: Subcutaneous vs. Substernal vs. Parasternal |
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9:35 – 9:55 AM |
Panel Discussion with Q&A Session |
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9:55 – 10:15 AM |
Break |
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10:15 – 11:15 AM |
SESSION III |
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10:15 – 10:25 AM |
Outcomes of Left Bundle Branch vs. Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing |
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10:25 – 10:35 AM |
Leadless Conduction System Pacing: Where Are We? |
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10:35 – 10:45 AM |
How to Use CT to Guide CSP Implantation |
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10:45 – 10:55 AM |
ICD Leads for LBAP: Options and Outcomes |
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10:55 – 11:15 AM |
Panel Discussion with Q&A Session |
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11:20 – 12:20 PM |
SESSION IV |
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11:20 – 11:30 AM |
The His-Purkinje System in VF, Asystole, and PEA |
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11:30 – 11:40 AM |
Long-Term Survival After Ablation for Electrical Storm in J-Wave Syndromes |
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11:40 – 11:50 AM |
Arrhythmogenic Effects of Cardiac Memory |
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| 11:50 – 12:00 PM |
VF Case in IVF Using Sphere-9™ (Recorded Case) |
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12:00 – 12:20 PM |
Panel Discussion with Q&A Session |
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12:20 – 12:40 PM |
Break |
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12:40 – 2:10 PM |
SESSION V The Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital ∙ New York, NY |
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2:15 – 3:15 PM |
SESSION VI |
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2:15 – 2:25 PM |
Site Specificity of VT Induction and Termination |
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2:25 – 2:35 PM |
Mapping the Fixed Substrate with Vector WADLs and Correlation to Imaging |
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2:35 – 2:45 PM |
Approaching the Difficult Peri-Valvular Scar VT Ablation Francis Marchlinski, MD |
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2:45 – 2:55 PM |
First Experience with a Novel Pacing Software to Guide VT Ablation |
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2:55 – 3:15 PM |
Panel Discussion with Q&A Session |
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3:15 – 3:35 PM |
Break |
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3:35 – 4:20 PM |
SESSION VII |
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3:35 – 3:45 PM |
Focal Monopolar Pulsed Field Ablation of Premature Ventricular Contractions: A European Multicenter Registry (PULSE PVC Registry) |
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3:45 – 3:55 PM |
Does Energy Source Matter When Ablating Adjacent to a Coronary Artery? Serial CT Angiography After Pulsed Field vs. Radiofrequency Ablation in the IMPACT-CTI Study |
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| 3:55 – 4:05 PM |
Combined Pulsed Field and Radiofrequency Energy for Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia (DUAL VT Study) |
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4:05 – 4:20 PM |
Panel Discussion with Q&A Session |
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4:25 – 5:25 PM |
SESSION VIII |
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4:25 – 4:31 PM |
VELVET: Venous Ethanol for Ischemic VT Ablation |
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4:31 – 4:37 PM |
FULCRUM-VT: Predictors of VT Recurrence and Substrate Lessons |
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4:37 – 4:43 PM |
Early Insights from the ASCEND-VT Study |
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4:43 – 4:49 PM |
VANISH2: VT Ablation vs. Antiarrhythmic Drugs — Impact on VT Burden |
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4:49 – 4:55 PM |
The FOCUS Trial: Focal-Linear PFA for Ventricular Arrhythmias |
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4:55 – 5:01 PM |
The Integra-D Trial: Is It Time to Give CCM a Chance? |
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5:01 – 5:25 PM |
Panel Discussion with Q&A Session |
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5:30 – 6:30 PM |
SESSION IX |
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5:30 – 5:40 PM |
Saline-Enhanced Radiofrequency (SERF) Ablation for VT |
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5:40 – 5:50 PM |
Dual-Energy Ablation of the Complex VT Substrates |
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5:50 – 6:00 PM |
Novel Pericardial Access Techniques |
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6:00 – 6:10 PM |
INTRAmyocardial Navigation & Ablation for Deep VT Substrates |
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6:10 – 6:30 PM |
Panel Discussion with Q&A Session |
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6:30 PM |
Day 1 Wrap-Up |
Vivek Reddy, MD
Srinivas Dukkipati, MD
Francis Marchlinski, MD
Andre d’Avila, MD, PhD
David Callans, MD