VT2025 On-Demand

We are pleased to offer complimentary access to the On-Demand Archive of each Session from the 20^th Annual International Symposium on Ventricular Arrhythmias, held in Philadelphia on October 10-11, 2025.

Day 1

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Welcome and Introductions
Francis Marchlinski, MD

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SESSION I
Imaging in VT Ablation
Moderator: Timm Dickfeld, MD, PhD
Digital Moderator: Vivek Reddy, MD

CT vs MRI for Deﬁnition of Scar Substrates and Emerging Role of Photon Counting CT
Jeffrey Winterfield, MD

Non-invasive Assessment of the Ventricular Arrhythmogenic Substrate: ECGi in Combination with CMR
Ivo Roca-Luque, MD, PhD

Near Field Analysis and ADAS Software to Localize Potential Ablation Sites
Larry Chinitz, MD

Image Based Dissection of Ventricular Tachycardia Circuitry: Bridging the Gap Between Structure and Electrical Activity
Saman Nazarian, MD, PhD

Panel Discussion with Q&A Session

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RCT – in EuroHeart – Study Results and Potential Implications
This presentation, originally scheduled for Session I, occurred as a special evening presentation on Day 1.
Pierre Jaïs, MD

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SESSION II
Device Therapy in VT/VF Management
Moderator: Paul Wang, MD
Digital Moderator: Devi Nair, MD

Device Prevention of SCD: Where Are We in 2025
Paul Wang, MD

New ICD Systems for Treating VT Without Intravascular Leads
Michael Gold, MD, PhD

Clinical Value in Visualization of the Conduction System for CRT
Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD

Left Bundle Pacing and Optimized CRT with Novel ICD Leads
Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD

Can Quantitative Vector Screening for SubQ ICD Reduce Inappropriate Shocks?
David Frankel, MD

EP Heavyweight Debate
CRT-P versus CRT-D for NICM Patients with LV Dysfunction and LBBB
• CRT-P: Robert Schaller, DO
• CRT-D: Peter Zimetbaum, MD

Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
Including discussion of advanced heart failure treatment and CCM

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SESSION III
Ventricular Fibrillation
Moderator: Francis Marchlinski, MD
Digital Moderator: Magdi Saba, MD

AI Assisted ECG as a Risk Prediction Tool for VF
Samuel Asirvatham, MD

Updates on the His-Purkinje System in VF
John Miller, MD

Multicenter Study of Idiopathic VF: Detection of Etiological Diagnosis (hidden diseases) by Long Term Monitoring
Michel Haïssaguerre, MD, PhD

Distinguishing Pseudo Torsades de Pointes from True Torsades de Pointes
Samuel Viskin, MD

Prerecorded Case of VF Ablation – Bordeaux Strategy
Mélèze Hocini, MD, PhD

BRAVE Study and Brugada Syndrome: Clinical Implications
Koonlawee Nadamanee, MD

Panel Discussion with Q&A Session

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SESSION IV
Live Cases
Moderator: Francis Marchlinski, MD
Digital Moderator: Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD
Panel: Wendy Tzou, MD, Roderick Tung, MD, Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, William Stevenson, MD, Pierre Jaïs, MD, Thomas Deneke, MD

Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Operators/Onsite discussants:

Fermin Garcia, MD, Andres Enriquez, MD, David Lin MD
Gregory Supple, MD, Robert Schaller, DO, Sanjay Dixit MD
Matthew Hyman, MD, PhD, Timothy Markman MD, Ramanan Kumareswaran, MD

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SESSION V
Mechanistic Considerations
Moderator: David Callans, MD
Digital Moderator: Mohit Turagam, MD

How Connexin and Ion Channel Alterations Combine to Build the Functional Part of the VT Substrate
J. Kevin Donahue, MD

Detailed Substrate Distribution and Outcome after Catheter Ablation in Gene Positive and Gene Elusive Patients with NICM
Katja Zeppenfeld, MD, PhD

Overcoming the Arrhythmia Management Challenges Posed by Myocardial Inﬂammation
William Sauer, MD

Desmosomal Ultrastructure to Identify Novel Molecular Targets for VT Ablation
Giovanni Peretto, MD, PhD

Panel Discussion with Q&A Session

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SESSION VI
Late Breaking + New/Ongoing Trial Results/Information
Moderator: David Callans, MD
Digital Moderator: Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD

Results from the LESS VT Study in NICM
Paolo Della Bella, MD

Brazilian BiV versus CSP RCT
Andre d’Avila, MD, PhD

Late Breaking Clinical Trial Competition

A Dual-Energy Lattice-Tip Focal Catheter for Mapping and Ablation to Treat Ventricular Tachycardia: Acute Outcomes of the Sphere-9 VT Early Feasibility Study
Vivek Reddy, MD

Ultralow Temperature Cryoablation of Ventricular Tachycardia: Interim Analysis of Acute Outcomes of the FULCRUM-VT Trial
Travis Richardson, MD

High-Voltage Focal Pulsed Field Ablation to Treat Scar-Related Ventricular Tachycardia: Final 6-Month Outcomes of the First-in-Human VCAS Trial
Vivek Reddy, MD

Panel Discussion

New/Ongoing Trials – Rapid Fire Presentations

Radiate VT Update
Phillip Cuculich, MD

FACILE VT
Roderick Tung, MD

EASY-R: Outcomes with a Novel Pericardial Access Tool
Vivek Reddy, MD

Saline Enhanced Radiofrequency (SERF) Needle Ablation for Refractory VT
Douglas Packer, MD

Words of Advice – Are we Heading in the Right Direction?
David Callans, MD

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SESSION VII
New Diagnostic/Therapeutic Criteria/ Techniques/Strategies
Moderator: Andre d’Avila, MD, PhD
Digital Moderator: Vivek Reddy, MD

The Misleading QRS: Discrepancies Between VT Morphology and Site of Origin
William Stevenson, MD

ARVC VT Endo Only Ablation: Who Benefits/Targeting ICE Defined Aneurysms for Better Outcome
Francis Marchlinski, MD

Progress in Mapping Fixed Versus Functional Block in VT Substrate Ablation
Timothy Maher, MD

Cardiogenetic Disease: Role of the Immune System
Carlo Pappone, MD, PhD

Pacemapping for VT Ablation: New Insights
Christian de Chillou, MD, PhD

Presence of Mid-Myocardial Fibrosis in Ventricular Endocardial Electrograms is Related to Power of Patient-Speciﬁc Frequency Bands
Usha Tedrow, MD, MS

PFA for Bailout VT Ablation in USA – Early Clinical Experience + Some Challenges to Overcome
Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD

Panel Discussion with Q&A Session

Day 2

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SESSION VIII
Risk Assessment for Ventricular Arrhythmias
Moderator: Mina Chung, MD
Digital Moderator: Tarv Dhanjal, PhD, FRCP

SCD: The Latest Clinical Trials and PROFID Update
Gerhard Hindricks, MD

Ring-Like Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: New insights into Genetics, Risk Stratiﬁcation and Management
Daniele Muser, MD, PhD

Enhancing Arrhythmia Risk Prediction in NICM through Multi-modal AI
Natalia Trayanova, PhD, MS

Update on Risk Assessment for Malignant MVP Syndrome
Marc Miller, MD

NSVT: Reevaluating its Impact and Signiﬁcance on Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Assessment
Rajat Deo, MD

ECG/Mapping as Risk Prediction Tools for Ventricular Arrhythmias with AI - Moving from Theory to Implementation
Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD

Panel Discussion with Q&A Session

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SESSION IX
Developing VT Ablation Strategies
Moderator: Wendy Tzou, MD
Digital Moderator: Usha Tedrow, MD, MS

Maximizing Ablation Lesion Size with Prolonged Duration PFA: Insights from Pre-clinical and Clinical Studies
Cory Tschabrunn, PhD

Prerecorded Case of VT Ablation Using a Large Footprint Lattice Tip Catheter
Josef Kautzner, MD, PhD

Identifying VT Circuit Characteristics by High Density Mapping and Altering Wavefronts
Roderick Tung, MD

Focal PFA for PVC Ablation
Srinivas Dukkipati, MD

High Voltage PFA for VT: Insights from Porcine Model of Chronic Infarction
Cory Tschabrunn, PhD

Panel Discussion with Q&A Session

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SESSION X
Annual Mark E. Josephson Memorial Lecture
Moderator: Francis Marchlinski, MD
Panel: Vivek Reddy, MD, David Callans, MD, Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD, Roderick Tung, MD, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD

Introduction of Dr. Della Bella by Dr. Marchlinski

VT Recurrence after Ablation: How Can We Fight, How Wise Should We Behave?
Paolo Della Bella, MD

Panel Discussion with Q&A Session

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SESSION XI
Non-ablative Treatments for Ventricular Arrhythmias
Moderator: Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD
Digital Moderator: Jackson Liang, DO

Automatic Nervous System and Ventricular Arrhythmias
Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD

Surgical Autonomic Denervation as Treatment for Multifocal PVCs: Multicenter Registry
Krishna Pothineni, MD

Do AADs Decrease Recurrence After VT Ablation?
Jesus Almendral, MD, PhD

Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation for VT/VF – Updates for 2025
Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD

Autonomic Modulation in the EP Lab: Stellate Ganglion Recording and Stimulation
Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD

VANISH2: Outcomes by Antiarrhythmic Drug Assignment
John Sapp MD

Panel Discussion with Q&A Session

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SESSION XII
Pre-Recorded Live Cases (Working Lunch) (15 minutes and 5 minute Q&A)
Moderator: Roderick Tung, MD
Digital Moderator: Gregory Supple, MD Panel: Usha Tedrow, MD, MS, Sanjay Dixit, MD, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, Andres Enriquez, MD, Ivo Roca-Luque, MD, PhD, Srinivas Dukkipati, MD

PVC Ablation Using Focal-Linear PFA Catheter: Mount Sinai
Daniel Musikantow, MD / TBD MD
WADL Ablation in Real Time: Beth Israel
Andre d’Avila, MD, PhD / Timothy Maher, MD
Image Guided High Voltage VT Ablation: Mt. Sinai
Vivek Reddy, MD / TBD, MD
Epicardial Access via RAA: Cleveland Clinic
Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD / Koji Higuchi, MD

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SESSION XIII
Mark E. Josephson Abstract Competition & VT Innovation Award
Moderator: David Callans, MD
Panel: Vivek Reddy, MD, Francis Marchlinski, MD, Srinivas Dukkipati, MD, Andre d’Avila, MD, PhD

Introduction
David Callans, MD

Abstract Presentations from the 2 Finalists

Utilizing Stored Implanted Cardiac Electrograms to Target Fascicular Substrate in Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Fibrillation
Robert Kerley, MD

High-intensity ultrasound catheter ablation for deep mid-myocardial substrates: optimization for transmural lesions through contact sensing
Craig C Morris, MD

Judges Review and VT Innovation Award Presented for the Best Abstract

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SESSION XIV
VT Potpourri
Moderator: William Whang, MD
Digital Moderator: Matthew Hyman, MD, PhD

Relevance of Inﬂammation to VT/PVCs in Early and Late-Stage Cardiomyopathy
Jason Bradfield, MD

Early Versus Late VT Recurrence in NICM
Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD

Ultracool Cryoablation for VT: Initial Experience
Gregory Supple, MD

Can Tissue Impedance Distinguish Sarcoid from Non-inﬂammatory CM?
Wendy Tzou, MD

Panel Discussion with Q&A Session

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SESSION XV
PVCs
Moderator: David Frankel, MD
Digital Moderator: Stavros Mountantonakis, MD, MBA

Stepwise Approach to Intramural Outﬂow Tract PVCs
Fermin Garcia, MD

Ablation of PVCs from the GCV/AIV-Papillary Muscles with PFA
Josef Kautzner, MD, PhD

Vertebral Vein Stimulation for PVC Induction
Timothy Markman, MD

Watchful Waiting for Frequent Asymptomatic PVCs
Frank Bogun, MD

Panel Discussion with Q&A Session

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SESSION XVI
Pulsed Field Ablation of VT
Moderator: Srinivas Dukkipati, MD
Digital Moderator: Francis Marchlinski, MD

The Promise of PFA for VT Ablation: Is it Really a Game Changer?
Elad Anter, MD

Prediction of Durable PFA Lesion Size in the Normal and Scarred Ventricular Myocardium
Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD

Updates: PFA and the Ventricular Substrate
Jacob Koruth, MD

Pulse Field Ultra-Low Temperature Cryoablation: Lesion Creation and Effect on Coronary Arteries in a Swine Model
Edward Gerstenfeld, MD

Prerecorded Case - Combined RF and PF for VT Ablation
Atul Verma, MD

Real Time Feedback During PFA in the Ventricle
Harikrishna Tandri, MD

Panel Discussion with Q&A Session

Faculty

20^th Annual International Symposium on Ventricular Arrhythmias

Course Directors

Francis Marchlinski, MD University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA		Andre d’Avila, MD, PhD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
David Callans, MD University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA		Srinivas Dukkipati, MD The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY
Vivek Reddy, MD The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY

Faculty

Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA

Jesus Almendral, MD, PhD
Hospital de Madrid Group
Madrid, Spain

Elad Anter, MD
Shamir Medical Center University of Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv, Israel

Samuel Asirvatham, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Frank Bogun, MD
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI

Jason Bradfield, MD
UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center
Los Angeles, CA

Larry Chinitz, MD
NYU Langone Health
New York, NY

Mina Chung, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Phillip Cuculich, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Christian de Chillou, MD, PhD
University Hospital Nancy
Nancy, France

Paolo Della Bella, MD
IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Milan, Italy

Thomas Deneke, MD
University Heart Center
Paracelsus Medical University
Nuremberg, Germany

Rajat Deo, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Tarv Dhanjal, PhD, FRCP, FESC
Warwick Medical School
University of Warwick
Coventry, UK

Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Hospital
Bronx, NY

Timm Dickfeld, MD, PhD
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD

Sanjay Dixit, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

J. Kevin Donahue, MD
UMass Chan Medical School
Worchester, MA

Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD
VCU Health
Richmond, VA

Andres Enriquez, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

David Frankel, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Fermin Garcia, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Edward Gerstenfeld, MD, MS
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Michael Gold, MD, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Michel Haïssaguerre, MD, PhD
Bordeaux University Hospital
Bordeaux, France

Koji Higuchi, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Gerard Hindricks, MD, PhD
Charité-University of Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Mélèze Hocini, MD
Bordeaux University Hospital
Bordeaux, France

Matthew Hyman, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Pierre Jaïs, MD
Bordeaux University Hospital
Bordeaux, France

Josef Kautzner, MD, PhD
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM)
Prague, Czech Republic

Jacob Koruth, MD
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD
LANS Cardio
Hamburg, Germany

Ramanan Kumareswaran, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Jackson Liang, DO
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI

David Lin, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Timothy Maher, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Timothy Markman, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Stavros Mountantonakis, MD, MBA
Lennox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health
New York, NY

John Miller, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN

Marc Miller, MD
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Daniele Muser, MD, PhD
Humanitas University
Milan, Italy

Daniel Musikantow, MD
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Koonlawee Nadamanee, MD
Center of Excellence in Arrhythmia Research
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand

Devi Nair, MD
St. Bernard's Heart & Vascular
Center & Arrhythmia Research Group
Jonesboro, AR

Hiroshi Nakagawa, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH

Saman Nazarian, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Petr Neuzil, MD, PhD
Na Homolce Hospital Prague
Czech Republic

Douglas Packer, MD
Intermountain Medical Center
Murray, UT

Carlo Pappone, MD, PhD
IRCCS Policlinico San Donato
Milan, Italy

Giovanni Peretto, MD, PhD
IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Milan, Italy

Jeanne Poole, MD
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Krishna Pothineni, MD
Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute
Kansas City, MO

Ivo Roca-Luque, MD, PhD
University of Barcelona – Institut Clinic Cardiovascular
Barcelona, Spain

Magdi Saba, MD
St. George's University Hospital
London, England

Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

John Sapp, MD
QEII Health Sciences Center
Halifax, NS, Canada

William Sauer, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Robert Schaller, DO
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD
UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center
Los Angeles, CA

William Stevenson, MD
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN

Gregory Supple, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Harikrishna Tandri, MBBS, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Usha Tedrow, MD, MS
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Natalia Trayanova, PhD, MS
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Cory Tschabrunn, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

Roderick Tung, MD
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ

Mohit Turagam, MD
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Wendy Tzou, MD
University of Colorado
School of Medicine
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO

Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD
Houston Methodist Debakey Cardiology
Houston, TX

Atul Verma, MD
McGill University Health Center
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD
Geisinger-Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Wilkes-Barre, PA

Samuel Viskin, MD
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel Aviv, Israel

Paul Wang, MD
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

William Whang, MD
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Jeffrey Winterfield, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Katja Zeppenfeld, MD, PhD
University of Leiden
Leiden, Netherlands

Peter Zimetbaum, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Industry Partners

Partners In Educational Advancements In Ventricular Arrhythmia Management

The University of Pennsylvania Health System and The Mount Sinai Hospital serve as the host and sponsoring institutions for the VT Symposium, which is partly funded through educational grants and sponsorships from our industry partners.

This conference is made possible in part by the support of our industry colleagues, who are dedicated to educating healthcare professionals and improving patient outcomes.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COMMERCIAL SUPPORT

We gratefully acknowledge the following companies for providing educational grants:

Gold

Abbott Laboratories • Biosense Webster, Inc. • Boston Scientific Corporation

Silver

Biotronik • Field Medical, Inc. • Impulse Dynamics • Medtronic, Inc. • Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

Bronze

Adagio Medical, Inc. • ADAS3D Medical SL • Haemonetics • inHeart Inc. • iRhythm Technologies

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. • Octagos • Philips ECG Solutions • Thermedical • Zoll

THANK YOU TO OUR EXHIBITORS

Abbott CRM	Abbott EP	ADAS3 Medical SL	AltaThera Pharmaceuticals
Baxter/Bardy Diagnostics	Boston Scientific CRM	Boston Scientific - AF Solutions	Catheter Precision, Inc.
CIRCA Scientific, Inc.	Haemonetics	InHeart	iRhythm Technologies
J&J MedTech Electrophysiology	Medtronic	Merit Medical Systems, Inc.	Murj
Nuubo, LLC	AtriCure	Octagos	Philips ECG Solutions
Biotronik	RhythMedix	Rhythm Express	Sanofi
Stereotaxis	Synaptic Medical	Thermedical Varian A Siemens Healthineers Company	Zoll

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