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Atrial fibrillationand heart failure:

the ugly and the nastyFEBRUARY 24 - 25,

2011Bologna - Italy

Royal Hotel Carlton

IX INTERNATIONAL MEETINGA

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PRESIDENTAlessandro Capucci, MD

Cardiology Clinic,Ospedali Riuniti Le Torrette - Ancona - Italy

E-mail: [email protected]

ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT

Adria Congrex SrlVia Sassonia, 30 - 47922 Rimini – Italy

Tel. +39 0541.305836 - Fax +39 0541.305842E-mail: [email protected] - www.adriacongrex.it/af

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Atrial fibrillationand heart failure:the ugly and the nastyFEBRUARY 24 - 252011Bologna - ItalyRoyal Hotel Carlton

IX INTERNATIONAL MEETING

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF

ARCAAssociazioni Regionali

Cardiologi Ambulatoriali

ANMCOAssociazione Nazionale

Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri

SICOASocietà Italiana Cardiologia

Ospedalità Accreditata

ANCEAssociazione Nazionale

Cardiologi Extraospedalieri

AIACAssociazione Italiana di

Aritmologia e Cardiostimolazione

SICSocietà Italianadi Cardiologia

EHRAEuropean Heart Rhythm Association

A Registered Branch of the ESC


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Alboni P. (Cento, I)

Allessie M. (Maastricht, NL)

Bellocci F. (Rome, I)

Berruezo A. (Barcelona, E)

Biffi M. (Bologna)

Bongiorni M.G. (Pisa, I)

Boriani G. (Bologna, I)

Botto G. (Como, I)

Brachmann J. (Coburg, D)

Branzi A. (Bologna, I)

Calò L. (Rome, I)

Cappato R. (Milan, I)

Capucci A. (Ancona, I)

Curnis A. (Brescia, I)

De Ponti R. (Varese, I)

Dei Cas L. (Brescia, I)

Delise P. (Conegliano, I)

Della Bella P. (Milan, I)

Di Pasquale G. (Bologna, I)

Favale S. (Bari, I)

Gaita F. (Asti, I)

Gensini G. (Florence, I)

Hauer R. (Utrecht, NL)

Healey J. (Ontario, CDN)

Ho Y. (London, UK)

Janse M.J. (Amsterdam, NL)

Landolina M. (Pavia, I)

Lane D. (Birmingham, UK)

Le Heuzey J.-Y. (Paris, F)

Levy S. (Marseille, F)

Lewalter T. (Munich, D)

Linde C. (Stockholm, S)

Lombardi F. (Milan, I)

Lüderitz B. (Bonn, D)

Lunati M. (Milan, I)

Marrazzo N. (Mercogliano, I)

Montenero A.S. (Sesto S. Giovanni, I)

Moro Serrano C. (Madrid, E)

Naccarelli G.V. (Hershey, USA)

Nattel S. (Quebec, CDN)

Padeletti L. (Florence, I)

Pozzolini A. (Fano, I)

Proclemer A. (Udine, I)

Ricci R.P. (Rome, I)

Salerno Uriarte J.A. (Varese, I)

Shah D. (Geneva, CH)

Tamargo J. (Madrid, E)

Torracca L. (Ancona, I)

Van Gelder I.C. (Maastricht, NL)

Vardas P. (Heraklion, GR)

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8.45 Opening Ceremony

9.00 AF: Mechanism and CausesChairman: A. Branzi - S. Levy

9.00 Improved understanding of AF epidemiology: what messages to the clinicians?G. Boriani

9.20 Dispersion of Repolarization and ArrhythmiogenesisM. Janse

9.40 AF and Protein Creactive. Cause or effect?C. Moro Serrano

10.00 Anatomy of atrial septumY. Ho

10.20 The good, the bad, and the ugly of persistent Atrial Fibrillation in patients withstructural heart diseaseM. Allessie

10.40 Coffee Break

11.00 AF: new conceptionsChairman: P. Alboni - S. Nattel

11.00 A new category of diseases causing Sudden Death: ChannelopathiesA. Berruezo

11.20 Can CRT prevent or revert Atrial Fibrillation?C. Linde

11.40 Atrial Tachycardias and Flutters after AF ablation: Mechanisms, Treatment andPreventionD. Shah

12.00 New antiarrhythmic drugs for AF - what do they have to offer?S. Nattel

12.20 Does exclusion of the left atrial appendage prevent stroke in Atrial Fibrillation?J. Healey

12.40 Ronald Campbell Lecture “AF Mechanism”J. Brachmann

13.00 - 14.30 Luncheon Panels

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14.40 AF and pacing: still a favourable combination?Chairman: P. Delise - M.G. Bongiorni

14.40 The AF unit: a new concept of multispecialist AF managementP. Della Bella

15.00 Prevention of AF by minimal ventricular pacing: from the SAVe pacing trial to theMinerva trialL. Padeletti

15.20 Device detected atrial tachyarrhythmias predict adverse outcome in real-world patientswith implantable biventricular defibrillators. The importance of optimal CRT pacingM. Lunati

15.40 The Hybrid approach for persistent and permanent AFA. Curnis

16.00 Role of atrial pacing in ICD recipients managementA. Proclemer

16.20 Anticoagulate or other?Chairman: G. Di Pasquale - D. Lane

16.20 Stroke and bleeding risk stratification – from guidelines to clinical practiceD. Lane

16.40 An alternative to anticoagulant oral medication: left atrial appendage closureM.G. Bongiorni

17.10 Are vitamin K inhibitors to an end point?G. Gensini

17.30 Hypertension and Atrial Fibrillation: how could we reduce efficaciously thecardiovascular risk?A. Capucci

18.00 How a larger control of clinical parameters would change the therapeutic scenarioChairman: S. Favale - M. Landolina

18.00 ST segment monitoring. Which patients and clinical implications there could be if thiswas integrated in a pacemaker too?G. Botto

18.15 Resynchronization therapy following the recent innovation offered by the left quadripolarelectrode. Will the non-responder patients be reduced?M. Biffi

18.30 Monitoring of lung congestion by multi-vector system. Accurate and early reportingof episodes of heart failure at physicians and patients service?N. Marrazzo

18.45 From the concept of remote monitoring to remote disease management: new clinicalpractices and new organizational needs. Which benefits for physicians and patients?R.P. Ricci

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9.00 Antiarrhythmic Drugs: what’s new and what’s effectiveChairman: G. Naccarelli - F. Bellocci

9.00 Can we stop anticoagulation in high risk AF patients treated with a rhythm controlstrategy?G. Naccarelli

9.20 Are needle better than drugs? A possible antiarrhythmic effect of acupunctureF. Lombardi

9.40 An appraisal for old drugsJ. Tamargo

10.00 How to prevent early AF recurrenceG. Botto

10.20 Are new antiarrhythmic drugs better than the old ones?J.-Y. Le Heuzey

10.40 How to control the rate and be happyI.C. Van Gelder

11.00 Coffee Break

11.20 Ablation therapy: the AF cure?Chairman: J.A. Salerno Uriarte - B. Lüderitz

11.20 Clinical results of AF ablation in heart failureT. Lewalter

11.40 Catheter ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: where are we now?R. Cappato

12.00 How to identify sites to target in long lasting AF: clinical benefits of new mappingand ablation strategiesL. Calò

12.20 New AF ablation technologies: useful tools or just expensive toys?F. Gaita

12.40 Postablation atypical atrial flutter: how to treat and how to prevent themR. De Ponti

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13.00 - 14.30 Luncheon Panels

14.40 News and PerspectivesChairman: R. Hauer - L. Dei Cas

14.40 AF burden and the role of the implantable loop recordersP. Vardas

15.00 Lone Atrial Fibrillation: the role of inflammationA.S. Montenero

15.20 Atrial arrhythmias in ARVD/CR. Hauer

15.40 AF and cardiac channelopathiesA. Pozzolini

16.00 The role of surgical ablation in lone Atrial Fibrillation with tachicardiomyopathyL. Torracca

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1 LUNCHEON PANEL FEBRUARY 24, 201113.00 – 14.30 Room Biotronik Italia

Atrial Fibrillation Management: from novel technologies to a timely interventionChairman: E. Bertaglia (Mirano, I) - A. Dello Russo (Milan, I)

Contact force sensing and its role to enhance long term efficacy of catheterablation in the left atriumR. Mantovan (Treviso, I)

Navigation, robotics, energy sources: gadgets or real answers to address AF ablation today?S. Nardi (Terni, I)

Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in patients with congestive heart failure. The roleof ongoing trials and the first clinical evidencesG. Senatore (Ciriè, I)

Early detection of silent Atrial Fibrillation in patients with implantable defibrillators:lessons from the HomeGuide studyD. Vaccari (Montebelluna, I)

Timely management of AF in patients with Heart Failure and implantable device:the role of Home MonitoringA. D’Onofrio (Naples, I)

13.00 – 14.30 Room St Jude Medical Italia

New Technologies and Techniques in Atrial Fibrillation AblationChairman: M.G. Bongiorni (Pisa, I) - C. Pratola (Ferrara, I)

AF catheter ablation today: pros and consC. Pandozi (Rome, I)

Innovations in catheter tip technologyA. Bonso (Mestre, I)

Electrical coupling and tissue contactA. Pappalardo (Rome, I)

PVI and CFE: which is the current state of art?R. Mantovan (Treviso, I)

13.00 – 14.30 Room Sanofi - Aventis

Experts Debate:Different views about a more 'wise' management of Atrial FibrillationChairman: C. Rapezzi (Bologna, I)

The right role of Rhythm & Rate controlG. Boriani (Bologna, I)

The right role & importance of the prevention of cardio and cerebrovascular eventsG. Botto (Como, I)

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1LUNCHEON PANEL FEBRUARY 25, 201113.00 – 14.30 Room Boston Scientific Italia

Diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: the LatitudeTM SystemChairman: R.P. Ricci (Rome, I) - M. Santomauro (Naples, I)

State of art in AF and HF therapy: based on clinical studies, how RPM systems helpdiagnosis and therapyE. Bertaglia (Mirano, I)

Social and economic impact of AF and HF. What changes with RPM SystemA. De Simone (Naples, I)The LatitudeTM System: technical specifications and advantagesV. De Sanctis (Milan, I)

Latitude™ remote data integration in an EMR system: current practice and futuredevelopmentsG. Pupita (Ancona, I)

13.00 – 14.30 Room Medtronic Italia

New technologies for the treatment and monitoring of Atrial FibrillationChairman: F. Cantù (Bergamo, I) - C. Tondo (Milan, I)

Multi electrode Phased RF ablation of Atrial FibrillationN. Marrazzo (Mercogliano, I)Cryoballoon catheter ablation of paroxysmal Atrial FibrillationG. Arena (Massa, I)Improving AF management through Continuous monitoringM. Tritto (Castellanza, I)Clinical benefits of Remote Monitoring in the management of AF patientsS. Iacopino (Catanzaro, I)

13.00 - 14.30 Room Sorin Group Italia

Novel integrated approaches in AF/HF diagnosisChairman: E. Casali (Modena, I) - A. Sagone (Milan, I)

P-wave analysis for AF risk stratificationA. Michelucci (Florence, I)AF diagnosis and monitoring with External Loop Recorder (ELR): indications andclinical evidencesE. Locati (Milan, I)Multi-sensor approach in ICD/CRTD patient status assessmentM. Piacenti (Pisa, I)HF status diagnosis in device recipients: clinical casesA. Vado (Cuneo, I)

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MEETING VENUERoyal Hotel Carlton - Via Montebello 8 40121 BolognaTel. +39 051249361 - Fax +39 051249724 - e-mail [email protected]

HOW TO REACH THE MEETING VENUEThe Royal Hotel Carlton is located in the city centre, close to the historic area.

You can reach the venue:• By train: walking distance from the railway station• By aeroplane: the Bologna Airport is 30 minutes distant from the venue by taxior airport bus transfer "Aerobus" (the bus stop is outside the airport, reaching therailway station and viceversa)• By car: from the motorway take the Ring Road (“Tangenziale”); Exit no. 7 “BolognaCentro”; you will arrive in Via Stalingrado, continue straight ahead into Via Mascarella;turn right into Via Irnerio and continue straight ahead until you come to a roundaboutin Via dei Mille; then turn right into Via Gramsci taking the first street on the rightwhich is Via Montebello. The Conference Centre has private parking.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGE - English

SLIDES - Only PC data projection will be available in every room.All slides must be worded in English only; please copy your work - prepared inPowerPoint – on a CD or USB stick.The Slide Centre will be available for presenters and speakers to preview their slidesand to become familiar with audiovisual equipment. Slides should be handed in onehour before the beginning of the session and collected at the end. The use of personallaptops in the Workshop room is not permitted.

LUNCH - Lunches will be served during the luncheon panels, limited to seat availability..

REGISTRATION - BADGE - The conference is open to all duly registered participants.A badge will be given to every registered participant, speaker and exhibitor in orderto be admitted to the scientific sessions.

REGISTRATION FEE Before November 20, 2010 After November 20, 2010Medical Doctor € 500,00 € 720,00Specialising MD* € 60,00 € 120,00* please enclose a certificate of the registration in a postgraduate schoolThe registration fee includes the following:- Admission to all Scientific Sessions - Admission to the Exhibition- Admission to Luncheon Panels - Coffee break and snack lunch on each day- Attendance and ECM certificate - VAT

TRAVEL AGENCY Adria Congrex SrlPlease fill in the following hotel accommodation form and send it back to the OrganisingSecretariat Adria Congrex with the required payment by December 15, 2010.We have selected several hospitality facilities with special room rates:

HOTEL RESERVATIONCATEGORY DOUBLE SINGLE USE DOUBLE4 stars from € 155,00 - to € 220,00 from € 180,00 - to € 290,003 stars from € 85,00 - to € 160,00 from € 110,00 - to € 175,00

Deposit Required: the price of one night per room in the selected hotel category,with B&B treatment.The Hotel reservation will only be accepted and confirmed when the form and therequired deposit have been received by Adria Congrex. All payments must be donein Euro net of all bank charges and made out to Adria Congrex Srl.In case of written cancellation before November 30, 80% of the registration fee willbe refunded.

Air and Railway TicketsPlease do not hesitate to contact the Organising Secretariat Adria Congrex for anyemission of aerial and railway tickets and for other needs or information.

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PAYMENT - Payment for Registration and Hotel Reservation should be done by:❏ Bank Transfer made out to Adria Congrex Srl

Account n. 2118559 – CARIM, Agenzia n. 14 - ABI 6285 - CAB 24214 - Swift codeCRRNIT2R - IBAN IT81B0628524214001402118559 – CIN B, please mention “AF2011”

Please send a copy of the bank transfer with the accommodation form to:Adria Congrex srl Fax +39 (0)541 305842 or Email [email protected]

❏ Credit Card❏ CartaSi ❏ Visa ❏ Diner’s ❏ Amex Card number_____________________________Cardholder name______________________________________Expiration date_____/_____Date of birth__________________________________________________________________Signature__________________________________ Date ______________________________In case of written cancellation before November 20, 80% of the deposit will be refunded.

ABSTRACT & POSTERS must be submitted within November 20, 2010.Abstracts submitted after the deadline might not be accepted.

Please choose between Oral Communications and Poster.Format:- The text should contain a maximum of 2.485 characters; use typeface “Times NewRoman”, font size 12.- It is advisable not to include images, while it is possible to enclose graphics- Poster size is 70cm width and 100cm height.Posters will be displayed during the whole meeting in the Exhibition Area, they shouldbe fixed on February 24, at 8.00 a.m. and removed at the end of the meeting. Materialfor the poster mounting will be provided.An award for the best poster selected among young authors (under 35 years) will begiven.

ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATE - A certificate will be given to all participants at theend of the meeting.

ECM - An application for Italian ECM Credits has been submitted to the Italian Ministryof Health for the following disciplines: Cardiology, Cardio Surgery, General Medicine(Family doctors), Internal Medicine.

SECRETARIAT - The Organizing Secretariat will be open during the whole Meeting.

CHANGES - For scientific and/or technical reasons the Scientific Committee, OrganisingCommittee and Secretariat reserve the right to make any change in the Workshopprogram.Updated information will be available on the web site www.adriacongrex.it/af

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Before November 20, 2010 After November 20, 2010Medical Doctor € 500,00 € 720,00Specialising MD* € 60,00 € 120,00

* please enclose a certificate of the registration in a postgraduate school

The registration fee includes: Admission to all Scientific Sessions and to the ExhibitionArea, Admission to Luncheon Panels, Coffee Break and Snack Lunch, Attendance andECM Certificate, Vat.

We have selected several hospitality facilities with special room rates

HOTEL RESERVATIONCATEGORY DOUBLE SINGLE USE DOUBLE PLEASE TICK

4 stars from € 155,00 - to € 220,00 from € 180,00 - to € 290,00 ❏3 stars from € 85,00 - to € 160,00 from € 110,00 - to € 175,00 ❏

Deposit Required: the price of one night per room in the selected hotel category, B&Btreatment.

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Payments should be done by:

❏ Bank Transfer made out to Adria Congrex SrlAccount n. 2118559 – CARIM, Agenzia n. 14 ABI 6285 - CAB 24214 -Swift code CRRNIT2R IBAN IT81B0628524214001402118559 – CIN B,please mention “AF2011”

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Cancellation PolicyIn case of written cancellation before November 20, 80% of the deposit will berefunded.All refunds, if any, will be made after the Congress.

Important!The registration will only be accepted and confirmed when the form and the copyof the payment have been received by Adria Congrex. All payments must be donein Euro net of all bank charges and made out to Adria Congrex Srl.

Organizing SecretariatAdria Congrex srl - srl Via Sassonia, 30 - 47922 Rimini – Italytel.+39 (0)541 305836 - fax +39 (0)541 305842Email [email protected] - www.adriacongrex.it/af

PrivacyAdria Congrex s.r.l., accomplishing with the Italian law n.675/1996, informs that it is notcompulsory filling this form, even though the participation to the event requires it. The datawill be also managed with information technology, by Adria Congrex, Rimini Office: Via Sassonia30, 47922 Rimini, Italy, as director of the data department, in order to be stored in the databankand used to send information on the event and to send free of charge documentation aboutdifferent events or initiatives carried out by Adria Congrex group. By filling this form thecustomer agrees to all the above mentioned conditions and therefore to the treatment ofpersonal data.

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ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT

Adria Congrex SrlVia Sassonia, 30

47922 Rimini - ItalyTel. +39 0541.305836Fax +39 0541.305842

[email protected]/af

IMPORTANT DATES!

Deadline for early registration fees&

Deadline for online abstract submissionNovember 20, 2010

Deadline for hotel accomodationJanuary 10, 2011

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