Kansas City Heart Rhythm Symposium

Saturday–Sunday • July 11–12, 2009

Intercontinental Hotel on the Plaza 401 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, Mo.

Conference Agenda

Saturday, July 11, 2009
7:30–8:00 a.m.	Registration, Exhibits, & Continental Breakfast
8:00–8:05 a.m.	Opening Remarks Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD
8:05–8:45 a.m.	Lead Extractions—Indications, Tools, Techniques & More Guest speaker: Loren Berenbom, MD Moderator: Scott Chapman, MD, North Kansas City Hospital, North Kansas City, Mo.
8:45–9:30 a.m.	Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death: The Search for the Holy Grail Guest Speaker: David Rosenbaum, MD Moderator: William Brodine, MD
9:30–10:15 a.m.	Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy— Current Challenges in Utilization, Implantation & Optimization Guest speakers: Brian Ramza, MD & Steven Freeman, DO Moderator: Ricardo Ramos, Heartland Cardiology, St. Joseph, Mo.
10:15–10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break & Exhibits
10:30–11:45 a.m.	Technical Challenges in AF ablation 2009: Catheter vs. Surgical Approach: Percutaneous Catheter Ablation Is Superior to Surgical Ablation Guest Speaker: Andrea Natale, MD
	Surgical Approach Is Better Than Catheter Ablation Guest Speaker: Gregory Muehlebach, MD Moderator: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	Scar VT Ablation: Can We Really Slay the Monster? Guest Speaker: David Wilber, MD Moderator: Raghuveer Dendi, MD
12:30–1:15 p.m.	Lunch & Exhibits
1:15–2:00 p.m.	Advances in Catheter Navigation— Remote Magnetic Systems & Robotics Guest speaker: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD Moderator: Sambit Mondal, MD, Via Christi, Wichita, Kan.
2:00–2:45 p.m.	Collateral Damage During Electrophysiologic Procedures—How to Avoid, Recognize & Treat Guest speaker: Samuel Asirvatham, MD Moderator: Rangarao Tummala, MD, Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kan.
2:45–3:00 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:00–3:45 p.m.	Inherited Arrhythmia Management: Beckoning a New Paradigm Guest speaker: Jeffrey Towbin, MD Moderator: Tisma Duponovic, MD, KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.
3:45–4:30 p.m.	Panel Discussion Samuel Asirvatham, MD; Loren Berenbom, MD; Steven Freeman, DO; Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD; Gregory Muehlebach, MD; Andrea Natale, MD; Brian Ramza, MD; David Rosenbaum, MD; Jeffery Towbin, MD; & David Wilber, MD
4:30 p.m.	Adjournment
Sunday, July 12, 2009
7:30–8:00 a.m.	Registration, Exhibits, & Continental Breakfast
8:00–8:45 a.m.	Normal Heart VT & PVC Ablation Guest speaker: Sanjay Dixit, MD Moderator: Peter Park, MD, Midwest Cardiology, Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan.
8:45–9:30 a.m.	Neurocardiogenic Syncope Behzad Pavri, MD Moderator: TBA
9:30–10:15 a.m.	How to Recognize & Manage Device Malfunction & Lead Failures Guest speaker: Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD Moderator: Steven Seals, MD, Stormont Vail, Topeka, Kan.
10:15–10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:30–11:15 a.m.	Antiarrhythmics or Ablation? The Debate of the Decade in the Treatment of Arrhythmias: Antiarrhythmics Are the Safe & Appropriate Approach to Arrhythmia Management Martin Emert, MD
	Ablation Is Salvation in the Treatment of Arrhythmias Raghuveer Dendi, MD Moderator: Vikram Katari, MD, Baptist Health System, Oklahoma City, Okla.
11:15 a.m.–Noon	Panel Discussion Raghuveer Dendi, MD; Sanjay Dixit, MD; Martin Emert, MD; Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD; & Behzad Pavri, MD
Noon	Closing Remarks Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD