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Location:
Hilton San Diego Bayfront ∙ San Diego, CA
Date:
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Time:
11:45AM-12:15PM - Registration, followed by Plated Lunch
12:15PM-1:45PM - Educational Program
Activity Description
This activity will explore the role of Hybrid ablation and LAA Ligation adjunctive to PVI for improving the standard of care in the treatment of persistent and long-standing persistent AF, through expert lectures, case reviews, and panel discussions, which are complemented with attendee Q&A.
Agenda
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| 11:45AM-12:15PM | Registration, followed by Plated Lunch | |
| 12:15PM-12:20PM | Welcome and Introductions Andrea Natale, MD, FACC, FHRS, FESC |
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| 12:20PM-12:40PM | LAA Exclusion Adjunctive to PVI Ablation for the Treatment of Persistent and Long-Standing Persistent AF Suneet Mittal, MD, FACC, FHRS |
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| 12:40PM-1:00PM | Dual Epicardial and Endocardial Ablation for the Treatment of Persistent and Long-Standing Persistent AF Amin Al-Ahmad, MD |
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| 1:00PM-1:20PM | Convergent Ablation Approach to Improve Outcomes in Persistent AF David DeLurgio, MD, FACC, FHRS |
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| 1:20PM-1:45PM | Panel Discussion with Q&A Moderator: Andrea Natale, MD, FACC, FHRS, FESC Panel: David DeLurgio, MD, FACC, FHRS, Suneet Mittal, MD, FACC, FHRS, Amin Al-Ahmad, MD |
Commercial Support
This activity is supported through an educational grant from AtriCure.
Joint Providership
MediaSphere Medical, LLC and Ciné-Med
Faculty
Program Direcor
Andrea Natale, MD, FACC, FHRS, FESC
Executive Medical Director
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical
National Medical Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology for HCA Healthcare.
Austin, Texas
Faculty
Amin Al-Ahmad, MD
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute
Austin, TX
David DeLurgio, MD, FACC, FHRS
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Suneet Mittal, MD, FACC, FHRS
Director, Electrophysiology
Associate Chief of Cardiology
Medical Director, Snyder AF Center
Director, Cardiac Research
Valley Hospital
Ridgewood, NJ
CME Accreditation
Target Audience
This educational program has been developed to meet the educational needs of electrophysiologists, cardiologists and other physicians and associated professionals who are dedicated to the management of patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants will be able to:
- Evaluate the efficacy and safety of LAA Exclusion Adjunctive to PVI Ablation for the treatment of persistent and long-standing persistent AF.
- Review the safety and efficacy of Dual Epicardial and Endocardial Ablation for the treatment of persistent and long-standing persistent AF.
- Assess the impact of the Convergent ablation approach for improving outcomes in persistent AF.
Activity Goal
This activity is designed to address the following core and team competencies: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-based learning and improvement, Interprofessional Collaboration, and Roles
& Responsibilities.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by MediaSphere Medical and Cine-Med. Cine-Med is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Ciné-Med designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.30 AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 Credit(s)TM.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Ciné-Med designates this activity for 1.30 Contact Hours for nurses.
Disclosure Policy
MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med adheres to accreditation requirements regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of the planning committee and faculty’s commercial relationships will be made known at the activity on course hand-outs and during faculty presentations. Speakers are required to openly disclose any limitations of data and/or any discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational uses of drugs or devices in their presentations.
All MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med employees in control of content have indicated that they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
It is the policy of MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med to ensure balance, independent objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its supported educational programs. All faculty members participating in educational activities are required to disclose to the program audience any real of apparent conflicts of interest held within the past 12 months.
MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med implement a mechanism to identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to delivering the educational activity to learners.
Non-Endorsement Statement
MediaSphere Medical and Cine-Med verifies that sound education principles have been demonstrated in the development of this educational offering as evidenced by the review of its objectives, teaching plan, faculty, and activity evaluation process. MediaSphere Medical and Cine-Med does not endorse or support the actual opinions or material content as presented by the speaker(s) and/or sponsoring organization.