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Introduction
This enduring on-demand archive includes the recordings from the Real-Time Live Stream of SPAF 2022, which was held on April 28, 2022 as a Hybrid Symposium during Heart Rhythm 2022 in San Francisco.     

The Program Directors, Dr. Vivek Reddy, Dr. Srinivas Dukkipati, and Dr. Devi Nair were joined by world-renowned leaders in the field for this annual symposium which explored fundamental concepts and advancements in LAA closure and Anticoagulation Therapy, along with adjunctive and alternative strategies for optimally managing AF related stroke. SPAF 2022 featured Live LAAC Case’s, Illustrative Case Reviews, Rapid-Fire Presentations, Debates, and Panel Discussions.

 

On-Demand Access

On-Demand Access
To view, scroll through the agenda listed below and click on the presentation titles within each session.

SPAF 2022 was made possible through the generous support of our Industry Partners:
Abbott, AtriCure and Boston Scientific.

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Welcome and Introductions
Vivek Reddy & Devi Nair

Session I
AF-Related Stroke and Anticoagulation
Moderators:  Walid Saliba & Devi Nair

Atrial Myopathy & Stroke: What do we know? What do we do?
Nassir Marrouche

Preventing Stroke After Intracranial Bleeding:
Results of APACHE-AF & SoStart Trials and Implications for LAAC

M. Edip Gurol

Association Between AF and Cognitive Impairment and Dementia:
Strategies to Improve Outcomes

Hugh Calkins 

The Evolving Data on Factor XI Inhibitors
John Camm 

Panel Discussion

Session II
The LAA Closure Procedure: Practical Aspects
Moderators:Vivek Reddy & Andrea Natale

Using Deflectable Sheaths to Optimize LAAC Implantation
Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy

Does 3D-ICE Facilitate ICE-Guided LAAC? A Step-by-Step Approach
Shephal Doshi

The Role of Epicardial Suture Ligation in 2022
Randall Lee

TEE vs CT: What is Preferable for Pre-/Post- Procedural Imaging
Devi Nair

Panel Discussion

Live Case
Live LAAC Case

Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
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Operators: Srinivas Dukkipati & Mohit Turagam
Moderators:  Vivek Reddy & Andrea Natale
Panel: Shephal Doshi, Randall Lee & Devi Nair

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Session III
Post-LAAC Management: The Challenges
Moderator: Andre d’Avila & Shephal Doshi

My Patient has a Device-Related Thrombus: What do I do?
Vijay Swarup

The Evolving Data on Peri-Device Leaks: What do we know?
Vivek Reddy

Techniques to Eliminate Peri-Device Leaks: Plugs, Coils, Ablation
Mohit Turagam

Unusual Cases of Peri-Device Leak Closure
Rodney Horton

Managing Acute or Chronic Device Migration / Embolization
Jacqueline Saw

Panel Discussion

Session IV
LAA Closure: Technologies & The Future
Moderators: Kevin Thomas & Miguel Valderrabano

LAA Closure Technologies: Which are promising?
Andrea Natale

Treatments/Coatings to Prevent DRT: Concepts & Data
Moussa Mansour

LAAOS III → Considerations for a LAAOS IV Trial
Paulus Kirchhof

Important Questions in LAAC: What trials are necessary?
Luigi Di Biase

Panel Discussion

Session V
Live LAAC Cases

Vancouver General Hospital ∙ Vancouver, Canada
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Operator: Jacqueline Saw           

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute ∙ Austin, TX
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Operators: Rodney Horton & Andrea Natale
                                     
Moderator:  Vivek Reddy
Panel: Devi Nair, Nilofar Islam, Miguel Valderrabano & Rahul Bhardwaj   

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Faculty

Program Directors

Vivek Reddy MD

Vivek Reddy, MD
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

 

  Srinivas Dukkipati MD

Srinivas Dukkipati, MD
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Devi Nair MD

Devi Nair, MD
St. Bernard’s Heart & Vascular Center
Jonesboro, AR

     

Faculty

Rahul Bhardwarj, MD
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, CA

Hugh Calkin, MD
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

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

John Camm, MD
St. George’s Hospital Medical Center
London, UK

Andre d’Avila, MD, PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Shephal Doshi, MD
Providence Saint John’s Health Center
Pacific Heart Institute
Santa Monica, CA

M. Edip Gurol, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Rodney Horton, MD
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute
Austin, TX

Nilofar Islam, MD
MidMichigan Medical Center
Midland, MI

Paulus Kirchhof, MD     
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, UK

Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD
Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute
Overland Park, KS

 

 

Randall Lee, MD
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Walid Saliba, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Moussa Mansour, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Nassir Marrouche, MD
Tulane Medical Center
New Orleans, LA

Andrea Natale, MD
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute
Austin, TX

Jacqueline Saw, MD
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Vijay Swarup MD
Arizona Heart Rhythm Institute
Phoenix, AZ

Kevin Thomas, MD
Duke Electrophysiology Clinic
Durham, NC

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

Miguel Valderrábano, MD  
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College
Houston, TX