PFA Live Case Summit 2025

Introducing the PFA Live Case Summit 2025!

Don't miss the chance to attend the Second PFA Live Case Summit, which will feature a dynamic curriculum showcasing 24 live and previously recorded cases from renowned institutions across six sessions that explore PFA's capabilities and impact thoroughly. The Summit presents step-wise procedural approaches, optimal decision-making strategies, and the latest technological advancements. The expert faculty will lead lively discussions on each case, sharing their experiences, evaluating the latest clinical evidence, assessing the future of catheter ablation, and addressing attendee questions. To facilitate conversation, slides from the latest clinical trials and recent publications will be periodically projected, allowing discussions on the most current issues and concepts related to PFA.

Participants can directly engage with faculty, gain valuable insights, and expand their knowledge and skills in PFA technologies and techniques.

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Date
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Times
• 7:00 – 7:50 AM PST: Breakfast/Check-In
• 7:50 AM – 6:30 PM PST: Educational Program

Location
San Diego Convention Center • Room 20A • San Diego, CA

Two Attendance Options • In-Person or Virtually in Real-Time
The Summit offers complimentary In-Person Attendance at the San Diego Convention Center or Virtual Attendance through the immersive Real-Time Live Stream.

Agenda

Agenda
Agenda (Subject to Change)* • Times are Pacific Time
7:00 – 7:50 am		Breakfast and Check-In
7:50 – 8:00 am		Welcome and Introductions Vivek Reddy, MD, and Srinivas Dukkipati, MD
8:00 – 9:30 am		Session I – Live PFA Cases *Moderator:* Vivek Reddy, MD *Digital Moderator:* Gregory Michaud, MD *Panelists:* Usha Tedrow, MD, Tom De Potter, MD, Petr Peichl, MD, PhD, Damijan Miklavčič, PhD, Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD, and Johan Vijgen, MD Live Case: PVI with Focal Dual Energy (PF/RF) Catheter (THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH® SF; J&J MedTech) *Case Site:* OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium *Case Operator:* Peter Geelen, MD Live Case: PVI+PWA Using Nanosecond PFA (CellFX® nsPFA™; Pulse Biosciences Inc.) *Case Site:Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic Case Operators: Jan Petru, MD, and Moritoshi Funasako, MD, PhD Live Case:* Ischemic VT Ablation with Focal Lattice-Tip (Affera Sphere-9™; Medtronic) *Case Site: IKEM, Prague, Czech Republic Case Operator:* Josef Kautzner, MD Live Case: PVI Using Focal/Single-Shot Catheter (SineBurst™; Argá Medtech) *Case Site: University Clinical Hospital, Split, Croatia Case Operator:* Ante Anic, MD
9:30 – 9:40 am		Break
9:40 – 11:10 am		Session II – Live PFA Cases *Moderator:* Shephal Doshi, MD *Digital Moderator:* Edward Gerstenfeld, MD *Panelists:* Tina Baykaner, MD, Boris Schmidt, MD, Atul Verma, MD, Helmut Pürerfellner, MD, Petr Neuzil MD, PhD, and Anish Amin, MD Live Case: PVI with a One-Shot Basket (EasyPulz™; BTL Industries, Inc) *Case Site:* Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic *Case Operators:* Jan Petru, MD, and Moritoshi Funasako, MD, PhD Live Case: Single-Shot PVI with Balloon-in-Basket Catheter (Volt™ PFA System; Abbott) *Case Site: University Hospital Schleswig – Holstein, Lübeck, Germany Case Operators:* Roland Tilz, MD, Charlotte Eitel, MD, and Roman Mamaev, MD Live Case: PVI Using Single-Shot Balloon Catheter (Optishot™; Cardiofocus) *Case Site:* Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic *Case Operators:* Jan Petru, MD, and Moritoshi Funasako, MD, PhD Live Case: PFA of the CTI with a Pentaspline Catheter (FARAVIEW™/PROSPECT Protocol; Boston Scientific) *Case Site: HCA Trident Health, Charleston, SC Case Operator:* Frank Cuoco, MD
11:10 – 11:20 am		Break
11:20 am – 12:50 pm		Session III - Live/Recorded PFA Cases *Moderator:* Francis Marchlinski, MD *Digital Moderator:* Elad Anter, MD *Panelists:* Andre d’Avila, MD, PhD, Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD, William Stevenson, MD, Pierre Jaïs, MD, Jim Hansen, MD, and Poojita Shivamurthy, MD Live Case: PVC Ablation with Focal Tip PFA (FARAPOINT™; Boston Scientific) *Case Site:* Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, New York, NY *Case Operators:* Srinivas Dukkipati, MD, Samuel Hanon, MD,and Daniel Musikantow, MD Live Case: Mitral Isthmus Ablation with a Lattice-Tip (Affera Sphere-9™; Medtronic) *Case Site:* Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX *Case Operator:* Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD Recorded Case: VT with Focal Force-Sensing PFA (FieldForce™; Field Medical) *Case Site:* Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic *Case Operators:* Vivek Reddy, MD, and Petr Neuzil, MD, PhD New Clinical Trial Results: ADVANTAGE-AF Phase 2 – PFA for Persistent AF with ICM Follow-Up (FARAWAVE™/FARAPOINT™; Boston Scientific) *Presenter:* Vivek Reddy, MD
12:50 – 1:40 pm		Lunch
12:55 – 1:35 pm		e-Satellite Lunch Symposium • Exclusive Live Stream Programming PFA Biophysics and Catheter Design: From Concept to Clinic *Moderator:* Kars Neven, MD, PhD *Panelists:* Samuel Asirvatham, MD, Jacob Koruth, MD, and Brendan Koop, PhD
1:40 – 3:10 pm		Session IV - Live/Recorded PFA Cases *Moderator:* Vivek Reddy, MD *Digital Moderator:* Mohit Turagam, MD *Panelists:* Moussa Mansour, MD, Christopher Woods, MD, Andrea Sarkozy, MD, PhD, Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD, Oussama Wazni, MD, and Amin Al-Ahmad, MD Live Case: Atypical Flutter Ablation with a Focal Lattice-Tip (Affera Sphere-9™; Medtronic) *Case Site:* Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, New York, NY *Case Operators:* Srinivas Dukkipati, MD, Samuel Hanon, MD, and Daniel Musikantow, MD Live Case: PVI with Large Focal PFA (OMNYPULSE™; J&J MedTech) *Case Site: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Case Operator:* Dingxin Qin, MD Recorded Case: PVI Using a Large Focal Catheter (FARAFLEX™; Boston Scientific) *Case Site:* Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic *Case Operators:* Jacob Koruth, MD, and Petr Neuzil, MD, PhD Recorded Case: PVI with Multielectrode Array (Globe®; Kardium, Inc.) *Case Site: St. Bernard’s Heart & Vascular Center, Jonesboro, AR Case Operator:* Devi Nair, MD
3:10 – 3:20 pm		Break
3:20 – 4:50 pm		Session V - Live/Recorded PFA Cases *Moderator:* Devi Nair, MD *Digital Moderator:* Douglas Gibson, MD *Panelists:* Andre Natale, MD, David Delurgio, MD, Mohamed Kanj, MD, Monica Lo, MD, Dinesh Sharma, MD, and Bradley Knight, MD Live Case: PVI with Circular Array Catheter (PulseSelect™; Medtronic) *Case Site: Southcoast Health, Fall River, MA Case Operator:* Nitesh Sood, MD Live Case: PVI with Pentaspline Catheter & LAA Closure (FARAWAVE™ NAV/WATCHMAN FLX™ Pro; Boston Scientific) *Case Site: Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, TX Case Operator:* Rodney Horton, MD Recorded Case: PVI with Focal Force-Sensing PFA (FieldForce™; Field Medical) *Case Site:* Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic *Case Operators:* Vivek Reddy, MD, and Petr Neuzil, MD, PhD Recorded Case: PVI Using Focal Dual Energy (PF/RF) Catheter (Tactiflex™ Duo; Abbott) *Case Site: HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, Miami, FL Case Operator:* Jose Osorio, MD
4:50 – 5:00 pm		Break
5:00 – 6:30 pm		Session VI - Live/Recorded PFA Cases *Moderator:* Vivek Reddy, MD *Digital Moderator:* Luigi Di Biase, MD *Panelists:* Arash Aryana, MD, Nassir Marrouche, MD, Rachel Kaplan, MD, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD, John Hummel, MD, and Daniel Scherr, MD Live Case: PVI with a Variable Loop Catheter (VARIPULSE™; J&J MedTech) *Case Site: Sharp Memorial, San Diego, CA Case Operator:* Charles Athill, MD Recorded Case: PVI with Circular Double Spiral Catheter (CRC ElePulse; BIOTRONIK/CRC EP, Inc.) *Case Site: Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Case Operator:* Paul Gould, MD Recorded Case: PVI Using a Large-Lattice One-Shot Catheter (Sphere360™; Medtronic) *Case Site:* Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic *Case Operators:* Vivek Reddy, MD, and Petr Neuzil, MD, PhD Recorded Case: Redo AF Ablation with Electrographic Flow Mapping (Cortex/OPAL HDx™; Boston Scientific) *Case Site: Providence Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica, CA Case Operator:* Shephal Doshi, MD

Faculty

Program Chairs
Vivek Reddy, MD The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY		Srinivas Dukkipati, MD The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY
Faculty (Subject to Change)
Amin Al-Ahmad, MD Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute Austin, TX Anish Amin, MD OhioHealth Heart and Vascular Physicians Columbus, OH Ante Anic, MD University Clinical Hospital Split, Croatia Charles Athill, MD Sharp Memorial San Diego, CA Elad Anter, MD Shamir Medical Center University of Tel Aviv Tel Aviv, Israel Arash Aryana, MD Mercy General Hospital and Dignity Health Heart and Vascular Institute Sacramento, CA Tina Baykaner, MD Stanford University School of Medicine Palo Alto, CA Frank Cuoco, MD HCA Trident Health Charleston, SC Andre d’Avila, MD, PhD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA Tom De Potter, MD OLV Hospital Aalst, Belgium Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY Shephal Doshi, MD Providence Saint John’s Health Center Pacific Heart Institute Santa Monica, CA David DeLurgio, MD Emory Heart & Vascular Center Atlanta, GA Charlotte Eitel, MD University Hospital Schleswig – Holstein Lübeck, Germany Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD VCU School of Medicine Richmond, VA Moritoshi Funasako, MD, PhD Na Homolce Hospital Prague, Czech Republic Peter Geelen, MD OLV Hospital Aalst, Belgium Edward Gerstenfeld, MD University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA Douglas Gibson, MD Scripps Health La Jolla, CA Paul Gould, MD Princess Alexandra Hospital Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Samuel Hanon, MD Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY Jim Hansen, MD Herlev and Gentofte Hospital Copenhagen, Denmark John Hummel, MD The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus, OH Rodney Horton, MD Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute Austin, TX Pierre Jaïs, MD Bordeaux University Bordeaux, France Mohamed Kanj, MD Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH Rachel Kaplan, MD Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC Josef Kautzner, MD IKEM Prague, Czech Republic Bradley Knight, MD Northwestern Medicine Chicago, IL Jacob Koruth, MD Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD LANS Cardio Hamburg, Germany Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute at HCA Midwest Health Overland Park, KS		Monica Lo, MD Arkansas Heart Hospital Little Rock, AR Roman Mamaev, MD University Hospital Schleswig – Holstein Lübeck, Germany Moussa Mansour, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA Francis Marchlinski, MD University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA Nassir Marrouche, MD Tulane Medical Center New Orleans, LA Gregory Michaud, MD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA Damijan Miklavčič, PhD University of Ljubljana Ljubljana Slovenia Daniel Musikantow, MD Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY Devi Nair, MD St. Bernard’s Heart & Vascular Center Jonesboro, AR Andrea Natale, MD Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute Austin, TX Petr Neuzil, MD, PhD Na Homolce Hospital Prague, Czech Republic Jose Osorio, MD HCA Florida Mercy Hospital Miami, FL Jan Petru, MD Na Homolce Hospital Prague, Czech Republic Petr Peichl, MD, PhD IKEM Prague, Czech Republic Helmut Pürerfellner, MD Ordensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen Linz, Austria Dingxin Qin, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH Andrea Sarkozy, MD, PhD University Hospital of Brussels Brussels, Belgium Daniel Scherr, MD Medical University of Graz Graz, Austria Boris Schmidt, MD Cardiovascular Center Bethanien Frankfurt, Germany Dinesh Sharma, MD Rooney Heart Institute at NCH Naples, FL Poojita Shivamurthy, MD University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, PA Nitesh Sood, MD Southcoast Health Fall River, MA William Stevenson, MD Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, TN Usha Tedrow, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA Roland Tilz, MD University Hospital Schleswig – Holstein Lübeck, Germany Mohit Turagam, MD Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center Houston, TX Atul Verma, MD McGill University Health Centre and McGill University Montreal, Québec, Canada Johan Vijgen, MD Jessa Hospital Hasselt, Belgium Oussama Wazni, MD Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Christopher Woods, MD, PhD Sutter Health San Francisco, CA

Case Sites

Live Case Sites and Operators (Subject to Change)

HCA Trident Health • Charleston, SC
Frank Cuoco, MD

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center • Houston, TX
Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD

IKEM • Prague, Czech Republic
Josef Kautzner, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital • Boston, MA
Dingxin Qin, MD

Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital • New York, NY
Srinivas Dukkipati, MD, and Daniel Musikantow, MD

Na Homolce Hospital • Prague, Czech Republic
Moritoshi Funasako, MD, PhD, and Jan Petru, MD

OLV Hospital • Aalst, Belgium
Peter Geelen, MD

Sharp Memorial • San Diego, CA
Charles Athill, MD

Southcoast Health • Fall River, MA
Nitesh Sood, MD

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute • Austin, TX
Rodney Horton, MD

University Clinical Hospital • Split, Croatia
Ante Anic, MD

University Hospital Schleswig – Holstein • Lübeck, Germany
Roland Tilz, MD, Charlotte Eitel, MD, and Roman Mamaev, MD

Recorded Case Sites and Operators (Subject to Change)

HCA Florida Mercy Hospital • Miami, FL
Jose Osorio, MD

Na Homolce Hospital • Prague, Czech Republic
Petr Neuzil, MD, PhD, Jacob Koruth, MD, and Vivek Reddy, MD

Providence Saint John’s Health Center • Santa Monica, CA
Shephal Doshi, MD

Princess Alexandra Hospital • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Paul Gould, MD

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

Accreditation

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Claiming Credits
The PFA Live Case Summit is CME-accredited for both onsite and virtual attendees. CME Credits for Physicians or Contact Hours for Nurses may be claimed at the immediate conclusion of the Conference directly on this webpage. 1 CME Certificate is supplied electronically for the cumulative credits earned commensurate with the extent of participation in the activity.

Credit Designation
The PFA Live Case Summit is CME-accredited for 9.5 AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 Credits™ and 9.5 Contact Hours for Nurses.

Target Audience
This educational activity has been designed for electrophysiologists, fellows-in-training, physician groups, and allied healthcare professionals who manage cardiac arrhythmias.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants will be able to:

Discuss the results of PFA clinical trials and apply evidence-based results to guide treatment decisions in daily practice.
Observe optimal clinical decision-making strategies and PFA ablation procedural approaches in the real-world clinical setting and assess its potential for improved safety, efficacy, efficiency, and versatility in treating various arrhythmias.
Appraise patient identification and selection criteria to determine appropriate ablation strategies.
Implement new evidence-based PFA technologies and techniques into clinical practice for the care of patients.
Examine the role of traditional thermal ablation in the PFA era.

Accreditation Statement
Jointly Accredited Provider TM To support the improvement of patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med. Ciné-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 9.5 AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Ciné-Med designates this activity for 9.5 Contact Hours for Nurses.

Disclosure Policy
MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med adhere to accreditation requirements concerning industry support of continuing medical education. 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. Speakers will disclose any relationships at the beginning of 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 the supported educational programs. All faculty members participating in educational activities are required to disclose to the program audience any real or 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 Ciné-Med verify 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 Ciné-Med do not endorse or support the actual opinions or material content as presented by the speaker(s) and/or sponsoring organization.

Industry Partners
The Summit is supported through educational grants from:
Boston Scientific • Medtronic • J&J MedTech • Abbott • Field Medical • Argá Medtech
BIOTRONIK/CRC EP, Inc • BTL Industries, Inc. • CardioFocus • Kardium • Pulse Biosciences, Inc.

Organizer:
MediaSphere Medical

Joint Providership:
MediaSphere Medical, LLC and Ciné-Med

Registration

Registration
The Summit offers complimentary In-Person Attendance at the San Diego Convention Center or Virtual Attendance through the immersive Real-Time Live Stream.

Please complete the registration form for your applicable attendance category.

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In-Person Attendance • Complimentary
Complimentary registration to attend in person permits full session admission, complimentary F&B functions, CME certification, and advanced access to the PFA Live Case Summit On-Demand Library.

Although walk-ins are welcomed, advanced registration is recommended.

Date
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Times
• 7:00 – 7:50 AM PST: Breakfast/Check-In
• 7:50 AM – 6:30 PM PST: Educational Program

Location
San Diego Convention Center
111 W Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA

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Virtual Attendance • Complimentary for Trainees
Through the immersive global live stream, virtual attendance and engagement in real-time are made possible from the convenience of a computer or mobile device. Registration permits access to every session, along with exclusive educational programming unique to virtual attendees, the ability to directly engage faculty, CME Certification, and advanced access to the PFA Live Case Summit On-Demand Library.

Date and Time
Thursday, April 24, 2025 • 7:50 AM – 6:30 PM PST

Accessing the Live Stream
You will receive a confirmation email with a unique live-stream digital pass upon successful registration. This pass provides universal access to the real-time stream across multiple devices.

The Live Stream Agenda will follow Pacific Standard Time.

Category	Registration Fees
Physicians Allied Healthcare Professionals Trainees, including Fellows, Residents, and Students Biomedical, Pharmaceutical, or Medical Device Employees	$150 $75 Complimentary $150

*Complimentary Registration for Trainees
Due to the generous support of Boston Scientific, the Global Premier Live Stream Sponsoring Partner, complimentary registration is provided to all Trainees, including Fellows, Residents, and Students.

Industry Partners

Partners In Educational Advancements

The PFA Live Case Summit is partly made possible through our Industry partners' generous educational grants and sponsorships.

Boston Scientific • Medtronic • J&J MedTech • Abbott

Field Medical • Argá Medtech • BIOTRONIK/CRC EP, Inc

BTL Industries, Inc. • CardioFocus • Kardium • Pulse Biosciences, Inc.

Global Premier Live-Stream Sponsor

Boston Scientific

“This program is not part of Heart Rhythm 2025 as planned by the Heart Rhythm Program Committee.
This event is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society”