
Introducing the 3rd Annual PFA Live Case Summit 2026!
Don’t miss the chance to attend the 3rd Annual PFA Live Case Summit at Heart Rhythm, which features a dynamic curriculum showcasing 24 live and previously recorded cases from renowned institutions across six sessions that explore PFA’s capabilities and impact. The Summit presents step-by-step procedural approaches, optimal decision-making strategies, and the latest clinical science and 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 attendees' questions. To facilitate robust conversation, slides from the latest clinical trials and recent publications will be periodically projected, enabling discussion of the most current issues and concepts related to PFA.
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Two Attendance Options • In-Person or Virtually in Real-Time
The Summit offers complimentary In-Person Attendance at the McCormick Place Convention Center or Virtual Attendance through the immersive Real-Time Live Stream.
Agenda
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7:00 – 7:50 am |
Breakfast/Check-In |
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7:50 – 8:00 am |
Welcome and Introductions |
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8:00 – 9:30 am |
Session I – Live PFA Cases Live Case: VT Ablation with Dual-Energy (PF/RF) Catheter (Tactiflex™ Duo; Abbott) Live Case: PVI with Circular Double Spiral Catheter (CRC ElePulse™; BIOTRONIK/CRC EP, Inc.) Live Case: PVI Using a Large-Lattice One-Shot Catheter (Sphere360™; Medtronic) Live Case: PVI with a Variable Loop Catheter & 2nd Generation PF Waveform (VARIPULSE™ PRO; J&J MedTech) |
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9:30 – 9:40 am |
Break |
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9:40 – 11:10 am |
Session II – Live PFA Cases Live Case: PVI with a Compressible Mesh Basket PFA Catheter (EasyPulz™; BTL Industries, Inc.) Live Case: PVI + CTI using a Large-Focal PFA Catheter (FARAFLEX™ and OPAL HDx™; Boston Scientific) Live Case: PVI Using a Balloon-in-Basket + Concomitant LAA Occlusion: CLEAR(Volt™ and Amulet™ 360 LAA occluder; Abbott) Live Case: PVI+PWA Using Nanosecond PFA (CellFX® nsPFA; Pulse Biosciences Inc.) |
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11:10 – 11:20 am |
Break |
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11:20 am – 12:50 pm |
Session III – Live/Recorded PFA Cases Live Case: VT Ablation with a Dual Energy Focal Catheter (Dual-Energy THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH™; J&J MedTech) Live Case: PVI with Single Shot Balloon Catheter (OptiShot™; CardioFocus) Live Case: Substrate Ablation of Scar VT with a Focal Lattice-Tip Catheter (Affera Sphere-9™; Medtronic) Recorded Case: VT Ablation with a High-Voltage Focal Force-Sensing PFA Catheter (FieldForce™; Field Medical) |
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12:50 – 1:40 pm |
Lunch Buffet |
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12:55 – 1:35 pm |
e-Satellite Lunch Symposium • Exclusive Live Stream Programming United by Evidence: The Path from Pre‑Clinical Insight to Real‑World Confidence |
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1:40 – 3:10 pm |
Session IV - Live PFA Cases Live Case: PVI Using Balloon-in-Basket in an ASC Setting (Sedation) (Volt™; Abbott) Live Case: Lateral Mitral Isthmus Ablation using a Focal-Linear PFA Catheter (FARAPOINT™ and OPAL HDx™; Boston Scientific) Live Case: PVI with a Multielectrode Array (Globe®; Kardium) Live Case: Redo AF Ablation with a Focal Lattice-Tip (Affera Sphere-9™; Medtronic) |
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3:10 – 3:20 pm |
Break |
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3:20 – 4:50 pm |
Session V - Live PFA Cases Live Case: AF Ablation with Focal PFA Catheter & Electrographic Flow Mapping (FARAPOINT™ and Cortex OPTIMAP™ / OPAL HDx™; Boston Scientific) Live Case: PVI with Balloon-in-Basket and Integrated ICE (Volt™ and ViewFlex X™; Abbott) Live Case: PVI with a Variable Loop Catheter & Concomitant LAAO Using 4D ICE with Magnetic Integration (VARIPULSE™ and NUVISION™ NAV; J&J MedTech) Live Case: PVI+ with a Coherent Sine Wave PFA Catheter (CSE™ Catheter; Argá Medtech) |
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4:50 – 5:00 pm |
Break |
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5:00 – 6:30 pm |
Session VI - Recorded PFA Cases Recorded Case: AF Ablation with a Large-Focal PFA Catheter & Integrated Guidance (Navigation & ICE) (QuickShot™ Nav; CardioFocus and VERAFEYE; LUMA Vision) Recorded Case: PVI with Next Generation Pentaspline Waveform (FARAWAVE™ NAV, FARAWAVE™ NAV Ultra, and OPAL HDx™; Boston Scientific) Recorded Case: PVI with Large Focal PFA (OMNYPULSE™; J&J MedTech) Recorded Case: PVI and LAA Occlusion with Right-Sided 4D ICE (FARAWAVE™ NAV, WATCHMAN™, and OPAL HDx™; Boston Scientific with ACUNAV Luxera 4D ICE Catheter; Siemens) |
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Faculty
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Faculty (Subject to Change) |
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Amin Al-Ahmad, MD Anish Amin, MD Ante Anic, MD Elad Anter, MD Arash Aryana, MD Rahul Bhardwaj, MD Lorenzo Bianchini, MD Serge Boveda, MD Larry Chinitz, MD Julian Chun, MD Frank Cuoco, MD Emile Daoud, MD Isabel Deisenhofer, MD Paolo Della Bella, MD Tom De Potter, MD Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD Andre d’Avila, MD, PhD Shephal Doshi, MD Emmanuel Ekanem, MD Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD Gaetano Fassini, MD Moritoshi Funasako, MD Edward Gerstenfeld, MD Melanie Gunwardene, MD Edmond Obeng-Gyimah, MD Samuel Hanon, MD Mélèze Hocini, MD, PhD Rodney Horton, MD John Hummel, MD Josef Kautzer, MD David Kenigsberg, MD Ammar Killu, MBBS |
Moussa Mansour, MD Francis Marchlinski, MD Nassir Marrouche, MD Damijan Miklavčič, PhD Daniel Musikantow, MD Devi Nair, MD Andrea Natale, MD Petr Neuzil, MD, PhD Jose Osorio, MD Petr Peichl, MD Jan Petru, MD Helmut Pürerfellner, MD Pasquale Santangeli, MD, PhD Andrea Sarkozy, MD, PhD Daniel Scherr, MD Dinesh Sharma, MD Poojita Shivamurthy, MD Philipp Sommer, MD Gregory Supple, MD Vijay Swarup, MD Hari Tandri, MD Usha Tedrow, MD Roland Tilz, MD Mohit Turagam, MD Claudio Tondo, MD Roderick Tung, MD Miguel Valderrábano, MD, PhD Atul Verma, MD Johan Vijgen, MD Oussama Wazni, MD David Weisman, MD William Whang, MD
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Live Case Sites and Operators |
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Centro Cardiologico Monzino • Milan, Italy Cincinnati Trihealth • Cincinnati, OH, USA Fakultní nemocnice Motol a Homolka • Prague, Czech Republic HCA Trident Health System • Charleston, SC, USA Fort Lauderdale Heart & Rhythm Surgery Center • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA IKEM • Prague, Czech Republic IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute • Milan, Italy Jupiter Medical Center • Jupiter, FL, USA |
Medical University of Graz • Graz, Austria Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital • New York, NY, USA NYU Langone Medical Center • New York, NY, USA OLV Hospital • Aalst, Belgium Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute • Austin, TX, USA University Clinical Hospital • Split, Croatia University of Pennsylvania Hospital • Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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Recorded Case Sites and Operators |
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Fakultní nemocnice Motol a Homolka • Prague, Czech Republic St. Bernard’s Heart & Vascular Center • Jonesboro, AR, USA |
Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital • New York, NY, USA NCH Rooney Heart Institute • Naples, FL, USA |
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Case Sites
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Live Case Sites and Operators |
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Centro Cardiologico Monzino • Milan, Italy Cincinnati Trihealth • Cincinnati, OH, USA Fakultní nemocnice Motol a Homolka • Prague, Czech Republic HCA Trident Health System • Charleston, SC, USA HCA Westside • Plantation, FL, USA IKEM • Prague, Czech Republic IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute • Milan, Italy Jupiter Medical Center • Jupiter, FL, USA |
Medical University of Graz • Graz, Austria Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital • New York, NY, USA NYU Langone Medical Center • New York, NY, USA OLV Hospital • Aalst, Belgium Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute • Austin, TX, USA University Clinical Hospital • Split, Croatia University of Pennsylvania Hospital • Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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Recorded Case Sites and Operators |
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Fakultní nemocnice Motol a Homolka • Prague, Czech Republic St. Bernard’s Heart & Vascular Center • Jonesboro, AR, USA |
Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital • New York, NY, USA NCH Rooney Heart Institute • Naples, FL, USA |
Accreditation
Claiming Credits
The PFA Live Case Summit is CME-accredited for both onsite and virtual attendees. CME Credits may be claimed directly on this webpage at the immediate conclusion of the Conference. 1 CME Certificate is supplied electronically for the cumulative credits earned commensurate with the extent of participation in the activity.
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
MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med have organized and carried out this activity to enhance patient care. 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 ongoing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians. This educational activity is accredited for a maximum of 9.5 AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 Credits™ for Physicians. Nurses and Other Healthcare Professionals. All other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. Consult your professional licensing board for information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for activities designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Disclosure Policy
MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med adhere to accreditation requirements concerning industry support of continuing medical education. Speakers must openly disclose any data limitations and/or discuss 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 content control have indicated that they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med policy is to ensure balance, independent objectivity, and scientific rigor in all supported educational programs. All faculty members participating in academic activities must disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest that have occurred within the past 12 months.
MediaSphere Medical and Ciné-Med implement a mechanism to identify and resolve all conflicts of interest before 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.
Organizer:
MediaSphere Medical
Joint Providership:
MediaSphere Medical, LLC and Ciné-Med
Registration
Registration
The Summit offers complimentary In-Person Attendance at the McCormick Place Convention Center or Virtual Attendance through the immersive Real-Time Live Stream.
Please complete the registration form for your applicable attendance category.
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 23, 2026
Times
• 7:00 – 7:50 AM CDT: Breakfast/Check-In
• 7:50 AM – 6:30 PM CDT: Educational Program
Location
McCormick Place Convention Center • Room S406AB
2301 S. MLK Drive,
Chicago, IL 60616
Virtual Attendance • Complimentary for Trainees
The immersive real-time live stream enables virtual attendance and engagement from the comfort of a computer or mobile device. Registration grants access to all sessions, exclusive educational content for virtual attendees, direct interaction with faculty, CME Certification, and early access to the PFA Live Case Summit On-Demand Library.
Date and Time
Thursday, April 23, 2026 • 7:50 AM – 6:30 PM CST
Accessing the Live Stream
You will receive a confirmation email with a unique live stream digital pass upon registration. This pass provides universal access to the real-time stream across multiple devices.
The program will follow Central Standard Time. Check the World Clock to find the time in the region from where you will view the live stream.
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Registration Fees |
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$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
Industry Partners
Partners In Educational Advancements
The PFA Live Case Summit is made possible in part by our Industry partners' generous educational grants and commercial sponsorships.
Abbott • Boston Scientific • J&J MedTech • Medtronic
CardioFocus • Argá Medtech • BIOTRONIK/CRC EP, Inc • BTL Industries, Inc.
Field Medical • Kardium • LUMA Vision • Pulse Biosciences
“This program is not part of Heart Rhythm 2026 as planned by the Heart Rhythm Program Committee.
This event is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society”

Vivek Reddy, MD
Srinivas Dukkipati, MD