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Welcome and Introductions
Vivek Reddy, MD

Session I
AF-Related Stroke and Anticoagulation
Moderators: Taya Glotzer, MD and Srinivas Dukkipati, MD

What Populations Should Receive ILRs for AF Detection?
Jonathan Piccini, MD

Wearable Devices for AF Detection – Where are We? Where are we Going?
Mintu Turakhia, MD

What causes Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Patients with AF?: Hemodynamic, Thrombotic or Bleeding Effects
T. Jared Bunch, MD

Panel Discussion

Session II
The LAA Closure Procedure: Practical Aspects
Moderators: Moussa Mansour, MD and Aditi Naniwadekar, MD

How to Manage an LAA Thrombus (or Persistent LAA Filling Defect)?
Luigi Di Biase, MD

Intracardiac Echo to Guide LAAC: From 2D to 4D
Brett Gidney, MD

Closing Complex LAA Anatomies: A Device-Specific Approach
Christopher Ellis, MD

Peri-Device Leaks: Plugs, Coils or Ablation
Mohit Turagam, MD

Panel Discussion

Session III
Live LAAC Procedures
Moderator: Vivek Reddy, MD
Panel: Devi Nair, MD, Petr Neuzil, MD, and Andrea Natale, MD

Concurrent Live Case Transmissions

Providence Saint John’s Health Center ∙ Santa Monica, CA
Operator: Shephal Doshi, MD

Scripps Clinic ∙ Cardiff, CA
Operator: Douglas Gibson, MD

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute ∙ Austin, TX
Operator: Rodney Horton, MD

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On-Demand

Welcome and Introductions
Vivek Reddy, MD

Session IV
Post LAAC Management
Moderators: Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD, and Poojita Shivamurthy, MD

Device-Related Thrombus: Prediction and Management
Mohamad Alkhouli, MD

Post-LAAC Antithrombotic Management: What does the NCDR Database teach us?
James V. Freeman, MD

Post-LAAC Antithrombotics: A Novel Low-Dose NOAC Approach
Andrea Natale, MD

Panel Discussion

Session V
LAA Closure: The Evidence Base
Moderators: David Holmes, MD, and Thomas Deering, MD, MBA

LAAO vs NOACs: What is the Evidence Base?
Vivek Reddy, MD

LAAO plus NOACs: How LAAOS-3 Changes Practice
Jeff Healey, MD

Debate: Should We Consider LAAC after AF Ablation?
   YES! This is what patients want! – Walid Saliba, MD
   YES! But do percutaneous ligation! – Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD
   No! Patients need their atrial kick! – David Callans, MD

Panel Discussion

Session VI
Live LAAC Procedures
Moderator: Vivek Reddy, MD
Panel: Shephal Doshi, MD, Miguel Valderrábano, MD, and Vijay Swarup, MD

Concurrent Live Case Transmissions

Mount Sinai Medical Center ∙ New York, NY
Operator: Srinivas Dukkipati, MD

Vancouver General Hospital ∙ Canada
Operator: Jacqueline Saw, MD

Los Robles Medical Center ∙ Los Robles, CA
Operator: Saibal Kar, MD

Program Directors

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

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

Faculty

Mohamad Alkhouli, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

T. Jared Bunch, MD
Intermountain Medical Center
Murray UT

David Callans, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA

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

Thomas Deering, MD, MBA
Piedmont Heart Institute
Atlanta, GA

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

Christopher Ellis, MD
Vanderbilt Heart
Nashville, TN

James Freeman, MD
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Douglas Gibson, MD
Scripps Clinic
La Jolla, CA

Brett Gidney, MD 
UCLA Health
Santa Barbara, CA

Taya Glotzer, MD
Hackensack Meridian Health
Hackensack, NJ

Jeff Healey, MD
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario

David Holmes, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Rodney Horton, MD
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute
Austin, TX

Saibal Kar, MD
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Robles Regional Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

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

Moussa Mansour, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

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

Andrea Natale, MD
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute
Austin, TX

Aditi Naniwadekar, MD
Vidant Health
Greenville, NC

Petr Neuzil, MD, PhD
Homnolka Hospital
Prague, Czech Republic

Jonathan Piccini, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Walid Saliba, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

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

Poojita Shivamurthy, MD
Rapids Regional Physician Group
Alexandria, LA

Vijay Swarup MD
Arizona Heart Rhythm Institute
Phoenix, AZ

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

Mintu Turakhia, MD
Stanford University and Palo Alto VA
Health Care System
Palo Alto, CA

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