Training in electrophysiology is overwhelming and it can be challenging to know where to begin and how to organize an approach to the field. Through an in-kind educational grant from Boston Scientific, HRS has made available an introductory course for EP. This course is helpful to general cardiology fellows, electrophysiology fellows and allied professional staff starting a career in electrophysiology. The course is designed to help progress the participant through the basics of electrophysiology and then to develop more complex topics. Completing this course will provide an excellent practical foundation for understanding clinical electrophysiology.
Section IIntroduction to the EP Study and Intracardiac Electrograms Josh Cooper, MDFundamentals of EP Studies: Venous Access, Catheter Selection and Placement, Sheaths, Use of ICEFermin Garcia, MDBasic Stimulation Protocols and Electrophysiologic EvaluationsJosh Cooper, MDSection IISA and AV Node, His Purkinje System: Anatomy, Evaluation, Autonomics and TherapyDan Cooper, MDBasic Electrophysiology: 101 Principles for the Clinician Gordon Tomaselli, MD Inherited Arrhythmia SyndromesMark Estes III, MD
Section IIITechniques of Differentiating TachycardiasBrad Knight, MDBiophysics of Catheter Ablation Ed Gerstenfeld, MDWorkshop: Entrainment, Maneuvers, Biophysics Entrainment - Jeff Winterfield, MD Maneuvers - Brad Knight, MD Biophysics - Ed Gerstenfeld, MD Catheter Ablation of Atrial FlutterBrad Knight, MD
Section IVCatheter Ablation Accessory PathwaysWarren “Sonny” Jackman, MDCatheter Ablation of AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia Josh Cooper, MDWorkshop: Ablation Accessory Pathways, A Flutter, AVNRTAccessory Pathways - Warren “Sonny” Jackman, MDAtrial Flutter - Greg Michaud, MD AVNRT - Josh Cooper, MDAblation of Atrial TachycardiaWarren “Sonny” Jackman, MD AF AblationGreg Michaud, MD Workshop: Ablation AT, AF AT Ablation - Warren “Sonny” Jackman, MD AF Ablation - Greg Michaud, MD Section VWide Complex Tachycardias: Idiopathic VTs, Bundle Branch Reentry, Antidromic Tachycardias: Mechanisms, ECG Manifestations, Invasive Assessment, and AblationKevin Makati, MDVentricular Tachycardia in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Wendy Tzou, MDWorkshop: Wide Complex Tachycardias, VT Ablation VT - Wendy Tzou, MD WCT and VT - Mark Estes, III, MDVentricular Tachycardia - Eunjeong KimECG Localization of Accessory Pathways - Edward Chu
Section VIBasic Concepts and Engineering Aspects of Cardiac Pacing SSusan Kim, MD CRT-D: State of the Art Suneet Mittal, MD Stroke Risk Reduction in Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients Devi Nair, MD