Description
This session will featured highest scoring practice improvement abstracts including the winner from the Highest Scoring Woman in EP Award and the winner of the Highest Scoring Abstract in Practice Improvement Category.
Learning Objectives
- Review ethanol ablation and cost analysis of Ablysinol®.
- Identify opportunities for recycling devices in low income countries.
- Discuss esophageal cooling techniques in RFA ablation vs alternative ablation techniques.
Session Chair(s)
Jamie Treskot, PhD
Presentation
Ethanol Ablation Cost in the United States: Is Ablysinol®’s Price Justified or an Abuse of Regulatory Exclusivities?
Presenter(s): Helena Lopez-Martinez, M.D., Felipe Bisbal, MOISES RODRIGUEZ MANERO, MD, PhD, NICOLAS DERVAL, MD, Thomas Pambrun, Jean-Benoit le Polain de Waroux, Sebastien Knecht, MD, PhD, Mattias Francis. Duytschaever, Maarten De Smet, Jakub Baran, Luis C. Saenz Morales, MD, Carlos Andres. Tapias, MD, Santiago Giraldo, Alejandro Cordero-Cabra, Susano Lara Vaca, MD, Sergey Korolev, Sung-Hwan Kim, MD, Miguel Valderrabano, MD, PhD
Radiofrequency catheter ablation with oesophageal cooling versus pulsed field ablation cost benefit analysis in atrial fibrillation: UK study
Presenter(s): VIral Sagar, MD, Jaspal Gill, Alessio Petrone, CHRISTOS KONTOGIANNIS, Zaki Akhtar, Lisa WM. Leung, MBChB, MD, Abhay Bajpai, MD, Zia Zuberi, PhD, Mark Norman, Manav Sohal, MBBS, Mark M. Gallagher, MD
Automated Text Message Reminders for Patients with Manual Transmission Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices Enables Greater Success Meeting the Standard of Care and Improves Reimbursement.
Presenter(s): Jessica West, Megan McCabe, Katie Jaschke, NP, Bethany Cluck, Casey De Jesus, Sierra Kerbyson, Tim Stivland, Martin Emert, MD
Implantable Loop Recorders are Not Created Equal: False Positive Rates and Downstream Staffing Costs are Greater for Confirm Rx than Reveal LINQ in British Columbia, Canada
Presenter(s): Lyndon Rebello, Anthony Preston, Matthew T. Bennett, MD, Justin Blackman, Colin Day, Matthew Coxon, Jake Gray, Andrew D. Krahn, MD, Joshua Giles, Markus B. Sikkel, MBBS, DPhil
Patient Care Pathways and Outcomes Following Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation
Presenter(s): Larry R. Jackson, MD, MHS, Emily P. Zeitler, MD, MHS, Andrea Natale, MD, Jonathan P. Piccini, MD, MHS, Sean D. Pokorney, MBA, MD, Andrea M. Russo, MD, Roopinder K. Sandhu, MD, MPH, Rahul Khanna, BPharm, MBA, PhD, Maximiliano Iglesias, MBA, Yiran Rong, T. Jared Bunch, MD
Disclosures
Helena Lopez-Martinez:
- Nothing Relevant to Disclose
Mark Gallagher:
- Merit Medical Systems (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Consulting)
- Biosense Webster, Inc. (Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators only) - Research)
- Medtronic,Inc. (Travel/Entertainment - Research)
Jessica West:
- Nothing Relevant to Disclose
Markus Sikkel:
- Nothing Relevant to Disclose
T. Jared Bunch:
- Boehringer Ingelheim (Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators only) - Research)
- Altathera (Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators only) - Research)
- Biosense Webster, Inc. (Training for new ablation balloon - Required training for new ablation balloon to start institutional research on the device)
- Pfizer, Inc. (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - HRS committee for AF management - BMS/Pfizer Alliance and HRS Roundtable)
- Abbott (Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators only) - Research)
- Altathera (Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators only) - Creation of an education video based upon PEAKS registry data/study)
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Education Framework
General Concepts
-- Pathophysiological Basis of Cardiac Arrhythmias and Basic EP
-- 8. Know the biophysics of radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation, electroporation and other energy sources.
Diagnostic Testing
-- Monitoring and Other Noninvasive Diagnostic Testing
-- 20. Skill to interpret ICM recordings and recognize common artifacts and misdiagnoses.
Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias
-- AFib and Flutter
-- 114. Know the influences of modifiable risk factors such as obesity, sleep apnea, hypertension and cardiovascular fitness on AF and indications for referring patients for additional testing and treatment.