Strategies for Managing Difficult VT Cases: What to Do for the Urgent Case (Joint Session)

Description

This session will review the latest recommendations in the field of VT management. Indications and ablation strategies for VT ablation will be discussed.

A joint session with EHRA.

Learning Objectives

Summarize the guidelines and recommendations provided by EHRA, APHRS, LAHRS, and HRS for managing patients experiencing electrical storm and clustered ventricular arrhythmias.
Evaluate the efficacy and applicability of VT ablation in different settings.
Explore advanced techniques and emerging therapies for VT management.

Session Chair(s)

Helmut Pürerfellner, MD
Leonard Ilkhanoff, MD, MS

Presentation

Management of Patients with Electrical Storm and Clustered Ventricular Arrhythmias - An EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS/HRS Document
Presenter(s): Radoslaw Lenarczyk, MD, PhD

VT Ablation During Electrical Storm: Should It Be Limited to Tertiary Centers?
Presenter(s): Thorsten Lewalter, PhD

When VT Ablation Fails: Patient Selection, Substrate Delineation, and Current Outcomes with Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy - A EHRA/HRS Clinical Consensus Statement
Presenter(s): Phillip Cuculich, MD

New Energy Sources for VT Ablation
Presenter(s): Joshua D. Moss, MD

Disclosures

Radoslaw Lenarczyk:

Abbott (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)
Boston Scientific (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no 847999 - PROFID-EHRA Project (Research (Contracted Grants for PIs and Named Investigators only) - Research)

Thorsten Lewalter:

Biotronik (Speakers' Bureau - Board Membership)
Medtronic,Inc. (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Board Membership)
Daiichi Sankyo (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)
Boston Scientific (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)
Abiomed (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)
Pfizer/BMS (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)

Phillip Cuculich:

Medtronic (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels)
Varian Medical Systems (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels)
Abbott Medical (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)
Boston Scientific (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)

Joshua Moss:

Biosense Webster, Inc. (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)
Baylis Medical Company (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)
Abbott (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee - Speaking and Teaching)

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Education Framework

Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias
   --   Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) - Catheter Ablation
      --   185. Know the methods, techniques, associated tools, and equipment including emerging technologies such as stereotactic body radiation therapy associated for ablation of ventricular arrhythmias, including epicardial ablation.

Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias
   --   Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) - Catheter Ablation
      --   186. Skill to perform catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias, including epicardial ablation.

Summary


Availability:	No future session


Cost:	FREE


Credit Offered:	No Credit Offered