Agenda

Atrial Fibrillation Management in 2008
The following people will give a brief 10 minute overview of the topic. This will be followed by a 30 min case discussion and question answer session. The audience and the moderators can pose situations to the audience panel and ask opinions. This is to be done in an open forum. There will be cards handed out to the audience that will allow them to pose questions anonymously. These cards are to be collected, handed off, and read by moderator. This is casual town hall format with the speakers sitting at a table with microphones rather than podium. No slides necessary.

Discussion Moderator
Robert Schweikert, MD

Update in the Guidelines
Larry Chinitz, MD

Management of AF in the Community
Christopher Cole, MD

Anticoagulation and AF
William Lewis, MD

Panel
Speakers and Moderators

Future of AF Therapy

Debate Moderator
Patrick Tchou, MD

The Future is Brighter for AF Drug Therapies Than for Catheter Ablation
PRO: James Reiffel, MD
CON: Oussama Wazni, MD

10 Min PRO
10 Min CON
5 Min Rebuttals
30 Min Discussion led by moderators. This will give the opportunity for the audience to submit cards or present cases to the speakers.

Novel Drugs, Technologies and Techniques
The following will be standard 15 min talks. These are to be followed by a 15 min question answer and discussion session.

Discussion Moderators
Mohammed Kanj, MD
Oussama Wazni, MD

Balloon Technologies
Robert Schweikert, MD

Imaging Technologies: CartoSound and Beyond
J. David Burkhardt, MD

Remote Navigation: Hansen and Stereotaxis
Walid Saliba, MD

Panel
Speakers and Moderators

Taking Innovation and Technology to Market: Safeguards and Pitfalls

Keynote Speaker (20 minutes)
Steve Nissen, MD, MACC

Discussion

Moderators
A. Marc Gillinov, MD
Walid Saliba, MD

Dinner Party

Surgical Panel: Current Controversies and Case Presentations

Introduction/Moderator
A. Marc Gillinov, MD

Which Lesion Set?
Adam Saltman, MD, PhD

AF and Mitral Valve Disease
Patrick McCarthy, MD

AF and Sole Surgical Therapy
Ralph Damiano, MD

When is the Patient “Cured”?
Michael Argenziano, MD

Devices and Special Populations
The following will be standard 15 min talks. These are to be followed by a 15 min question answer and discussion session.

Introduction/Moderator
Jennifer Cummings, MD

Role of Atrial Therapies
Mina Chung, MD

Ablate or Pace and When Do You Need a Device?
Bruce Stambler, MD

AF in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure?
Mark Carlson, MD

Panel
Speakers and Moderator

Avoiding Complications in AF Catheter Ablation
The following will be standard 15 min talks. These are to be followed by a 15 min question answer and discussion session.

Discussion Moderator
Jennifer Cummings, MD

The Esophagus, Phrenic, and Other Collateral Damage
Hakan Oral, MD

Stroke and Thrombotic Events
Patrick Tchou, MD

Asymptomatic Recurrence of AF Post Ablation: Under Appreciated or Over Hyped?
Hugh Calkins, MD

Panel
Speakers and Moderators