CARMA
Agenda
Course Director:
Nassir F. Marrouche, MD
Executive Director, Comprehensive Arrhythmia
Research & Management Center
Director, Electrophysiology Laboratories
Chairs:
Johannes Brachmann, MD
Chief of Cardiology, Klinikum Coburg GmbH
Gregory Feld, MD
Professor of Medicine and Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Program, UC San Diego Medical Center
Schedule
| 6:30 pm -Welcome Reception | |
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| 7:00 pm- Dinner Begins | |
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| 7:15 pm- Opening Remarks | Nassir F. Marrouche, MD • University of Utah |
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| 7:20 pm- Stopping Anticoagulants After AF Ablation: Guidelines, Observational Data and ECG Monitoring | Francis Marchlinski, MD • University of Pennsylvania |
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| 7:40 pm- How the New Antiarrhythmic and Anticoagulantion Drugs Fit in the Current AF Guidelines | Eric Prystowsky, MD • University of Michigan |
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| 8:00 pm- Correlation Between Electrical and Structural Remodeling in the AF Patient: Insights from DE-MRI Studies | Pierre Jais, MD • Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux |
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| 8:20 pm- MRI for Management of AF: A Tool to Personalize AF Management | Nassir F. Marrouche, MD • University of Utah |
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| 8:40 pm- New Balloons and Wires for AF Ablation:Are They Really Needed to Improve Outcomes? | Doug Packer, MD • Mayo Clinic |
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| 9:00 pm-Ablation of AF Ready for Prime Time: Why We Are Still Waiting for Prospective Studies? | Hugh Calkins, MD • Johns Hopkins University |



