The Need for Arrhythmia Surgeons

Saturday, January 27, 2024

11:25 AM – 12:25 PM CT

Location: 217B

Activity Description

The CME lunch symposium features leading thought leaders in the field and has been developed to fulfill existing practice gaps and unmet clinical needs that are crucial for the improvement of patient care. The curriculum features sessions that examine contemporary data on Atrial Fibrillation, including updated guidelines; assesses the importance of a multidisciplinary team approach for arrhythmia treatment; and reviews the role of concomitant and hybrid therapies for restoring sinus rhythm and improving cardiac output.

The symposium offers an interactive learning experience, with lectures, case reviews, and panel discussions that enable direct attendee engagement. This activity offers a unique opportunity to enhance clinical knowledge and technical skills in the field of arrhythmia management.

Target Audience

This activity has been developed to meet the educational needs of thoracic and cardiothoracic surgeons, associated professionals, and other members of the surgical care team who are dedicated to the management of cardiac arrhythmia patients.

Learning Objectives

Examine contemporary data on Atrial Fibrillation, including a review of updated guidelines.

Evaluate the importance of a heart team approach for treating cardiac arrhythmias.

Assess the role of concomitant and hybrid therapies for restoring sinus rhythm and improving cardiac output.

Agenda

11:25 – 11:30 AM Welcome and Introduction
Vinod Thourani, MD

11:30 – 11:42 AM Contemporary Data on AFIB: Update on Guidelines
Vinod Thourani, MD

11:42 – 11:54 AM Patient Care Pathway: Importance of a Heart Team Approach to Treating Arrythmias
Chad Stouffer, MD

11:54 AM – 12:06 PM Restoring Sinus Rhythm and Improving Cardiac Output: Concomitant and Hybrid Therapies Marc Gerdisch MD

12:06 – 12:25 PM Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
Moderator: Vinod Thourani, MD
Marc Gerdisch, MD and Chad Stouffer, MD

Registration

www.InnovationsInCRM.com/sts2024

Industry Speaker(s)

Vinod H. Thourani, MD

Marcus Chairman of Cardiovascular Surgery
Piedmont Heart Institute and Piedmont Healthcare
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular: Consultant (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing); Artivion: Consultant (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing); AtriCure: Consultant (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing); Boston Scientific: Consultant (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing); dasi simulations: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Edwards Life Science: Consultant (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing); Jenavalve: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing); Medtronic: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing)
Chadwick Stouffer, MD (he/him/his)

Memorial Health University Medical Center
Savannah, Georgia, United States

Disclosure(s): No relevant disclosure to display
Marc Gerdisch, MD

Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Franciscan Health Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.