Leaving Money on the Table: Benefits of Ablation and Left Atrial Appendage Management in Atrial Fibrillation

Moderator(s)

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  Stefano Schena, MD, PhD

  Associate Professor of Surgery
  Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery - Medical College of Wisconsin
  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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  HelenMari Merritt, DO (she/her/hers)

  Cardiothoracic Surgeon
  Nebraska Methodist Hospital
  Elkhorn, Nebraska, United States

Presentations:

• 9:45 AM – 9:55 AM CT

  Late Breaking: The STS 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Key Takeaways and How Do They Differ from the ACC/AHA Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Practice Guidelines?
  

  Presenting Author: Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD, MPH – Texas Health Resources
• 9:55 AM – 10:05 AM CT

  Concomitant Management of AF During Cardiac Surgery: Current State and Tips to Enhance Your Practice
  

  Invited Speaker: Patrick M. McCarthy, MD – Northwestern Medicine, Division of Cardiac Surgery
• 10:05 AM – 10:10 AM CT

  Audience Q&A
• 10:10 AM – 10:20 AM CT

  Left Atrial Appendage: What's Old, What's New, Is It Enough?
  

  Invited Speaker: Richard Whitlock, MD PhD FRCSC – McMaster University
• 10:20 AM – 10:25 AM CT

  Audience Q&A
• 10:25 AM – 10:33 AM CT

  Longitudinal Survival Advantage of Concomitant Surgical Ablation in Paroxysmal as well as Persistent Atrial Fibrillation during Mitral Valve Surgery
  

  Presenting Author: Ali Darehzereshki, MD – West Virginia University
• 10:33 AM – 10:38 AM CT

  Invited Discussant
  

  Discussant: Ralph Damiano, Jr., MD (he/him/his) – Washington University School of Medicine
• 10:38 AM – 10:43 AM CT

  Audience Q&A
• 10:43 AM – 10:53 AM CT

  Hybrid Treatment of Persistent and Long-Standing AF: The CONVERGE Trial and the AF Multidisciplinary Approach
  

  Invited Speaker: Christian Shults, MD – Medstar Heart and Vascular Institute
• 10:53 AM – 11:15 AM CT

  Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
  

  Panelist: Patrick M. McCarthy, MD – Northwestern Medicine, Division of Cardiac Surgery

  Panelist: Ralph Damiano, Jr., MD (he/him/his) – Washington University School of Medicine

  Panelist: Christian Shults, MD – Medstar Heart and Vascular Institute

  Panelist: Richard Whitlock, MD PhD FRCSC – McMaster University