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Scientific Programme

19TH FEBRUARY, FRIDAY • GRAND BALL ROOM I & II
SESSION FOR PARAMEDICS
10.00 - 01.30 pm Basics of ECG  
  Chairpersons : Jagdish Parikh, Ketan Mehta  
10.00 - 10.18 am Technical considerations in taking ECG PA Kale
10.18 - 10.36 am What is a normal ECG? Snehal Kothari
10.36 - 10.54 am Overview on bradyarrhythmias SB Gupta
10.54 - 11.12 am Overview on tachyarrhythmias KK Varshney
11.12 - 11.30 am Identifying ischemia & infarction GR Kane
11.30- 2.00 noon TEA BREAK  
12.00 - 1.30 pm Basics of EP and Pacing  
  Chairpersons : Santosh Dora, Jitendra Makkar  
12.00 - 12.18 pm What is electrophysiology study & RF ablation? Shomu Bora
12.18 - 12.36 pm Understanding the EP equipment & catheters Benjamin, Cordis
12.36 - 12.54 pm Pacemaker parameters - what to measure & how? Govind, Medtronics
12.54 - 1.12 pm Intracardiac defibrillators - implant preparations! Amit Desai, Medtronics
1.12 - 1.30 pm How is LV lead placed & the hardware required in the lab! Asish Singh, St. Jude
1.30 - 2.30 pm LUNCH  
2.30 - 4.00 pm Understanding Devices (OPEN FOR PARAMEDICS & ISECON DELEGATES)
  Chairpersons : Joy Thomas, Ramesh Dargad  
2.30 - 2.48 pm How has devices improved management of arrhythmia & heart failure patient ! Jignesh Shah
2.48 - 3.06 pm Pacemaker function and technical advances Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Medtronic
3.06 - 3.24 pm FAQs on devices:day to day issues and medical procedure guidelines Govind, Medtronic
3.24 - 3.42 pm ICD: what all can it do? Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Medtronic
3.42 - 4.00 pm CRT: what is it & how does it work? Rakesh Yadav
4.00 - 4.30 pm TEA BREAK  
     
19TH FEBRUARY, FRIDAY • POWAI BALL ROOM I & III
2.30 - 6.30 pm BCLS course for 70 pre-registered paramedics  
  Course Directors : Kedar Toraskar, Deepa Kane  
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19TH FEBRUARY, FRIDAY • POWAI BALL ROOM II
4.30 - 6.30 pm Device workshop  
  Co-ordinators : Jignesh Shah, Aftab Khan  
4.30 - 6.30 pm Hands-on with devices - Temporary pulse generators, PSAs, programming permanent pacemakers, defibrillators, EP equipment etc. Rajesh Radhakrishnan
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19TH FEBRUARY, FRIDAY • GRAND BALL ROOM
7.30 - 9.00 pm They ask, you answer!  
  Conductor: Prof Hein Wellens.  
  (Open for ISECON delegates & I-HRS members)  
  Panelists: Martin Green, Behzad Pavri, Dipen Shah, C Narsimhan, Yash Lokhandwala
9.00 pm onwards Inaugural Dinner (Terrace)  
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19TH FEBRUARY, FRIDAY • GRAND BALL ROOM III
SESSION FOR INDIAN-HRS MEMBERS
11.30 - 1.30 pm Live-in the box: AF ablation Dipen Shah
  Moderators : C Narsimhan, Behzad Pavri,
Gautam Sharma, Ameya Udeyavar
 
1.30 - 2.15 pm LUNCH  
2.15 - 4.00 pm Guest Lectures  
  Chairpersons : Viveka Kumar, Hygriv Rao  
2.15 - 2.55 pm Trouble-shooting devices & advanced features Behzad Pavri
2.55 -3.20 pm ECG for EP’s in a nutshell Martin Green
3.20 - 4.00 pm EP traces that fascinated me Hein Wellens
4.00 - 6.30 pm Indian - HRS Registry Meeting  
4.00 - 5.00 pm Challenging device case presentations  
  Chairpersons: A G Ravikishore, Kartikeya Bhargava  
  Case Presenters: Shashidhar, Sanjay Bindra, Anoop Gupta,
P. Haridas, Rakesh Yadav, Rajnish S
 
5.00 - 6.30 pm Complex EP trace presentations  
  Chairpersons: Martin Green, C Narsimhan  
  Case Presenters: K Sharada, Sachin N, Kartikeya Bhargava, Anees Thajudeen, Santosh Dora, Rajesh Badani, David Chase, T Murlidharan, K Chandrasekhar, Jignesh Shah  
6.35 - 7.15 pm HRS GBM arrow
20TH FEBRUARY, SATURDAY • GRAND BALL ROOM
SESSIONS OPEN TO ISECON DELEGATES
09.00-10.00 am VT in apparently normal hearts  
  Moderator : Amit Vora, Skand Trivedi  
09.00 - 09.15 am “Yours truly” idiopathic VT Rakesh Yadav
09.15 - 09.30 am Camouflaged channelopathies KK Narayanan Namboodri
09.30 - 09.45 am Subtle structural abnormalities Yash Lokhandwala
09.45 - 10.00 am Discussion with take home messages  
10.00-11.00 am ECG in the young  
  Moderator : Bharat Dalvi, Hema Kulkarni  
10.00 - 10.15 am Is this ECG normal? S S Kothari
10.15 - 10.30 am Bradycardia - when & how to pace? Prakash Kamath
10.30 - 10.45 am Tachycardia - drugs or ablation! R Juneja
10.45 - 11.00 am Discussion with case scenario  
11.00-11.30 am TEA BREAK  
11.30 - 1.30 pm The Final Word  
  Moderators : Asunga Dunuwille (Sri Lanka), Chetan Shah  
11.30 - 12.00 pm ECG for decision making in ACS Hein Wellens
12.00 - 12.30 pm Sudden death-do we have a crystal ball ! Behzad Pavri
12.30 - 01.00 pm Dissecting tachy-brady syndrome K K Sethi
01.00 - 01.30 pm Wide QRS tachy - separating myths from reality Martin Green
01.30-02.30 pm LUNCH ON SESSION : IHRS MEMBERS & DEVICE - EP INDUSTRY REPRESENTATVIE
02.30-03.30 pm Atrial fibrillation  
  Moderators : Ashish Nabar, Chandrashekhar  
02.30 - 02.45 pm Stroke prevention-current and future perspectives K K Talwar
02.45 - 03.00 pm Sinus rhythm - which AAD for whom? VS Prakash
03.00 - 03.15 pm Ablation - the magic wand for whom? Dipen Shah
03.15 - 03.30 pm Discussion with take home messages  
03.30-04.30 pm Understanding implantable devices  
  Moderators : Darshan Jhala, Asit Shah  
03.30 - 03.45 pm Common pacemaker malfunction Rajnish Sardana
03.45 - 04.00 pm Repeated ICD shocks - escaping from the chakravyuh! Anil Saxena
04.00 - 04.15 pm Bi-V pacing - current clinical overview T S Kler
04.15 - 04.30 pm Discussion with take home messages  
04.30 - 05.00 pm TEA BREAK  
05.00 - 06.00 pm Pot-pouri  
  Moderators : Uday Mahorkar, Prashant Jagtap  
05.00 - 05.20 pm Pharmacologic options for VT Jay Prakash
05.20 - 05.40 pm ECG in the ICU- the milieu interior, the false alarm Aditya Kapoor
05.40 - 06.00 pm Heart failure - beyond the usual suspect! C Narsimhan
06.00 - 06.36 pm Controversies  
  Moderators : SK Dwivedi, Atahar Ali, Bangladesh  
06.00 - 06.18 pm VVI pacemakers are obsolete Rabin Chakraborty vs
Sriram Rajgopal
06.18 - 06.36 pm ICDs as primary prophylaxis for LVEF < 30%
should not be recommended in India
Nitish Naik vs
Balbir Singh
06.45 - 07.15 pm ISE - General Body Meeting  
07.30 - 09.00 pm Baffling scenarios- Veterans vs not-so-young Turks  
  Moderator : Yash Lokhandwala  
  Panelists : Hein Wellens, Martin Green, MJ Gandhi vs
Behzad Pavri, C Narsimhan & Amit Vora
 
9.00 pm onwards BANQUET (Renaissance Lawns)  
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21ST FEBRUARY, SUNDAY • GRAND BALL ROOM
  Chairpersons : S.B. Gupta, Jagdish Parikh  
09.00 - 09.15 am PANARM data Ajay Naik
09.15 - 09.35 am Presidential oration  
  Arrhyhmias in adults with congenital heart disease AG Ravi Kishore
09.35 - 12.05 pm Guest Lectures  
  Chairpersons : KC Mehta, Hema Kulkarni  
09.35 - 10.05 am “Deciphering atrial tachycardia” Hein Wellens
10.05 - 10.35 am “Utility of ECG in managing syncope” Martin Green
10.35 - 11.05 am TEA BREAK  
  Chairpersons : MJ Gandhi, Uday Jadhav  
11.05 - 11.35 am “10 myths about AF” Behzad Pavri
11.35 - 12.05 pm “Future of arrhythmia management” Dipen Shah
12.05 - 01.20 pm Arrhythmology 2010: what have we learned!  
  Moderator : Amit Vora  
  Panelists : Hein Wellens, Martin Green, DB Pahlajani
 
01.20 - 01.30 pm Vote of thanks S. B. Gupta
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