8th ‘W Dobrym Rytmie’ Conference

The 8th ‘W Dobrym Rytmie’ Conference took place on 3-4 November 2017 at the Boulevard Hotel in Toruń.

Friday, 3.11.2017

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Registration of participants

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 1st Session / Warsaw Education Center
Leads: S. Karczmarewicz, B. Szwarc

1. Technology can help us, but it can also spoil us: problem solving during follow-up appointments. Interactive decision-making workshops – B. Szwarc
2. Are you sure you can talk to patients? – Interactive decision-making workshops – psychodrama – A. Mierzyńska

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 2nd Session / Controversy/Hot topics
Leads: A. Przybylski, M. Kempa

1. Pro (P. Mitkowski)/Contra (M. Sterliński): Should every patient with a non-ischemic cardiomyopathy receive an ICD?
2. Pro (A. Głowniak)/Contra (M. Waśniewski): In patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation, ablation of the arrhythmic substrate should be the standard

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. 3rd Session / Anticoagulant therapy and imaging in ablation
Leads: J. Kaźmierczak, A. Lubiński

1. Anticoagulant therapy in ablation – M. Trusz-Gluza
2. The approach to atrial imaging before and during the ablation procedure:
   • Computed tomography + rotational angiography – A. Baszko
   • Selective angiography + angiography with rapid ventricular stimulation – A. Bardyszewski
   • Intracardiac echocardiography – R. Piotrowski
   • Without imaging – A. Fuglewicz

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 4th Session / Cardiac stimulation in the next decade – opportunities and expectations
Leads: P. Mitkowski, O. Kowalski

1. Electrode-free stimulation – clinical reality in registers and Polish realities – K. Kaczmarek
2. Direct stimulation of the His bundle – theoretical basis and practical tips – M. Jastrzębski
3. Vitatron pacemakers first impressions – P. Le Franc

5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. 5th Session / Arrhythmias in young patients: when to observe, when to react?
Leads: K. Bieganowska, P. Derejko

1. Arrhythmias in children – M. Miszczak-Knecht
2. When rhythm disturbances disqualify a person from sport – M. Grabowski
3. The purposefulness and possibilities of ablation in younger children – O. Kowalski

Saturday 4.11.2017

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 6th Session / Therapy dilemmas in patients with implantable devices (Case-based)
Leads: R. Ochotny, S. Karczmarewicz

1. My patient’s EF has normalised after CRTD implantation; the device has to be replaced – A. Lubiński
2. My patient after ICD removal from infectious indications has an ejection fraction of 40% – K. Krzyżanowski
3. My patient with an implanted device in the PP/PW asks to turn off the device – A. Przybylski

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 7th Session / Ventricular tachycardia – causal and symptomatic treatment
Leads: M. Grabowski, P. Ptaszyński

1. The role of revascularisation in the prevention of ventricular tachycardia – R. Gil
2. Life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in the first 48 hours of Acute Coronary Syndrome – who should receive an ICD implant? – A. Sokal
3. Does every patient with ventricular tachycardia require an ICD? – M. Kempa
4. Inappropriate ICD interventions: prevention methods – A. Bissinger

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 8th Session / Modern cardiac electrotherapy devices: seize opportunities, avoid risks
Leads: S. Sielski, M. Sterliński

1. The most important functions in constant cardiac stimulation in selected patient populations – D. Zając
2. The most important possibilities in ICD in selected patient populations – A. Cacko
3. Programmed opportunities to increase the effectiveness of CRT therapy – M. Chlebuś
4. Interference related to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in a patient with an implanted device – L. Michalak

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Lunch

4:00 p.m. Closing of the conference