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Challenges in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation

City
Webinar
Type of event
virtual

Invitation

Dear Dr.

The Zurich Heart House and CERAM would like to invite you to a special webinar on

Challenges in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation

Date: Wednesday, January 13th, 2021, 16:30 – 18:30 CET

We are looking forward to meeting you during this webinar.

Prof. Dr. med. Thomas F. Lüscher
Prof. Dr. med. Antoine Sarkis

 

 

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Programme

Moderators: Thomas F. Lüscher, Zurich and London and Antoine Sarkis, Beirut

16:30-16:50   The new ESC Guidelines on Atrial Fibrillation

Carina Blomström-Lundqvist, Uppsala

16:50-17:10 Medical therapy of AF

A. John Camm, London 

17:10-17:30

Stroke prevention in the elderly and in patients with impaired renal function

Rabih Azar, Beirut

17:30-17:50 Indications for AF ablation

Carina Blomström-Lundqvist, Uppsala

17:50-18:10

Patients with AF and ACS undergoing PCI: What can we learn from Augustus and other trials?

Stephan Windecker, Berne

18:10-18:30 Panel discussion  

 Duration of a lecture: 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes discussion

This programme is supported by Pfizer in the form of an educational grant. The scientific programme has not been influenced in any way by its sponsor.

Accreditation

Credits: 2 European CME credits (ECMEC®s) by the EACCME in return for the evaluation questionnaire.