Preventing Stroke in 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
Preventing Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation
Date: Tuesday, December 1st, 2020 17:00 – 19:00 CET
We are looking forward to meeting you during this webinar.
Prof. Dr. med. Rabih Azar
Prof. Dr. med. Thomas F. Lüscher
Prof. Dr. med. Antoine Sarkis
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Programme
Moderators: Thomas F. Lüscher, London and Zurich, and Antoine Sarkis, Beirut
| 17:00-17:20 | Management of atrial fibrillation: Easy as ABC… |
Gregory Lip, Liverpool |
| 17:20-17:40 | Rhythm or rate control in atrial fibrillation |
Nassir Marrouche, New Orleans |
| 17:40-18:00 | GLORIA: NOACs in the Middle East |
Rabih Azar, Beirut |
| 18:00-18:20 | How to handle severe bleeding: Dabigatran and Idarucizumab as an example |
Menno Huisman, Leiden |
| 18:20-18:40 | LAA occlusion for patients at risk of bleeding |
Faisal M. A. Al-Samadi, Riyadh |
| 18:40-19:00 | Panel discussion |
Duration of a lecture: 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes discussion
Accreditation
Credits: 2 European CME credits (ECMEC®s) by the EACCME in return for the evaluation questionnaire.