AUSTIN,
Texas, May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On
April 18-19, 2024, the Texas Cardiac
Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David's Medical Center hosted
its seventh international symposium on complex arrhythmias, EPLive
2024. This year's event included 1,000 registered attendees from
all over the globe, including Argentina, Italy and Japan, with more than 250 people attending in
person.
Participants included practicing clinical cardiac
electrophysiologists, electrophysiologist fellows and general
cardiologists who have an interest in treating complex cardiac
arrhythmias—a condition in which the heart beats with an irregular
or abnormal rhythm. The primary teaching tool was live cases with
expert commentary broadcast from the Electrophysiology Center at
St. David's Medical Center, the leading robotic electrophysiology
center in North America.
Live cases performed during EPLive 2024 featured commercially
approved pulsed field ablation (PFA) systems—the biggest
advancement in the electrophysiology (EP) field in decades. The
first commercially approved PFA case in the U.S. was performed
earlier this year by physicians at TCAI. PFA produces
high-frequency electrical pulses to destroy muscle cells that cause
irregular heart rhythms without using excess heat or cold. The
non-thermal approach does not damage surrounding tissue and,
therefore, enhances patient outcomes.
"The practicality of EPLive—exposing current and aspiring EP
professionals to live cases from the world's leading
electrophysiology experts in different settings with new
technology—is why it is so important to hold this two-day
conference," Andrea Natale, M.D.,
F.H.R.S., F.A.C.C., F.E.S.C., cardiac electrophysiologist and
executive medical director of TCAI and EPLive course director,
said. "With EPLive, we strive to positively impact the lives of
patients across the globe."
In addition to TCAI, some of the world's premier centers
participated: Albert Einstein
College of Medicine (New
York), Cleveland Clinic, Houston Methodist, Kansas City
Heart Rhythm Institute, Massachusetts
General, Monzino Heart Center (Italy), St. Bernard's Heart and Vascular
Center (Arkansas), UCLA Health,
University of Chicago Medicine, UC
Health Center (Colorado),
University of Pennsylvania and
University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center.
In addition to demonstrations from Dr. Natale, EPLive featured
presentations by several TCAI physicians, including course
co-director, Amin Al-Ahmad, M.D.,
John Allison, M.D., Weeranun Bode,
M.D., David Burkhardt, M.D.,
Robert Canby, M.D., Joseph Gallinghouse, M.D., Rodney Horton, M.D., Patrick Hranitzky, M.D. and David Kessler, M.D.
Physicians received a maximum of 14.5 American Medical
Association (AMA) Physician's Recognition Award (PRA) Category 1
Credit™ hours at the conference.
For more information about the conference, visit
EP-Live.com.
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