Thursday, 12. June 2025
8:00-8:50 Registration
8:50-9:00 Opening of the symposium and introductory talk
Goran Milašinović (Serbia), Ali Oto (Turkey)
Session 1, Chairman: TBD
9:00-9:20 Hematoma treatment with CIED Patients (Raul Garillo, Argentina)
9:20-9:40 Anticoagulation best pracitces: DOAC in CIED patients (Abdelhamid Moustagfir, Morocco)
9:40-10:00 Management of infections and endocarditis in CIED patients (Mauro Biffi, Italy)
10:00-10:20 Role of anti-bacterial envelope in infection control (Fermando Ochoa, USA)
10:20-10:30 Discussion
Coffee/Tea Break 10:30-11:00
Session 2, Chairman: TBD
11:00-11:30 Current and future lead technology (Eric Cuvillier, USA)
11:30-12:00 EM fields in brady and HV leads: truth and myths (Bozidar Ferek-Petric, Croatia)
12:00-12:30 Long term lead management and survivability: how to use and interpret data (Przemyslav Mitkowski, Poland)
12:30-13:00 How lead design structure impact implantation (Keith Victorine, USA)
13:00-13:30 Discussion
Lunch 13:30-14:30
Session 3, Chairman: TBD
14:30-14:50 No leads in CIED: current and future leadless technology (Dragos Cosma, Romania)
14:50-15:10 Leadless atrial device (Mohammed Magdy, UAE)
15:10-15:30 Subcutaneus HV lead (Goran Milasinovic, Serbia)
15:30-15:50 CIED leads in children and infants (Peter Kubus, Czech R.)
15:50-16:10 Cardiac anatomy from the scope of CIED implanters (Maxim Didenko, Germany)
Coffee/Tea Break 16:10-16:30
Session 4; Chairmen: TBD
16:30-16:50 Leads for physiological pacing (Bratislav Kircanski, Serbia)
16:50-17:10 Long term follow up of LBBP/His pacing leads (Jan de Pooter, Belgium)
17:10-17:25 Discussion
Leads and Simulation Village
13:00-17:30
- Build your own lead
- Extravascular ICD Stimulation
- Lead Injury and the IEGM
- Leadless implantation simulator
- Spectranetics simulator demonstration
- Simulator demonstration on stilet driven CSP lead
Friday, 13. June 2025
Session 1, Chairman: TBD
9:00-9:20 Lead extraction history and development (Charles Kennergren, Sweden)
9:20-9:40 Current guidelines and techniques in catheter based lead extraction (Antonio Curnis, Italy)
9:40-10:00 Surgical lead extraction; first choice or last resort? (Cesar Khazen, Austria)
10:00-10:20 Discussion
Session 2, Chairman: TBD
10:20-10:40 How to precent serious complications during extraction (Brigitte Osswald, Germany)
10:40-11:00 When not to perform lead extraction (Milos Taborsky, Czech R.)
11:00-11:20 Alternative approaches in lead extraction (Laszlo Saghy, Hungary)
11:20-11:40 Difficult venous access and the extraction (Chris Lang, Scotland)
11:40-11:55 Discussion
Coffee/Tea Break 11:55-12:15
Session 3, Chairman: TBD
12:15-12:35 How lead structures influence extraction (Goran Milasinovic, Serbia)
12:35-12:55 How to recognize lead damage on IEGM (Bozidar Ferek-Petric, Croatia)
12:55-13:15 Postprocedural microscopic analysis of extracted leads (Nenad Popovic, Serbia)
13:15-13:30 Discussion
Lunch 13:30-14:30
Session 4, Chairman: TBD
14:30-14:50 Extraction of abandoned and disintegrated leads (Ali Oto, Turkey)
14:50-15:10 Extraction of CS leads (Laszlo Geller, Hungary)
15:10-15:30 Extraction of LBBP/His pacing leads (Oscar Cano, Spain)
15:30-15:50 Retrievabiliry of leadless devices (Petr Neuzil, Czech R.)
15:50-16:10 How to establish sustained extraction program (Spiros Kourouklis, Greece)
16:10-16:30 Discussion
16:30-16:40 Closing remarks (Goran Milasinovic, Ali Oto)
Leads and Simulation Village
13:00-17:30
- Build your own lead
- Extravascular ICD Stimulation
- Lead Injury and the IEGM
- Leadless implantation simulator
- Spectranetics simulator demonstration
- Simulator demonstration on stilet driven CSP lead