Downtown Europe Professional Congress Organisers SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Dr Wim Anné, Roeselare Prof Luc Jordaens, Ghent/Brussels Dr Ivan Blanko , Charleroi Prof Sébastien Knecht, Bruges Prof Dominique Blommaert, Yvoir Dr Pieter Koopman, Hasselt Dr Tim Boussy, Kortrijk Dr Caroline Lepièce, La Louvière Prof Pedro Brugada, Brussels Prof J-B Le Polain de Waroux, Brussels Prof Gian-Baptista Chierchia, Brussels Dr Georges H. Mairesse, Arlon Including a Special Focus Session Prof Carlo de Asmundis, Brussels Dr Dieter Nuyens, Genk on Pacing and Synchronism Dr Yves De Greef, Antwerp Dr Peter Pollet, Roeselare Dr Antoine de Meester, Jolimont Dr Frank Provenier, Ghent Thursday 4th Dr Grim De Meyer, Aalst Dr Maximo Rivero Ayerza, Genk th Dr Tom De Potter, Aalst Prof Andrea Sarkozy, Antwerp & Friday 5 October, 2018 Dr Hans de Wilde, Ghent/Brussels Prof Christophe Scavée, Brussels Dr Dagmara Dilling-Boer, Hasselt Dr Bruno Schwagten, Antwerp www.bhrm.be Prof Mattias Duytschaever, Bruges Dr Dirk Stockman, Antwerp Prof Joris Ector, Leuven Prof Roland Stroobandt, Ghent Dr Philippe Evrard, Liège Prof René Tavernier, Bruges Dr Christophe Garweg, Leuven Dr Liesbeth Timmers, Ghent Dr Peter Geelen, Aalst Dr Lieve Van Casteren, Liège Dr Marnix Goethals, Geel Dr Hugo Van Herendael, Genk Dr Peter Goethals, Brussels Dr Frederic Van Heuverswyn, Ghent Dr Maria Cecila Gonzales, Brussels Dr Yves Vandekerckhove, Bruges Prof Hein Heidbüchel, Antwerp Prof Thierry Verbeet, Brussels Dr Jean-Manuel Herzet, Liège Dr Johan Vijgen, Hasselt Dr Wim Huybrechts, Antwerp Prof Rik Willems, Leuven Dr Michael Wolf, Antwerp Word from the President Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure, as President of the Belgian Heart Rhythm Association, to announce the 12th Belgian Heart Rhythm Meeting “Arrhythmias for every Cardiologist” to be held on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th October 2018. Together with the Organising Committee, we did our very best to propose again an outstanding scientific event! I look forward to welcoming you at the BHRM next October. Dr Yves Vandekerckhove Word from the Organising Committee Dear Colleagues, Each year, the BHRM gathers over 800 participants and, by maintaining the highest standards, offers to all cardiologists the opportunity to update their knowledge in ECG interpretation and in clinical rhythmology with the most recent scientific data and innovations. The scientific programme, presented by a distinguished national and international faculty, focuses on daily management of cardiac arrhythmias. Besides, the 2018 congress includes socio-economic and radioprotection sessions, ECG courses for young cardiologists and teaching sessions for cardiovascular nurses. Selected abstracts are presented in plenary sessions and during moderated poster sessions, highlighting the newest research in the field. The best of them will be awarded during the congress dinner on Thursday evening 4th October. Be welcome to the 12th Belgian Heart Rhythm Meeting! Dr Ivan Blankoff Dr Marnix Goethals Dr Georges H. Mairesse bhrm.be 2 The Belgian Heart Rhythm Meeting aims at sharing expertise on the various diagnostic tools and therapeutic possibilities available to practitioners when deciding upon which approach best serves arrhythmic patients. Words from the Attendees • “This annual congress is a must for every cardiologist.” • “Great annual congress, also perfect education for the non-rhythmologist!” • “Excellent congress, as every year. Dynamism, link with the practice and very positive reception of questions by the experts.” Wednesday, 3rd October 2018 Evening sessions for young cardiologists, trainees and fellows in collaboration with the Young Cardiologists’ Club 18.30 Dinner buffet 19.00 ECG course FR: • Prof Christophe Scavée, Brussels, BE • Prof Thierry Verbeet, Brussels, BE NL: • Prof Roland Stroobandt, Ghent, BE • Prof Frédéric Van Heuverswyn, Ghent, BE • Dr Jan De Pooter, Bruges, BE 21.00 Dessert buffet 3 bhrm.be Thursday, 4th October 2018 07.45 Welcome and Registration 08.25 Opening address Dr Yves Vandekerckhove, Bruges, BE Session 1 Abstracts session Chairs: Prof Gian-Baptista Chierchia, Brussels and Prof Christophe Scavée, Brussels 08.30 Why do clinicians withhold anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation and CHA2DS2-Vasc score ≥2? Verbrugge, F.1, Martin, A.-C.2, Siegal, D.3, Fiarresga, A.4, Pieper, K.5, Camm, J.6, Fox, K.7, Bassand, J.-P.8, Haas, S.9, Goldhaber, S.10, Kakkar, A.11 1Jessa Ziekenhuis, Hasselt, Belgium; 2Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Percy, Clamart, France; 3Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; 4Hospital de Santa Marta, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal; 5Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA; 6St. George’s University of London and Imperial College, London, UK; 7Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; 8University of Besançon, Besançon, France; 9Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany; 10Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, MA, USA; 11University College London, London, UK 08.42 Patients presenting with isolated veins at repeat ablation for recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: incidence, characterization and follow up De Pooter, J.1, El Haddad, M.1, Wolf, M.2, Phlips, T.2, Striusciglio, T.2, Vandekerckhove, Y.2, Tavernier, R.2, Knecht, S.2, Duytschaever, M.2 1University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium; 2AZ Sint Jan Brugge, Brugge, Belgium 08.54 Phrenic nerve injury during pulmonary vein isolation by radiofrequency. An infrequent, disabling but mostly avoidable complication. Deceuninck, O.1, Xhaet, O.1, Dormal, F.1, Purnode, P.1, Blommaert, D.1 1CHU UCL Namur, Site Godinne, Namur, Belgium 09.06 Sacubitril/valsartan reduces ventricular arrhythmias in parallel with left ventricular reverse remodeling in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction Martens, P.1, Nuyens, D.1, Rivero, M.1, Van Herendael, H.1, Dupont, M.1, Mullens, W.1 1Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium bhrm.be 4 09.18 First results from a completely digital AF-screening in the general population Proesmans, T.1, Rivero-Ayerza, M.2, Vanherendael, H.2, Grieten, L.3, Van der Auwera, J.3, Van Gorp, B.3, Leysen, K.3, Nuyens, D.2, Vandervoort, P.2 1Mobile Health Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium, 2Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium, 3Qompium, Hasselt, Belgium Session 2 Cardio-inhibitory syncope Chairs : Prof Luc De Roy, Yvoir and Dr Wim Anné, Roeselaere 09.30 The diagnostic challenge of syncope Prof Jean-Claude Deharo, Marseille, FR 10.00 The therapeutic challenge of syncope Dr Philippe Debruyne, Bonheiden, BE 10.30 Coffee break & Moderated posters session on Clinical Rhythmology Session 3 The critically ill patient with arrhythmias Chairs: Prof Marc Claeys, Antwerp and Dr Antoine de Meester, Jolimont 11.00 Supra-ventricular arrhythmias Prof Giuseppe Boriani, Modena, IT 11.30 Ventricular arrhythmias Prof Laurent Fauchier, Tours, FR Session 4 Protecting every AF patient against stroke and systemic emboli Chairs: Prof Cedric Herman, Brussels and Dr Wim Huybrechts, Antwerp 12.00 New data from 2018 Prof Gregory YH Lip, Birmingham, UK 12.30 Anticoagulant in very old subjects Prof Olivier Hanon, Paris, FR 13.00 Lunch 5 bhrm.be BEHRA-EHRA JOINT SESSIONS SPECIAL FOCUS on Pacing and Synchronism Session 5 Alternative pacing modalities Chairs: Dr Georges H. Mairesse, Arlon and Dr Liesbeth Timmers, Ghent 14.00 Alternative pacing sites with conventional DDD pacemakers Prof Carsten Israel, Bielefeld, DE 14.30 Upgrading DDD patients to CRT devices Dr Dieter Nuyens, Genk, BE Session 6 Challenging issues in resynchronization Chairs: Prof Jean-Benoit Le Polain de Waroux, Brussels and Prof Joris Ector, Leuven 15.00 The useless echocardiography? A step towards multimodal imaging Prof Patrizio Lancellotti, Liège, BE 15.30 The hopeless coronary sinus anatomy? Prof Francisco Leyva, Birmingham, UK 16.00 Coffe break & Moderated posters session on Devices Session 7 Cardiac defibrillators in 2018 Chairs: Dr Christophe Garweg, Leuven and Dr Michael Wolf, Antwerp 16.30 Lessons from the guidelines Prof Carsten Israel, Bielefeld, DE 17.00 Leadless devices or extra-cardiac ICDs : soon reliable alternatives ? Prof Reinoud Knops, Amsterdam, NL Session 8 Challenging device ECGs Chairs: Prof Luc Jordaens, Brussels and Dr Jean-Manuel Herzet, Liège 17.30 Prof Dominique Blommaert, Mont-Godinne, BE Prof Roland Stroobandt, Ghent, BE 18.30 End of DAY 1 bhrm.be 6 Thursday, 4th October 2018 Cocktail & Dinner Registration required prior to the event 18.45 Meet in the lobby of the Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel for transfer by coach to the dinner venue 19.30 Cocktail and Dinner Autoworld Parc du Cinquantenaire 11 1000 Brussels (Belgium) Autoworld is an ideal, particularly original venue in the heart of Brussels, located in the southern hall of the Cinquantenaire Park. This vintage car museum holds a large and varied collection of over 250 vintage European and American automobiles from the late 19th century until the seventies. In 1880 the Belgians celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their independence. Léopold II’s driving ambition was to speed up Belgium’s urban development, and he found this date as an ideal pretext to organise a National Exhibition. Two buildings were designed for this Exhibition linked by semi-circular colonnades with an Arch of Triumph. 7 bhrm.be Friday, 5th October 2018 Session 9 Arrhythmias in athletes Chairs: Dr Philippe Vanduynhoven, Aalst and Dr Caroline