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Thursday 30th September and Friday 1st October 2010

Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel and Congress Centre

4th Belgian Heart Rhythm Meeting “Arrhythmias for every Cardiologist“ 4th Belgian Heart Rhythm Meeting

Dear Colleagues,

The Belgian Heart Rhythm Meeting aims at sharing expertise on the The Belgian Heart Rhythm Association (BeHRA) is pleased to announce the various diagnostic tools and therapeutic th possibilities available to practitioners 4 Belgian Heart Rhythm Meeting when deciding upon which approach best “Arrhythmias for every Cardiologist“ serves your arrhythmic patients. The congress will be held on Thursday 30th September and Friday 1st October 2010 at the Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel and Congress Centre.

The scientifi c programme is organised in collaboration with theNetherlands Heart Accreditation Rhythm Association and the French Society of Cardiology Working Group on The 4th Belgian Heart Rhythm Meeting is Arrhythmias and Cardiac Stimulation. accredited by the INAMI/RIZIV for 10 credit points in cardiology and 1 credit point in Leading national and international experts will present state-of-the-art lectures ethics. on topics most frequently raised in rhythmology, a key-note lecture will focus on ECG interpretation and a selection of the best abstracts will be included in the programme. Last but not least, a session on AF Ablation will provide live- transmission from the EP LAB.

Amidst the scientifi c activity, registrants will also enjoy the opportunity tocome together at a gala dinner on Thursday evening.

We look forward to welcoming you at the Belgian Heart Rhythm Meeting on 30th September and 1st October 2010 in Brussels - Zaventem.

Sincerely yours,

Ivan BLANKOFF Marnix GOETHALS Georges H. MAIRESSE

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12.00 Live case 2 – Emerging imaging and mapping technologies in practice Thursday, 30th September 2010 Prof René Tavernier, Bruges, B Prof Mattias Duytschaever, Bruges, B 12.30 Panel discussion Prof Sabine Ernst, London, UK; Dr Christophe Scavée, Brussels, B; 7.45 Registration and breakfast Dr Yves Vandekerckhove, Bruges, B and Prof Luc De Roy, Brussels, B 08.15 Welcome address 13.00 Lunch Dr Georges H. Mairesse, Arlon, B SESSION 5 CLINICAL BENEFIT OF FACTOR Xa INHIBITION SESSION 1 CAN DEVICES BEAT DRUGS FOR STROKE PREVENTION IN PATIENTS Prof Guy Van Camp, Brussels, B and Prof Guy Berkenboom, Brussels, B WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION? Dr Philippe Evrard, Liège, B and Dr Maximo Rivero Ayerza, Genk, B 14.00 Outside the world of arrhythmias Prof Philippe Hainaut, Brussels, B 08.30 The role of the electrophysiologist in closing the LAA Prof Pedro Brugada, Brussels, B 14.30 Tomorrow also inside the world of arrhythmias? Prof Hein Heidbüchel, Leuven, B 09.00 The role of the interventional cardiologist in closing the PFO Prof Victor Legrand, Liège, B SESSION 6 VT ABLATION Dr Frank Provenier, Ghent, B and Prof Thierry Verbeet, Brussels, B SESSION 2 CAN BELGIUM AFFORD ADEQUATE PRIMARY PREVENTION OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH WITH ICD’S 15.00 Optimal management of ventricular arrhythmias Organised in collaboration with the Netherlands Heart Rhythm Association Prof Karl-Heinz Kuck, Hamburg, D (NHRA) - Session accredited for economy and ethics. 15.30 Live in the box case study: substrate-based radiofrequency ablation Prof Carel C. de Cock, Amsterdam, NL and Dr Johan Vijgen, Hasselt, B of ventricular tachycardia 09.30 Implementation of international guidelines in The Netherlands Dr Tom De Potter and Dr Peter Geelen, Aalst, B Prof Luc Jordaens, Rotterdam, NL 15.45 Panel discussion 10.00 Possibilities and limitations of the Belgian ICD reimbursement model 16.00 Coffee break Dr Rob van den Oever, Brussels, B SESSION 7 HOW TO MANAGE SVT 10.30 Coffee break Organised in collaboration with the French Society of Cardiology Working SESSION 3 & 4 AF ABLATION: LIVE-TRANSMISSION FROM THE EP LAB Group on Arrhythmias and Cardiac Stimulation Dr Yves Vandekerckhove, Bruges, B and Prof Luc De Roy, Brussels, B Prof Serge Cazeau, Paris, F and Dr Peter Goethals, Brussels, B 11.00 Live case 1 – Paroxysmal AF ablation 16.30 When to ablate asymptomatic WPW? Prof Mattias Duytschaever, Bruges, B Prof Didier Klug, Lille, F Prof René Tavernier, Bruges, B 17.00 AV nodal reentrant tachycardia: improving outcome 11.30 Ablation in the management of atrial fibrillation in 2010 and safety with ablation Prof Sabine Ernst, London, UK Prof Thierry Verbeet, Brussels, B

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Friday, 1st October 2010

SESSION 8 ABSTRACTS SESSION SESSION 9 ECG: THE EXPERT’S INTERPRETATION Prof Rik Willems, Leuven, B and Prof Luc De Roy, Brussels, B Prof Hugo Ector, Leuven, B and Dr Camille Pesch, Luxembourg, L 17.30 Results from the FREEDOM trial – Assess the safety and efficacy 08.30 Keynote Lecture of frequent optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy Prof Hein J.J. Wellens, Maastricht, NL M. Vanderheyden1, D. Blommaert2, W.T. Abraham3, D. Gras4, C.M. Yu5, SESSION 10 CRT, TODAY AND TOMORROW L. Guzzo6, D. Bouchez7, and J. Herre8 Prof Olivier Gurné, Brussels, B, and Prof Werner Budts, Leuven,B 1 Cardiovascular Center Aalst, Aalst, Belgium; 2 Cliniques Universitaires de Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium; 3 The Ohio State University Heart Center, 09.30 Future indications of CRT devices Columbus, Ohio, United States of America; 4 Nouvelles Cliniques Nantaises, Prof Cheuk-Man Yu, Hong Kong, CN Nantes, France; 5 Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong , China; 10.00 Optimization of CRT devices with echo 6 St Jude Medical International, Inc, Zaventem, Belgium; 7 St Jude Medical Dr Nico Van de Veire, Ghent, B and Prof Patrizio Lancellotti, Liège, B Belgium, Diegem, Belgium; 8 Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA, United States of America 10.30 Coffee break 17.45 Long-term follow-up of ICD therapy as bridge to heart transplantation 10.30-10.45 The World Heart Rhythm Week – June 2010 – The Belgian experience L. Van Casteren, H. Heidbüchel, P. Koopman, C. Garweg, Prof Nyree Claes, Hasselt, B; Dr Marnix Goethals, Roeselare, B; J. Vanhaecke, J. Van Cleemput, W. Droogne, R. Willems. Department of Dr Peter Goethals, Brussels, B; Dr Georges H. Mairesse, Arlon, B; Cardiology University Hospital Gasthuisberg University of Leuven, Belgium Dr Dieter Nuyens, Leuven, B; Dr Ward Schrooten, Hasselt, B; Dr Bruno Schwagten, Antwerp, B; Dr Johan Vijgen, Hasselt, B 18.00 VT substrate ablation reduces ICD shocks Ketels S, Smit JJJ, Elvan A, Ramdat Misier AR. Hospital: Department of SESSION 11 ACUTE MANAGEMENT OF ARRHYTHMIAS Cardiology, Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, The Netherlands Organised in collaboration with the Belgian Interdisciplinary Working Group on Acute Cardiac Care (BIWAC) 18.15 Usefulness of the magnetic navigation system in ablation of ventricular Dr Antoine de Meester, Haine-St-Paul, B, and Prof Marc Claeys, Antwerp, B tachycardia: acute and follow-up results compared to manual ablation B. Schwagten1, T. Bauernfeind2, N. De Groot2, Y. Van Belle2, D. Haitsma2, 11.00 Narrow QRS tachycardia L. Jordaens2, T. Szili-Torok2 Prof Pascal Defaye, Grenoble, F 1 Middelheim Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium; 2 Erasmus Medical Center, 11.30 Wide QRS tachycardia Rotterdam, The Netherlands Prof Luc De Roy, Brussels, B 18.30-18.45 Non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy and right ventricular dysfunction SESSION 12 CHANGING PARADIGMS IN AF MANAGEMENT are associated with defibrillation test failure Dr Marnix Goethals, Roeselare, B and Dr Ivan Blankoff, Charleroi, B L. Stefan1, K. Sedlacek1, L. Riedlbauchova 2, J. Kautzner 1 1 Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic 12.00 From rhythm control to AF management: insights from ATHENA 2 Universitary Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic Prof Etienne Aliot, Nancy, F BeHRA-MEDA Award for the best abstract and the best poster 12.30 From clinical data to the new ESC guidelines: implications in daily practice Prof Hein Heidbüchel, Leuven, B 20.00 Cocktail and dinner at the Concert Noble Celebrating Founding Fathers of Electrophysiology 13.00 Lunch

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SESSION 13 Optimising antithrombotic therapy in AF Prof Hein Heidbüchel, Leuven, B and Dr Pierre Mélon, Liège, B 14.00 Novel anticoagulation strategies in AF CLINICAL RYTHMOLOGY and DEVICES Prof Mattias Duytschaever, Bruges, B 1 TWENTY-YEAR ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FOLLOW-UP AFTER REPAIR 14.20 What’s new in the anti-thrombotic guidelines? OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT Dr Marnix Goethals, Roeselare, B M. Massin, S.G. Malekzadeh-Milani, S. Knecht, H. Demanet, P. Wauthy, H. Dessy, T. Verbeet. H.U.D.E.R.F. and CHU Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium 14.40 Expert panel discussion 2 ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN EARLY RECOGNITION OF FABRY DISEASE SESSION 14 DOES HEART RATE COUNT? M. Namdar, MD, F. Bayrak, MD, Y. Yazaki, MD, Y. Jayakeerthy, MD, C. de Asmundis, MD, Dr Georges H. Mairesse; Arlon, B and Dr David Raes, Antwerp, B A. Sarkozy, MD, G-B. Chierchia, MD and P. Brugada, MD 15.00 Cardioprotective effects of heart rate reduction 3 IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDERS: DIAGNOSTIC AND POSSIBLE THERAPEUTIC YIELD Prof Uta Hoppe, Cologne, D IN PATIENTS WITH UNEXPLAINED SYNCOPE: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE L. Van Casteren, D. Nuyens, R. Willems, P. Koopman, C. Garweg, H. Heidbuchel Department of 15.30 How to manage heart rate in cardiac failure patients? Cardiology University Hospital Gasthuisberg University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium Prof Michel Komajda, Paris, F 4 DETRIMENTAL IMPACT OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR PACING IN HEART FAILURE 16.00 Coffee break PATIENTS WITH NARROW QRS DURATION: INSIGHTS FROM NON INVASIVE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC MAPPING SESSION 15 EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT … O Xhaet*, S Ploux*, N Linton*, A Shah*, L Rivard*, A Jadidi*, S Myiazaki*, X Liu*, A Forclaz*, I Nault*, Prof Dominique Blommaert, Yvoir, B and Prof Roland Stroobandt, Ghent, B M Strom§, C Ramanathan§, N Derval*, F Sacher*, A Deplagne*, P Ritter*, M Hocini*, P Jaïs*, M Haïssaguerre*, J Clementy*, P Bordachar*; * Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut Lévêque, Bordeaux, 16.30 Predicting heart failure in ICD recipients: myth or reality? France, § CardioInsight, Inc., Cleveland, OH Prof Nicolas Sadoul, Nancy, F 5 NONINVASIVE 3D ELECTRICAL ACTIVATION IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS WITH 17.00 The true value of diagnostics in pacemakers NARROW QRS COMPLEXES Dr Marnix Goethals, Roeselare, B O Xhaet*, A Shah*, N Linton*, S Myiazaki*, X Liu*, A Forclaz*, L Rivard*, A Jadidi*, I Nault*, M Strom§, C Ramanathan§, N Derval*, F Sacher*, S Ploux*, M Hocini*, P Jaïs*, P Ritter*, SESSION 16 LEAD EXTRACTION: CAN CARDIOLOGISTS COPE WITH SURGEONS? M Haïssaguerre*, P Bordachar*; * Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut Lévêque, Bordeaux, France, Dr Jean-Luc Jansens, Brussels, B and Dr Peter Geelen, Aalst, B § CardioInsight, Inc., Cleveland, OH 17.30 How to manage pacemaker infections? 6 DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE OF SIMPLE ECG-PARAMETERS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF Prof Aldo Rinaldi, London, UK DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION M. Namdar, MD, A. Sorgente, MD, F. Bayrak, MD, Y. Yazaki, MD, Y. Jayakeerthi, MD, 18.00 The laser solution C. de Asmunis, MD, G-B. Chierchia, MD, A. Sarkozy, MD and P. Brugada, MD, PhD Prof Francis Wellens, Brussels, B Heart Rhythm Management Centre, UZB Brussels 18.30 - 18.45 Closing address 7 EVITA: MINIMIZATION OF PACING IN THE VENTRICLE VIA VIP FEATURE Dr Ivan Blankoff, Charleroi, B J. Schurmans1, P. Peytchev2, J. Leroy3, S. Pakarinen4; J. Voitk5, C. Barr6, M. Hall7, E. Himmrich8, D. Bouchez9, A. Bauer10; 1 AZ Sint Dimpna, Geel, Belgium; 2 Cardiovascular Centre Aalst, Aalst, Belgium; 3 Hôpital St Joseph, GHdC, Gilly, Belgium; 4 Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; 5 North Estonian Regional Hospital Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia; 6 Russels-Hall Hospital, Dudley, UK; 7 Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom; 8 Klinikum der Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany; 9 St Jude Medical Belgium, Diegem, Belgium; 10 University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; on behalf of the EVITA study investigators

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8 HEART RATE AND HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE ONE YEAR AFTER MYOCARDIAL 16 INCIDENCE OF PERICARDIAL EFFUSION FOLLOWING INFARCTION CRYOBALLOON ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN A Ioannidis A, Tsounis D, Hellenic Open University, School of Social Sciences, Patra, Greece SUBSTANTIAL COHORT OF PATIENTS G-B. Chierchia MD, L. Capulzini MD, A. Sarkozy MD, G. Paparella MD, C. De Asmundis MD, 9 PATIENTS WHO NEED PERMANENT VENTRICULAR PACING: CHARACTERISTICS M. Namdar MD, F. Bayrak MD, A. Sorgente MD, Y. Yazaki MD, Y. Jayakeerthi and P. Brugada MD, OF 1810 PATIENTS WHO ARE INCLUDED IN THE BIOPACE STUDY PhD. Heart Rhythm Management Center, UZ brussel -VUB, Belgium L. De Roy1, G.H. Mairesse3, J.-J. Blanc4, M. Lunati5, C. Piorkowski6, V. Paul7, D. Wuensch8, D. Bouchez9, R.C. Funck10; 1 Cliniques Universitaires UCL, Yvoir, Belgium; 3 Cliniques du Sud- 17 ANATOMICAL EXTENSION OF PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION AFTER CRYOBALLOON Luxembourg, Arlon, Belgium; 4 CHU Brest Cavale Blanche, Brest, France; 5 Azienda Ospedaliera ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: COMPARISON BETWEEN THE 23 MM AND 28 MM Niguarda, Milano, Italy; 6 Herzzentrum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; 7 Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, BALLOON Australia; 8 St Jude Medical International, Inc, Zaventem, Belgium; 9 St Jude Medical Belgium, G-B. Chierchia MD, C. de Asmundis MD, A. Sarkozy MD, Y. Yazaki MD, F. Bayrak MD, A. Sorgente Diegem, Belgium; 10 Philipps Univ, Marburg, Germany MD, M. Namdar MD, G. Paparella MD, J. Rao MD, P. Brugada MD. PhD. Heart Rhythm Management Center, UZ Brussel-VUB Brussels, Belgium 10 VALUE OF REMOTE MONITORING IN IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF SCHEDULED IN-OFFICE ICD FOLLOW-UPS 18 MONITORING CHANGES IN AF CYCLE LENGTH DURING ABLATION ARE ACCURATELY G. De Meyer, Y. De Greef, B. Schwagten, E. Schepers, D. Stockman; ZNA Middelheim. Antwerp ESTIMATED FROM THE SURFACE ECG O Xhaet*, A Forclaz*, N Linton*, A Shah*, S Narayan* , A Jadidi*, L Rivard*, S Myiazaki*, X Liu*, 11 PERFORMANCE OF MEDTRONIC ATTAIN STARFIX 4195 LEAD: A 3-YEAR SINGLE I Nault*, N Derval*, F Sacher*, M Hocini*,P Jaïs*,M Haïssaguerre. * Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut CENTRE EXPERIENCE Lévêque, Bordeaux, France D. De Cleen, D. Dilling-Boer, J. Vijgen, L. Herbots, R. Geukens; Virga Jesseziekenhuis, Departement of Cardiology, Hasselt, Belgium 19 ADDITIVE VALUE OF ROUTINE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY DURING CLASSICAL FLUOROSCOPICAL TRANSSEPTAL PUNCTURE IN THE SETTING OF 12 THE BEHAVIOR OF T-WAVE ALTERNANS (TWA) AND BEAT-TO-BEAT VARIABILITY OF PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION REPOLARISATION (BVR) DURING EARLY POST ISCHEMIC REMODELING IN A PIG MODEL Bayrak F MD, Chierchia GB MD, Yazaki Y MD , Sorgente A MD , Namdar M MD, Jayakeerthi Y MD, V. Floré1, P. Claus2, G. Antoons1, K. Sipido1, R.Willems1; 1 Lab. of Experimental Cardiology, University Sarkozy A MD, de Asmundis C MD , Brugada P MD,PhD. Heart Rhythm Management Center, UZ of Leuven, Belgium; 2 Medical Imaging Center, University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium Brussels-VUB, Belgium ABLATION 20 CT EVALUATION OF OSTIAL PULMONARY VEIN DIAMETERS AND LEFT ATRIAL VOLUME 13 ENDOCARDIAL ELECTROGRAMS IN EPICARDIALLY ABLATED VENTRICULAR BEFORE AND AFTER PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION USING THE PULMONARY VEIN TACHYCARDIAS ABLATION CATHETER T. Boussy, A. Berruezo, J. Ortiz, E. Guasch, D. Pérez, D. Andreu, E. Silva, L. Mont, J. Brugada Y. De Greef1, S. Raeymaeckers2, B. Schwagten1, D. Desurgeloose2, G. De Meyer1, D. Stockman1, AZ Groeninge Kortrijk, Maria Middelares Gent, Hospital Clinic Barcelona R. Tavernier3 and M. Duytschaever3,4; 1 Department of Cardiology, Antwerp Cardiovascular Institute Middelheim, Belgium; 2 Department of Radiology, Antwerp Cardiovascular Institute Middelheim, 14 EVALUATION OF VENTRICULAR RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION LESIONS THROUGH Belgium; 3 Department of Cardiology, Sint Jan Hospital Bruges, Belgium; 4 University Hospital of CONTRAST ENHANCED-CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE Ghent, Belgium T. Boussy, A. Berruezo, J. Ortiz, E. Guasch, D. Pérez, E. Silva, D. Andreu, L. Mont, J. Brugada AZ Groeninge Kortrijk, Maria Middelares Gent, Hospital Clinic Barcelona 21 A NOVEL MULTIELECTRODE CATHETE FOR ABLATION OF RIGHT ATRIAL FLUTTER G. De Meyer, Y. De Greef, D. Stockman, B. Schwagten ZNA Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium 15 COMPARISON OF ELECTROANATOMICAL VOLTAGE MAP AND CE-CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN DETERMINING THE TRUE ENDOCARDIAL SCAR 22 INCIDENCE AND TIMING OF ACUTE PULMONARY VEIN RECONNECTION AFTER PVAC- AREA IN POST MI VT GUIDED PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION T. Boussy, A. Berruezo, J. Ortiz, E. Guasch, D. Pérez, E. Silva, D. Andreu, L. Mont, J. Brugada Y. De Greef1, M. Duytschaever2,3, B. Schwagten1, G. De Keulenaer1, G. De Meyer1 and AZ Groeninge Kortrijk, Maria Middelares Gent, Hospital Clinic Barcelona D. Stockman1; 1 Department of Cardiology, Antwerp Cardiovascular Institute Middelheim, Belgium; 2 Department of Cardiology, Sint Jan Hospital Bruges, Belgium; 3 University Hospital of Ghent, Belgium

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Language All sessions will be in English.

Venue Registration fees Sheraton Brussels Airport and Congress Centre Brussels International Airport - 1930 Zaventem - Belgium Delegates can register by returning the enclosed registration form to the Organising Phone +32 (0)2 710 8000 - Fax +32 (0)2 710 8080 Secretariat. Online registration is also available at www.behra.be. www.sheratonbrusselsairport.be The following rates apply (in Euros): Congress registration fee: BeHRA members: E 75 BeHRA non members: E 100 Access Students, fellows, allied professionals: E 25 By train Gala Dinner registration fee: E 100 The airport train station is located below the airport terminal (level-1). Up to 4 trains per hour connect Brussels North, Brussels Central and Brussels South (Midi) stations to the airport. By bus from Brussels Schumann Accommodation The “Airport Line” is a bus connection between the European district and Brussels National Special rates for BeHRA Congress participants are negotiated at the Sheraton Brussels Airport. Bus 12 or Bus 21. Airport Hotel for the nights of 29th September and 30th September 2010. To reserve your By car room, please complete the hotel reservation form and send it to the Organising Secretariat. On the Brussels ring-road, follow the Brussels Airport signage “Zaventem Airport”. Once • Single room E 150 arrived at the airport, follow the sign “departure”. The hotel is situated on your left, opposite • Double room E 175 the hall of departures. Rates are per night including buffet breakfast

Parking Organising Secretariat You can park your car in one of the car parks near the terminal of the airport. You can choose Downtown Europe between Front Park 1, 2 or 3. They are open 24h/24h. Professional Congress Organisers Rates: www.brusselsairport.be Avenue A.J. Slegerslaan, 397 B-1200 Brussels All payment machines in the car parks at the airport accept cash or credit cards (Visa, Tel + 32 (0)2 732 35 20 Eurocard, American Express, Diners Club). Fax + 32 (0)2 736 89 30 Email: [email protected] Welcome and registration The welcome desk will be open on Thursday 30th September 2010 from 7.45 a.m. and on Friday 1st October 2010 from 8.00 a.m.

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The Belgian Heart Rhythm Association would like to thank the following sponsors for providing support that contributes to the overall quality of this Congress: Thursday, 30th September 2010 Platinum Sponsor

Celebrating Founding Fathers of Electrophysiology

Major Sponsors

Location Concert Noble Rue d’Arlon 82, B-1040 Brussels

Sponsors Registration requested prior to the event Aga Medical, Arseus Hospital, Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Transfers by coach to the dinner venue: Meda Pharma, Medtronic, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Meet at 19h15 in the lobby of the Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel Sorin, Spectranetics, St. Jude Medical

13 14 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ORGANISING COMMITTEE • Dr Ivan Blankoff • Dr Ivan Blankoff • Prof. Dominique Blommaert • Dr Marnix Goethals • Prof Pedro Brugada • Dr Georges H. Mairesse • Dr Antoine de Meester • Dr Tom De Potter • Prof Mattias Duytschaever • Prof Hugo Ector ORGANISING SECRETARIAT • Dr Philippe Evrard Downtown Europe • Dr Peter Geelen Professional Congress Organisers • Dr Peter Goethals Avenue A.J. Slegerslaan 397 • Dr Marnix Goethals B-1200 Brussels, Belgium • Prof Hein Heidbüchel Tel +32 (0) 2 732 35 20 • Prof Luc Jordaens Fax +32 (0) 2 736 89 30 • Dr Sébastien Knecht Email: [email protected] • Dr Georges H. Mairesse • Dr Dieter Nuyens • Dr Frank Provenier • Dr Maximo Rivero Ayerza • Dr Christophe Scavée • Dr Bruno Schwagten • Dr Dirk Stockman • Prof René Tavernier • Dr Yves Vandekerckhove • Prof Thierry Verbeet • Dr Johan Vijgen • Prof Francis Wellens • Prof Rik Willems