Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to join us at the 9th Annual Scientific Congress of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society “ECAS” to be held in Paris, France April 14 to 16, 2013 at the Meridien-Etoile Hotel. All those who attended previous editions of ECAS Congress know that it is a highly scientific and educational event in a cheerful atmosphere which facilitates the interaction between the renowned faculty and younger colleagues in the field. This edition promises to be particularly successful and we will be delighted to welcome you in Paris. Gilles Lascault, MD Xavier Jouven, MD Riccardo Cappato, MD Congress Chairman Scientific Program Chair President of ECAS Executive Committee of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society President Riccardo Cappato (Milan, IT) Past President Wyn Davies (London, GB) Vice-President (Education & Research) Richard Hauer (Utrecht, NL) Vice-President (National Societies) Massimo Santini (Rome, IT) Vice-President (International Societies & EU) Samuel Lévy (Marseille, FR) Treasurers Eli Ovsyshcher (Beersheba, IL) Secretary General Leo Van Wersch (Paris, FR) Organizing Committee ECAS 2013 Riccardo Cappato, Xavier Copie, Fernand Hessel, Xavier Jouven, Ellen Hoffmann, Stefan Kaab, Gilles Lascault, Samuel Lévy (Chair), Michael Nabauer, Olivier Piot, Gerhard Steinbeck Gilles Lascault, MD S amuel Lévy, MD Gerhard Steinbeck, MD Program Committee Andrey Ardashev ; Alawi Alsheikh-Ali ; Serge Barold ; David S Cannom ; Riccardo Cappato ; Wyn Davies ; Roberto De Ponti ; Heidi Estner ; Jeronimo Farre ; Mark Estes III ; John Fisher; Robert Hatala ; Richard Hauer ; Ellen Hoffmann ; Charles Jazra ; Xavier Jouven (Chair) ; Stefan Kaab ; Jean-François Leclercq ; Gilles Lascault ; Samuel Lévy ; Thorsten Lewalter ; Shaowen Liu ; Peter Loh ; Pierpaolo Lupo ; Chang Sheng Ma ; Michael Nabauer ; Mohan Nair ; Yuji Nakazato ; Andrea Natale ; Petr Neuzil ; Eli Ovsyshcher ; Douglas L Packer ; Luigi Padeletti ; Nicholas S. Peters ; Dubravko Petrac ; Antonio Raviele ; Amiran Revishvilli ; Sanjeev Saksena ; Gerhard Steinbeck ; Massimo Santini ; Neil Sulke ; Dorwarth Uwe ; Reza Wakili ; Bruce Wilkoff. Xavier Jouven, MD Ellen Hoffmann, MD M ichael Näbauer, MD Stefan Kääb, MD 2 Scientific Advisory Board Masood Akhtar (Milwaukee, USA) Mohamed Guediche (Tunis, TN) Bertil S. Olsson (Lund, SE) Etienne Aliot (Nancy, FR) Stephen C. Hammill (Rochester, MN, USA) Oscar Oseroff (Buenos Aires, AR) Maurits A. Allessie (Maastricht, NL) Richard Hauer(Utrecht, NL) Ali Oto (Ankara, TR) Eckhard Alt (Munich, DE) Habib Haouala (Tunis, TN) Eli Ovsyshcher (Beersheba, IL) Charles Antzelevitch (Utica, USA) Stefan Hohnloser(Frankfurt, DE) Douglas L. Packer (Rochester, USA) Andrey Ardashev (Moscow, RU) Yoshito Iesaka (Tokyo, JP) Luigi Padeletti (Florence, IT) Serge S. Barold (Boca Raton, USA) Charles Jazra (Beirut, LB) Nicholas S Peters, (London, GB) David Benditt (Minneapolis, USA) Werner Jung (Villingen, DE) Dubravko Petrac (Zagreb, HR) Poul Erik Bloch-Thomsen (Hellerup, DK) Joergen Kanters (Copenhagen, DK) Eric N. Prystowsky (Indianapolis, USA) Johannes Brachmann (Coburg, DE) Gilbert Kirkorian (Lyon, FR) Antonio Raviele(Venice, IT) A John Camm (London, GB) Bondo Kobulia (Tbilisi, GE) Amiran Revishvili (Moskow, RU) Riccardo Cappato (Milan, IT) Karl-Heinz Kuck (Hamburg, DE) Dwight Reynolds (Oklahoma, USA) David S. Cannom (Los Angeles, USA) Antoine Leenhardt (Paris, FR) Edward Rowland (London, GB) Stuart J. Connolly (Hamilton, CA) Jean-François Leclercq (Paris, FR) Sanjeev Saksena (New Brunswick,USA) Antonio Curnis (Brescia, IT) Jean-Yves Le Heuzey (Paris, FR) Massimo Santini (Rome, IT) Philippe Coumel* Samuel Lévy (Marseille, FR) Maurizio Santomauro (Naples, IT) D. Wyn Davies (London, GB) Berndt Luderitz (Bonn, DE) Dipen Shah (Geneva, CH) Hu Dayi (Beijing, CN) Damian Gascon Lopez (Sevilla, ES) Martin Jan Shalij (Leiden, NL) Luc De Roy (Yvoir, BE) Marek Malik (London, GB) Richard Schilling (London, GB) Sergio Dubner (Buenos Aires, AR) Sherif Mokhtar (Cairo, EG) Georg Schmidt (Munich, DE) Nils G. Edvardsson (Goteborg, SE) Harry G. Mond (Melbourne, AU) Peter M. Spooner (Baltimore, USA) Michaël Eldar (Tel Aviv, IL) Alessandro A Montenero (Rome, IT) Neil Sulke (Eastbourne, GB) Nabil El-Sherif (New York, USA) Conception Moro Serrano (Madrid, ES) Paul Touboul (Lyon, FR) Jeronimo Farre (Madrid, ES) Arthur J. Moss (Rochester, NY, USA) Albert Waldo (Cleveland, USA) John Fisher (New-York, USA) Gerald V. Nacarelli (Hershey, USA) Hein JJ Wellens (Maastricht, NL) Guy Fontaine (Paris, FR) Franco Nacarella (Bologna, IT) Bruce Wilkoff (Cleveland, USA) Robert Frank (Paris, FR) Yuji Nakazato (Tokyo, JP) George D. Wyse (Calgary, CA) Seymour Furman (New York, USA)* Andrea Natale (Cleveland, USA) Bulent Gorenek (Eskisehir, TR) Promund I. W.Obel (Johannesburg, ZA) *In memoriam Abstract Selection The Organizing committee would like to thank the abstract reviewers for their valuable help in abstract selection of ECAS 2013 program: Christine Albert ; Alawi Al-Scheikh-Ali ; Di - Shigeru Ikeguchi ; Carsten Israel ; Michiel ; Nicholas Peters; Olivier Piot ; Mariavittoria etrich Andresen ; Dietmar Baensch ; Serge Janse ; Xavier Jouven ; Werner Jung ; Stefan Pitzalis ; Jeanne Poole ; Helmut Puererfellner Barold ; Cristina Basso ; Jean-Jacques Blanc Kaab ; Prapa Kanaratgam ; Jorgen Kanters ; ; Antonio Raviele ; Amiran Revishvili ; ; ; Poul Erik Bloch-Thomsen ; Martin Bharat K. Kantharia; Helmut Klein ; Lascault Thomas Rostock ; Edward Rowland ; Sanjeev Borggrefe ; Gunter Breithardt ; Leonardo Gilles ; Le Heuzey Jean-Yves ; Lellouche Saksena ; Walid Saliba ; Massimo Santini ; Calo ; John Camm ; David Cannom ; Riccardo Nicholas ; Levy Samuel ; Lewalter Thorsten ; David Lee Scher; Richard Schilling ; Robert Cappato ; Alessandro Capucci ; Christopher Bruce Lindsay ; Shaowen Liu ; Peter Loh ; Schweikert ; Dipen Shah ; Gerhard Steinbeck Clyne ; Harry Crijns ; Gheorghe Andrei Dan ; Marek Malik ; Frank Marcus ; William Mc ; Neil Sulke ; Richard Sutton ; Tamas Szili Wyn Davies ; Pascal Defaye ; Mario Delmar ; Kenna ; Sandro Montenero ; Conception Torok ; Carl Timmermans ; Gioia Torrito ; Luigi Di Biase ; Joachim Ehrlich ; Jeronimo Moro-Serrano ; Michael Nabauer ; Koon - Toon Van Teen ; Peter Van Tintelen ; Ernst Farre ; Ali Fathi ; John Fisher ; Bulent lawee Nademanee ; Yuji Nakazato; Andrea Vester ; Albert.L Waldo; Oussama Wazni ; Gorenek ; Gerard Guiraudon ; Sam Hanon ; Natale ; Mark O’Neill ; Promund Obel ; David Wilber ; Roger Winkle Richard Hauer ; Bengt Herweg ; Meleze Mario Oliveira ; Brian Olshansky ; Ali Oto; Eli Hocini ; Ellen Hofmann ; Yoshito Iesaka ; Ovsyshcher ; Luigi Padeletti ; Carlo Pappone Congress Chairman Gilles Lascault, MD Tel: +33 1 49 33 41 22 • +33 1 49 33 48 62 Centre Cardiologique du Nord (Secretary Mrs. V. Falcon) 32-36 Rue des Moulins-Gémeaux Fax: + 33 1 49 33 83 01 93207 St Denis Cedex E-Mail: [email protected] 3 Abstract Awards Presentation of the Awards for Best Oral Presentations will take place on Sunday April 14 during the Opening Ceremony at Room Derain and the Best Poster on Tuesday April 16, 2013 from 12:00pm to 12:30pm Room Diderot (Meridien-Etoile Hotel) Publication JICE (Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology) is the official Journal of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society Sanjeev Saksena Leonardo Calo MD JICE Editor-in-Chief E C A S J I C E co-Editor Pre-Arranged Sessions The Program includes 32 Pre-arranged sessions and workshops or debates. It can be downloaded from our website as well as the Program of Abstracts selected for oral or poster presentations General information Congress venue The oral presentation of abstracts is 10 minutes plus 5 minutes for LE MERIDIEN ETOILE Hôtel discussion. 81 Boulevard Gouvion Saint Cyr, All posters accepted for presentation will be chaired. Please to check 75848 Paris Cedex 17 the day and time at which your poster will be presented to the Tel: (33) (0)1 40 68 34 34 chairpersons and the time at which the presenter should be near www.lemeridienetoile.com their poster board. Badges Registration Badges and Final programs will be available at Hotel Meridien Registration and payment of Congress fees as well as payment of Etoile, Paris for pre-registered participants and Faculty at the ECAS Membership dues can be done through the website. Registration on welcome desk starting site will start on Sunday April 14 at 8:00 AM at Hotel Meridien- Saturday April 13, 2013 2:00 PM - 6:00PM Etoile. ECAS Congress Secretariat Currency Josette Razafimbelo Payment in cash for registration on site must be made in euros only. Tel/FAX: + 334 93 29 80 99 Payment using American Express or Visa credit cards will be accepted Cell: +336 26 07 55 74 on the Congress site. Personal checks cannot be accepted. E-mail: [email protected] Congress Website Abstract Presentations All information, Scientific Program and Registration to the congress, The abstracts accepted for oral or poster presentation will be Abstract submission and Membership subscription with secured published in a supplement issue of the Journal of Interventional payment can be done through our website Cardiac Electrophysiology (JICE) , the official journal of ECAS http://www.ecas-heartrhythm.org provided the authors attend the congress and present their work. 4 PROGRAM AT A GLANCE ECAS 2013 SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2013 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Simultaneous Workshops Room PASCAL Room DIDEROT Room DESCARTES Room GAUGUIN Session WS-01 Session WS-02 Session WS-03 Chaired poster Catheter Ablation Cardiac ECG of pacing