09:00 - 10:00 10:00 - 11:00 11:00 - 11:30 11:30 - 12:30 13:15 - 13:45 13:30 - 14:15 14:15 - 14:30 14:30 - 15:15 15:15 - 16:45 16:45 - 17:00 17:00 - 19:00 08:30 - 09:00 09:00 - 10:30 09:00 - 10:30 10:30 - 11:15 11:15 - 11:45 11:45 - 13:15 13:15 - 14:00 14:00 - 14:30 14:30 - 16:30 14:30 - 16:30 16:30 - 17:00 16:30 - 17:00 17:00 - 17:15 17:15 - 18:45 09:00 - 10:15 10:15 - 10:45 10:45 - 12:00 12:15 - 14:00 09:00 - 12:30 14:30 - 18:00Agenda
01/10/2025 09:00Pre-congress Session I hosted by Abbott: Optimizing Patient Management with Abbott Technology
Ali Al-Sayegh
Yahya Alhebaishi
01/10/2025 09:00Mapping Still Matters: Power of Ensite X in Tackling LA Flutters Presented By Fahad Almehmadi (KSA)
01/10/2025 09:15Advances in Implantable Cardiac Monitors: Long Term Monitoring in AF Patient Management
Amin Zagzoug
01/10/2025 09:30CSP Current Knowledge and Future Prospects Presented By Mehboob Ali Dar (KSA)
01/10/2025 09:45Discussion
01/10/2025 10:00Pre-congress Session II hosted by Boston Scientific
01/10/2025 10:00Future of Pulsed Field Ablation Presented By Angelo Auricchio (Italy)
01/10/2025 10:30Modular System Pacing: Leadless pacemaker and S-ICD Presented By Angelo Auricchio (Italy)
01/10/2025 11:00Coffee Break
01/10/2025 11:30Pre-congress Session III hosted by Medtronic: Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management
Naeem Alshoaibi
Salem Al Kaabi
John Rickard
Abdullah Sharaf
Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Head of Electrophysiology Department KSMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Sharaf
abdullahsharaf@vfairs.com
01/10/2025 11:30Clinical Update on the Extra-Vascular Defibrillator (EV-ICD)
Raed Sweidan
Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
01/10/2025 11:45Leadless Pacemaker Implantation: Change of Approach
Fawziah Al-Kandari
01/10/2025 12:00CSP for Bradycardia and Heart Failure: Is it the Future? Presented By Fahad Almehmadi
01/10/2025 12:15Audience Q&A with Discussion
01/10/2025 13:15Friday Prayers
01/10/2025 13:30Registration
01/10/2025 14:15Opening Remarks
01/10/2025 14:15Welcoming and Introduction by the GHRS
Adel Khalifa
Consultant Cardiologist and Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa Cardiac Centre and Royal Medical Services, Manama, Bahrain
01/10/2025 14:25Welcoming and Introduction by the GHA
Mohamed Zubaid
Professor of Medicine & Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, President of Gulf Heart Association, Kuwait University, Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait
01/10/2025 14:30Lunch Industry Talk I hosted by Abbott: Flexibility to Treat All Pacemaker Patients with the Aveir™ Portfolio of Leadless Pacemakers - Gulf Experience
Fawziah Al-Kandari
01/10/2025 14:30Feasibility, Safety, Longevity from Real World Clinical Practice in Saudi Arabia
Raed Sweidan
Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
01/10/2025 14:45Dextro Cardio Implant with AVEIR™ VR
Moussa Al Harbi
01/10/2025 15:00AVEIR™ DR Across Percutaneous Tricuspid Valve
Najjemedine Echahidi
01/10/2025 15:15Session I: Sudden Cardiac Death: Arrhythmia & Genetics
Abdulmohsen Al Mosaed
Ayman Alkhadra
Ahmed Mokhtar
01/10/2025 15:15Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes Associated with SCD
Nasser AlHammad
01/10/2025 15:30HCM Genetics and Risk Stratification for SCD
Mohamed Aljaabari
01/10/2025 15:45Risk Stratification of SCD in Patients with Heart Failure
Wael Alqarawi
01/10/2025 16:00Updates on ARVD
Giulio Conte
01/10/2025 16:15SCD in Athletes: Diagnostic Challenge
Eduard Guasch
01/10/2025 16:30Audience Q&A with Discussion
01/10/2025 16:45Coffee Break
01/10/2025 17:00Session II: Ventricular Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Management
Yahya Alhebaishi
Nidal Asaad
Amin Al-Ahmad
01/10/2025 17:00Neuromodulation in VT Management
01/10/2025 17:15Ischemic VT Ablation: Evidence, Technique and Results
Hikmet Yorgun
01/10/2025 17:30How to Approach Asymptomatic Patients with High Burden PVCs?
Moutaz El Kadri
01/10/2025 17:45Ventricular Arrhythmias in Structurally Normal Hearts
Amin Al-Ahmad
01/10/2025 18:00Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sleep Apnea: Current Perspective
Lamia Al Shengeiti
01/10/2025 18:15Ventricular Arrhythmias Management in Children: Is it Different?
Volkan Tuzcu
01/10/2025 18:30Evolving Strategies for VT Ablation
Ignacio Garcia Bolao
01/10/2025 18:45Audience Q&A with Discussion
01/11/2025 08:30Registration
01/11/2025 09:00Session III - A: Advances in AF Ablation
Fawziah Al-Kandari
Fayez Bokhari
Ignacio Garcia Bolao
Abdulilah Alshehri
01/11/2025 09:00The Future of PFA Ablation: Will PVI Stand the Test of Time?
Walid Saliba
01/11/2025 09:15Safety, Efficacy and Long-term Outcome of Cryo AF Ablation
Claudio Tondo
01/11/2025 09:30The Role of Imaging in AF Ablation
Julian Chun
01/11/2025 09:45AF Recurrence Post PFA: Mechanisms and Management
Gian-Battista Chierchia
01/11/2025 10:00AF Ablation in Patients with Heart Failure
Amin Al-Ahmad
01/11/2025 09:00Session III - B: Challenging ECGs/Holters
Abdullah Alissa
Saad Al-Hasaniah
Hikmet Yorgun
01/11/2025 09:00Holter Cases
Naeem Alshoaibi
01/11/2025 09:15VT Cases
Omar Al Hag
01/11/2025 09:30SVT Cases
Ghaliah Al Mohani
01/11/2025 09:45Troubleshooting ICDs
Ali Al-Sayegh
01/11/2025 10:00Pacemaker Tracings
Muhammad Salman Ghazni
01/11/2025 10:15Audience Q&A with Discussion
01/11/2025 10:30Industry Talk II hosted by Medtronic
Fayez Bokhari
Walid Saliba
Najjemedine Echahidi
01/11/2025 10:30PFA: From Single Shot Precision & Safety to Wide-Area Focal Revolution
Amin Al-Ahmad
01/11/2025 11:15Coffee Break
01/11/2025 11:45Session IV: Cardiac Implantable Electrical Devices
Omar Al Hag
Mervat Aboulmaaty
Giulio Conte
Emma Svennberg
01/11/2025 11:45Leadless Pacemaker Technology and Advancements
Haran Burri
01/11/2025 12:00Subcutaneous and Extra-vascular ICDs: Indications and Long-Term Outcome
Raed Sweidan
Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
01/11/2025 12:15LAA Appendage Closure vs NOAC in High-Risk Patients: Clash of the Titans
Amr Nawar
01/11/2025 12:30Extraction Techniques for CIEDS
Cesar Khazen
01/11/2025 12:45Conduction System Pacing vs CRT: Where are We Heading?
Aurelien Wauters
01/11/2025 13:00Audience Q&A with Discussion
01/11/2025 13:15Industry Talk III hosted by Boston Scientific
Fawziah Al-Kandari
Fayez Bokhari
Yahya Alhebaishi
Omar Alfalasi
Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Marta Acena
01/11/2025 13:15Cutting Edge Technology: Pulsed Field Ablation and 3D Mapping Integration
Ignacio Garcia Bolao
01/11/2025 13:45Audience Q&A with Discussion
01/11/2025 14:00Continuing Lunch Break & Adjourn to Break Hall
01/11/2025 14:30Session V - A: Challenging Lab Cases
Mohamed Magdy
Bander Al Ghamdi
Gian-Battista Chierchia
01/11/2025 14:30How ICE Enhances the Safety and Success of My Cases
Mario Njeim
01/11/2025 14:45Optimizing LV Lead Placement in Complex Anatomy
Aurelien Wauters
01/11/2025 15:00Unexpected Twist in PVC/VT Ablation
Yahya Alhebaishi
01/11/2025 15:15Audience Q&A with Discussion
01/11/2025 15:30Challenging SVT Diagnostics/Ablation
Atif Al-Qabbani
01/11/2025 15:45Ablation of Arrhythmia in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Khadijah Maghrabi
01/11/2025 16:00Antero-septal WPW in Children
Ismail Al Abri
01/11/2025 14:30Session V - B: NOACs Case-based Discussion
01/11/2025 14:30Anticoagulation in Patients with both AF and Coronary Stents
Salem Al Kaabi
01/11/2025 14:45Anticoagulation in Patients Undergoing Ablation and Device Implants
Abdullah Alissa
01/11/2025 15:00NOACs use in Extremes of Weight: Does it Matter?
Muhammad Salman Ghazni
01/11/2025 15:15NOACs and Electrical Cardioversion
01/11/2025 15:30NOAC Bridging: Is it Required?
Ahmed Mokhtar
01/11/2025 15:45How to Reverse the Effects of NOACs?
Hani Sabbour
01/11/2025 16:00Anticoagulation in High-Risk Patients (Elderly and Chronic Renal Failure)
Omar Alfalasi
Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
01/11/2025 16:15Audience Q&A with Discussion
01/11/2025 16:30Platinum Parallel Industry Talk IV - A hosted by Abbott Early Experience in Balloon based PFA Ablation for AF
Najjemedine Echahidi
Atif Al-Qabbani
01/11/2025 16:30Live Case & Discussion: Exploring the Potential of Early Experience with Balloon Based PFA Ablation
Gian-Battista Chierchia
01/11/2025 16:30Platinum Parallel Industry Talk IV - B hosted by Johnson&Johnson
01/11/2025 16:30VARIPULSE Case Review: 1st 3D-integrated PFA Platform
Mario Njeim
01/11/2025 17:00Coffee Break
01/11/2025 17:15Session VI: Emerging Technologies in Arrhythmias Diagnosis and Management
Ahmad Hersi
Ahmed AlSalem
Adel Khalifa
Consultant Cardiologist and Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa Cardiac Centre and Royal Medical Services, Manama, Bahrain
01/11/2025 17:15AI and Arrhythmia Diagnosis and Management
Tai-Ho Rho
01/11/2025 17:30Wearable Technology in Arrhythmias Diagnosis
Haran Burri
01/11/2025 17:45Remote Monitoring of Cardiac Devices: A Powerful Tool Underutilized in Clinical Practice
John Rickard
01/11/2025 18:00The Value of ILRs in Clinical Practice: Improving Outcomes and Reducing Costs
Samah Al Kharji
01/11/2025 18:15Emerging Therapies for Dysautonomia Syndromes
Enes Elvin Gul
01/11/2025 18:30Audience Q&A with Discussion
01/12/2025 09:00Session VII: Dilemmas in Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias
Julian Chun
Claudio Tondo
Wafa Aldawood
Ayman Alkhadra
01/12/2025 09:00Bariatric Surgery and Arrhythmias: A Complex Relationship
Hani Sabbour
01/12/2025 09:15Approach to Tachycardia Mediated CMP
Fayez Bokhari
01/12/2025 09:30Catheter Ablation First-line Therapy for PAF?
Walid Saliba
01/12/2025 09:45What Do We Do About Atrial High-Rate Episodes: Insights from Recent Data
Emma Svennberg
01/12/2025 10:00Audience Q&A with Discussion
01/12/2025 10:15Coffee Break
01/12/2025 10:45Session VIII: Arrhythmias in Special Populations
Najib Alrawahi
Omar Alfalasi
Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
01/12/2025 10:45Arrhythmias in Pregnancy: Unique Challenges in Diagnosis and Management
Wafa Aldawood
01/12/2025 11:00Arrhythmias in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
Mohammad Ebrahim
01/12/2025 11:15Management of Exercise-induced Ventricular Arrhythmias in Athletes
Eduard Guasch
01/12/2025 11:30Sports Participation Recommendations for Athletes with ICDs
Moussa Al Harbi
01/12/2025 11:45Audience Q&A with Discussion
01/12/2025 12:15Farewell Lunch
01/11/2025 09:00Peer to Peer Advanced Care Technologist Village hosted by Medtronic
01/11/2025 09:00Conduction System Pacing: Essentials in best case support of the LBBAP Procedure Presented By Jad Hajj Ahmad (KSA) & Azza Albsise (KSA)
01/11/2025 09:45Conduction System Pacing: A Case Study from CCAD
01/11/2025 10:00Meet Micra AV II: Overview of Micra AV Programming Presented By Mohamad Mansour (KSA)
01/11/2025 10:45Future of Remote Monitoring: Triage Heart Failure Presented By Justine Brazendale (UAE)
01/11/2025 11:30Dedication to Single-Shot Ablation Presented By Paul-David Roy (UAE)
01/11/2025 14:30Hosted by Boston Scientific
01/11/2025 14:30CRT Optimization Presented By Mihaly Schubkegel (Hungary)
01/11/2025 15:10Shock Vector Polarity Reversal Presented By Wassim Shehadeh (Lebanon)
01/11/2025 15:30S-ICD Screening Presented By Mihaly Schubkegel (Hungary)
01/11/2025 15:50Conduction System Pacing Solution Presented By Gerardo Russo (Italy)
01/11/2025 16:10Pulsed Field Ablation Biophysics Presented By Martin Kopecny (Czech Republic)
01/11/2025 16:30Future Advances in AF Presented By Silvia Canepa (Italy)
01/11/2025 16:50RF Based Transeptal Solution Presented By Keri Carlow (UK)
01/11/2025 17:10HeartConnect Presented By Maria Zhiltsova (Russia)
01/11/2025 17:30eLAB Presented By Maria Zhiltsova (Russia)