Programme

Scientific committee: K. Zeppenfeld, P. Della Bella, T. Deneke, P. Jais, J. Kautzner, F. Marchlinski

Faculty: W. Stevenson, P. Peichl, M. Saba, P. Sommer, J. Silberbauer, KC. Bisceglia, M. Riva de Silva, D. Scherr, H. Pürerfellner, J. Almendral, J. Merino, E. Behr, D. Stevens, H. Pürerfellner, J. Merino, A. Frontera, J. Tonko, I. Roca, S. Savastano, P. Futyma

Friday, 4th July 2025

 

08.45 – 09.00

Welchome Address – Scientific committee
09.00 – 11.00

 

Fellows corner – Basic maneuvers and concepts for PVC and VT ablation

  • Entrainment (20min)

  • Substrate detection in ICM (20min)

  • Substrate characterization in NiCM (20min)

  • The never ending epicardial story: dry puncture, CO2 insufflation, pre-interventional adhesion detection (20min)

  •  How to effectively ablate VT – how to create effective lesions/lesion enhancement (20min)

  • DISCUSSION (20min)
11.00 – 12.30

Idiopathic PVC/VT

  • diagnostics – what do we need? (20min)

  • Ablation – who, when, how? (20min)

  • Ablation of PVCs without having PVCs? (20min)

  • non-outflow-tract PVC locations – how to target? (20min)

  • DISCUSSION (30min)

— Working Lunch —
12.30 – 13.30

Tips and Tricks from the Experts – ReDo Procedures

  • Philadelphia Style (15min)
  • Nashville Style (15min)
  • Milan Style (15min)
13:30 – 15.00

Case-based learning

  • VT in a patient with arrhythmogenic mitral valve complex (20min)

  • VT in a patient with ARVC/left dominant ACM (20min)

  • ReDo VT ablation in a patient with ischemic cardiomypathy (20min)

  • DISCUSSION (30min)

— Coffee Break —
15.30 – 17.30

Target detection in VT – different schools

  • DEEP (20min)

  • Repolarization mapping (20min)

  • imaging (20min) –

  • S2-S3-Mapping (20min)

  • High density mapping (20min)

  • DISCUSSION (20min)

Saturday, 5th July 2025

9.00 – 10.30

New tools for old problems

  • Bipolar ablation (15min)

  • Pulsed Field Ablation using large footprint catheters (15min)

  • Ultra-low cryo temperature (10min)

  • Alcohol ablation for intramural substrat/PVC (15min) –

  • DISCUSSION (20min)

— Coffee Break —
11.00 – 12.30

Electrical storm and management

  • ICD-implantation and programming (20min) –

  • Heart failure management (20min)

  • Ganglion stellatum blockade and autonomic nervous system (20min)

  • Catheter ablation – what is the best timing? (20min)

  • DISCUSSION (10min)

— Working Lunch —
12.30 – 13.30

DEBATE acute versus early ablation in ES patients.
F. Marchlinski, P. Jais

Acute

Early

Rebuttal and friendly handshake
13.30 – 15.00

primary prophylaxis in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy patients

  • risk profiling by genetics (15min)

  • ICDs: when, who, why – subcutaneous or substernal electrodes? (15min)

  • what can we learn from imaging – AI-supported? (15min)

  • What do new HF medications do to arrhythmia risk (15min)

  • What about athletes? Risk profiling (15min)

  • DISCUSSION (15min)
15.00 – 16.00

Together VT Case Summit – Fellow-presented case reports

K. Zeppenfeld, F. Marchlinski, P. Della Bella, J. Kautzner, P. Jais, T. Deneke
16.00 – 16.10

Adjourn and upcoming Together VT 2026