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The Official Meeting of
EP Lab Digest
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Agenda
February 26–28, 2026 | Salt Lake City, Utah
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February 26–28, 2026 | Salt Lake City, Utah
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Thursday February 26, 2026
7:00 AM – 8:45 AM
Coffee and Registration (Foyer)
7:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Meet the Masters Fellows Symposium
Speaker
Eric Prystowsky
MD
Melvin Scheinman
MD
Roderick Tung
MD
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM
Live Case 1 (Non-CME)
10:35 AM – 11:20 AM
Live Case 2 (Non-CME)
11:25 AM – 12:10 PM
Live Case 3 (Non-CME)
12:15 PM – 12:25 PM
Fellows Abstract Presentation 1
Reviewer/Judge
Sana Al-Khatib
MD, MHS
Tina Baykaner
MD
Philipp Sommer
MD
Rod Passman
MD, MSCE
Nishaki Mehta
MD, FHRS
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Networking Lunch Break (boxed lunches available)
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
Live Case 4 (Non-CME)
1:50 PM – 2:35 PM
Live Case 5 (Non-CME)
2:40 PM – 3:25 PM
Live Case 6 (Non-CME)
3:30 PM – 3:40 PM
Fellows Abstract Presentation 2
Reviewer/Judge
Sana Al-Khatib
MD, MHS
Tina Baykaner
MD
Philipp Sommer
MD
Nishaki Mehta
MD, FHRS
Rod Passman
MD, MSCE
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Refreshments Available in Foyer
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Live Case 7 (Non-CME)
4:50 PM – 5:35 PM
Live Case 8 (Non-CME)
5:40 PM – 6:25 PM
Live Case 9 (Non-CME)
6:30 PM – 6:40 PM
Fellows Abstract Presentation 3
Reviewer/Judge
Rod Passman
MD, MSCE
Nishaki Mehta
MD, FHRS
Sana Al-Khatib
MD, MHS
Tina Baykaner
MD
Philipp Sommer
MD
6:45 PM – 6:55 PM
Fellows Abstract Presentation 4
Reviewer/Judge
Tina Baykaner
MD
Sana Al-Khatib
MD, MHS
Philipp Sommer
MD
Nishaki Mehta
MD, FHRS
Rod Passman
MD, MSCE
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Exhibit Hall Opening Reception & Abstract Winner Announcement
Reviewer/Judge
Tina Baykaner
MD
Rod Passman
MD, MSCE
Nishaki Mehta
MD, FHRS
Philipp Sommer
MD
Sana Al-Khatib
MD, MHS
Friday February 27, 2026
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Innovation Theater Breakfast (Non-CME)
8:10 AM – 9:15 AM
Session 1
Moderator
Melvin Scheinman
MD
Mina Chung
MD
8:10 AM – 8:20 AM
One-and-Done: Is It Time to Set a Higher Bar for Ablation Success? (Debate redefining success from freedom from symptomatic AF to zero AF burden)
8:20 AM – 8:30 AM
From Burden to Benefit: Does Screening for AF in HFpEF Improve Outcomes?
8:30 AM – 8:40 AM
Choosing Your Pulse: Navigating the Expanding Menu of PFA Catheters and Generators
8:40 AM – 8:50 AM
From Wrist to Risk: Updates from the Heartbeat trial
8:50 AM – 9:00 AM
OPTION, Amulet IDE, and PRAGUE-17: How Trial Data Should Change Our Practice
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Discussion
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM
Exhibit Hall/Refreshment Break
9:45 AM – 10:50 AM
Session 2
Moderator
David Callans
MD
Marcos Daccarett
MD, MSc
9:45 AM – 9:55 AM
Multidisciplinary and Inclusive Management of AF
9:55 AM – 10:05 AM
Beyond PVI: Do SVC/CS/LAA Ablations Improve Outcomes—or Just Add Risk?
10:05 AM – 10:15 AM
Post-PFA Mapping: Quality Control or Wasted Time?
10:15 AM – 10:25 AM
Patient-Collected Data vs. Clinical Gold Standards: Who Wins in Arrhythmia Detection?
10:25 AM – 10:35 AM
Will Algorithms See What Clinicians Can’t? AI application for ECG and MRI
10:35 AM – 10:50 AM
Discussion
10:50 AM – 11:55 AM
Session 3
Moderator
Michael Riley
MD
Johannes Brachmann
MD PhD
10:50 AM – 11:00 AM
CASTLE-HFpEF: Screening, Burden and Outcomes!
11:00 AM – 11:10 AM
After the Seal: Which Antithrombotics and For How Long?
11:10 AM – 11:20 AM
AF Burden Mediates Outcome Reduction in Patients Undergoing Rhythm Control Therapy
11:20 AM – 11:30 AM
Ablation After PVI: Chase the Triggers or Modify the Atrium?
11:30 AM – 11:40 AM
The New Toys in Afib: Separating Evidence from Enthusiasm
11:40 AM – 11:55 AM
Discussion
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Industry Supported Symposium Lunch (CME)
1:05 PM – 1:30 PM
Session 4 - Roundtable: Redo Ablation After Failed PFA — Go for Hybrid, Stick With Pulses or Switch to Thermal?
Discussant
John Day
MD
Douglas Packer
MD
Devi Nair
MD , FACC, FHRS
Frank Cuoco
MD, MBA, MS
Ravi Ranjan
MD, PhD
Moderator
Suneet Mittal
MD
Arian Sultan
Prof. Dr. A. Sultan
1:30 PM – 2:35 PM
Session 5
Moderator
Kenneth Ellenbogen
MD
Christopher McGann
MD
1:30 PM – 1:40 PM
When Symptom Relief Matters More Than Freedom from AF
1:40 PM – 1:50 PM
Electrogram guided ablation using PFA: Our experience
1:50 PM – 2:00 PM
GLP-1s Should Be First-Line in Obese AF Patients — Yes or No?
2:00 PM – 2:10 PM
The AF Clinic Experience
2:10 PM – 2:20 PM
No Collateral Damage? Parsing the Reality Behind PFA Safety Claims
2:20 PM – 2:35 PM
Discussion
2:35 PM – 3:55 PM
Exhibit Hall/Refreshment Break
3:55 PM – 4:50 PM
Session 6
Moderator
Jared Bunch
MD
3:55 PM – 4:05 PM
Does Fibrosis Imaging Still Have a Seat at the AF Table?
4:05 PM – 4:15 PM
Non-Invasive AF Ablation Strategies: Ready for Prime Time or Still Experimental?
4:15 PM – 4:25 PM
Controlling Risk Factors for AF: Easier Said Than Done!
4:25 PM – 4:35 PM
Ablation vs. Meds in HFrEF: One More Trial, or Time to Move On?
4:35 PM – 4:50 PM
Discussion
4:50 PM – 5:15 PM
Session 7 - Roundtable: Building Out the Next Generation of EPs
Discussant
Philipp Sommer
MD
Nishaki Mehta
MD, FHRS
Rod Passman
MD, MSCE
Tina Baykaner
MD
Moderator
Sana Al-Khatib
MD, MHS
5:15 PM – 5:40 PM
Session 8 - Roundtable: AF once on Apple Watch, Absent on Continuous Monitoring: Anticoagulate,Treat, or Observe?
Discussant
Hamid Ghanbari
MD
Chanho Lim
Thomas Deering
MD
Paul Zei
MD PhD
Nishaki Mehta
MD, FHRS
Moderator
Roderick Tung
MD
5:40 PM – 6:15 PM
Session 9 - Roundtable: #AskWAF
Discussant
Christian Sohns
Prof.
Mossab Aljuaid
MD, FACC
Christian Mahnkopf
MD, PhD
Arwa Younis
Dr
Moderator
Janet Han
MD, FACC, FHRS
Saturday February 28, 2026
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Industry Supported Symposium Breakfast (CME): Sanofi
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Refreshment Break
8:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Exhibit Hall Break
8:15 AM – 9:20 AM
Session 10
8:15 AM – 8:25 AM
Anticoaugulation Post Successful Ablation of AF: OCEAN Trial
8:25 AM – 8:35 AM
Where the Evidence Ends: LAAC in Populations Underrepresented in Trials. (cancer, CKD, very elderly)
8:35 AM – 8:45 AM
Will Neuromodulation Replace Substrate Modification in Persistent AF?
8:45 AM – 8:55 AM
AI in mapping AF: revisiting the rotors theory
8:55 AM – 9:05 AM
When Should Genetic Testing Become Routine in AF?
9:05 AM – 9:20 AM
Discussion
9:20 AM – 9:45 AM
Session 11 - Roundtable: My Indication for Concomitant LAAO with AF Ablation
Discussant
James Freeman
MD, MPH, MS
Oussama Wazni
MD. MBA.
Usman Siddiqui
MD FHRS
Edip Gurol
MD, MSc
John Mandrola
MD
Moderator
Dhanunjaya (DJ) Lakkireddy
MD, MBA, FHRS, FACC
9:45 AM – 10:50 AM
Session 12
Moderator
Brent Wilson
MD, PhD
Christian Mahnkopf
MD, PhD
9:45 AM – 9:55 AM
MRI Characterization of Arrhythmia-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Persistent AF with LV Dysfunction
9:55 AM – 10:05 AM
PULSEDAY: Turning Awareness Into Action in Atrial Fibrillation
10:05 AM – 10:15 AM
Antiarrhythmic drug therapy post ablation: when and how?
10:15 AM – 10:25 AM
Atrial myopathy in the surgical patient: how does it impact my surgery?
10:25 AM – 10:35 AM
The Business of the EP Lab: How Economics Shape Ablation Availability
10:35 AM – 10:50 AM
Discussion
10:50 AM – 11:05 AM
Exhibit Hall/Refreshment Break
11:05 AM – 12:10 PM
Session 13
Moderator
Christian Sohns
Prof.
Ahmad Abdul Karim
MD
11:05 AM – 11:15 AM
AF in pulmonary HTN: an emerging clinical entity.
11:15 AM – 11:25 AM
The epidemiology of AF in the era of wearable devices
11:25 AM – 11:35 AM
Atrial Imaging in AF: What to Use, When, and Why
11:35 AM – 11:45 AM
Atrial remodeling from PACs – Time to Reconsider Upstream Therapy?
11:45 AM – 11:55 AM
Integrated PFA Mapping: Lessons from the inspIRE System
11:55 AM – 12:10 PM
Discussion
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Innovation Theater Lunch (non-CME)
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
BSC Sponsored Session (non-CME)
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
Refreshments Available in Foyer
2:45 PM – 3:10 PM
Session 14 - Roundtable: AF in Special Clinical Scenarios: Where Evidence Meets Art (AF in amyloidosis, cancer, HCM, ESRD, severe MR, etc..)
Discussant
Wael Jaber
MD
Prashanthan Sanders
MBBS, PhD, FHRS
Mark Link
MD
Tina Baykaner
MD
Stavros Stavrakis
MD, PhD
Moderator
Kamala Tamirisa
MD
3:10 PM – 4:15 PM
Session 15
Moderator
Arash Aryana
MD, PhD, FACC, FHRS
Mossab Aljuaid
MD, FACC
3:10 PM – 3:20 PM
CCM in Afib Patient
3:20 PM – 3:30 PM
Navigating the AF Backcountry Terrain with AI
3:30 PM – 3:40 PM
Stroke Prevention Without AF? Anticoagulation in the Grey Zone
3:40 PM – 3:50 PM
High Stroke, High Bleed: What Real-World Data Tell Us About Anticoagulation Decisions
3:50 PM – 4:00 PM
Advancements in AI in AF
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Discussion
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
Session 16
4:15 PM – 4:25 PM
How to Manage Risk of Thromboembolism After Apparent Successful AF Ablation
4:25 PM – 4:35 PM
Anticogulation in CAD and AF
4:35 PM – 4:45 PM
Prevention and Treatment of DRT
4:45 PM – 4:55 PM
Applying Remote Monitoring to Improve Outcomes in AF Management
4:55 PM – 5:05 PM
Anticoagulant or Not? Which Patient with Subclinical AF Should be Anticoagulant
5:05 PM – 5:15 PM
Discussion
5:15 PM – 5:45 PM
Session 17 - Roundtable: #AskWAF
Discussant
Monique Young
ACNP-BC, CVNP-BC
Leslie Li
MD
Lama Al Jebbawi
M.D
Jill Schaeffer
MSN, CRNP, CCDS, CEPS, FHRS
Moderator
Janet Han
MD, FACC, FHRS
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