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February 28-March 1, 2025 | Salt Lake City, Utah

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Thursday February 22, 2024

  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

    Meeting the Masters Fellows Symposium

    • Speaker
      • Eric PrystowskyMD
      • Gregory MichaudMD
      • Melvin ScheinmanMD
  • 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM

    Refreshment Break in Foyer

  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

    Fellows Research Competition

    • Faculty
      • Sana Al-KhatibMD, MHS

Friday February 23, 2024

  • 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM

    Registration

  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

    Innovation Theater Breakfast (Non-CME): Improving Patient Experience Through Early Ambulation Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

    • Discussant
      • Amin Al-AhmadMD
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    8:10 AM – 9:25 AM

    Session 1

    • Moderator
      • Andrew KrahnMD FHRS
      • Melvin ScheinmanMD
    • 8:10 AM – 8:15 AM
      Welcome Remarks
    • 8:15 AM – 8:20 AM
      David E. Haines Memorial Address
    • 8:20 AM – 8:30 AM
      What could revolutionize AF management in the near future?
    • 8:30 AM – 8:40 AM
      Digital Health & Wearables in AF: What’s Needed to Really Disrupt
    • 8:40 AM – 8:50 AM
      When Will AI Integration Enter the New AF Guidelines?
    • 8:50 AM – 9:00 AM
      ADVENT Trial: PFA vs Thermal Ablation in paroxysmal AF
    • 9:00 AM – 9:10 AM
      Predictors of AF incidence and burden in patients with no CVD: an emphasis on early population-based interventions
    • 9:10 AM – 9:25 AM
      Open Discussion
  • 9:25 AM – 10:25 AM

    Session 2 - Roundtable: Every AF patient deserves at least a PVI

    • Discussant
      • Christian MahnkopfMD, PhD
      • Jason AndradeMD FRCPC
      • Jeanne PooleMD
      • John MandrolaMD
      • Oussama WazniMD
      • Usman Rasheed Siddiqui
    • Moderator
      • Hugh CalkinsMD
      • Johannes BrachmannMD PhD
  • 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM

    Exhibit Hall/Refreshment Break

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    10:50 AM – 11:55 AM

    Session 3

    • Moderator
      • Andrea RussoMD
      • Felix HohendannerMD, PhD
    • 11:00 AM – 11:10 AM
      CASTLE-HTx: Catheter Ablation versus Medical Therapy to Treat Atrial Fibrillation in End-stage Heart Failure
    • 11:10 AM – 11:20 AM
      Pulsed Field Ablation Beyond the Pulmonary Veins: Impact on AF ablation outcomes
    • 11:20 AM – 11:30 AM
      SMURDEN: a new treatment endpoint?
    • 11:30 AM – 11:40 AM
      Atrial fibrillation burden and timing of Medical Therapy in patients with screen-detected and clinically-diagnosed AF 
    • 11:40 AM – 11:55 AM
      Open Discussion
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

    Industry-Supported Symposium Lunch - Treatment Strategies for Advanced AF: Impact on Heart Failure

    • Discussant
      • Eoin DonnellanMD
      • Michael RileyMD
    • Moderator
      • Nassir MarroucheMD
    • Speaker
      • Christian SohnsProf.
      • David De LurgioMD
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Program and faculty are subject to change.

Share your groundbreaking research at Western AFib!

Do you have research that could advance your field? We want to hear from you! Submit an abstract for consideration as an E-poster display at the meeting. 

Fellows/Residents: Apply for a Scholarship to Attend

We look forward to granting scholarships to residents and fellows enrolled in accredited electrophysiology fellowship programs in February 2024.

The scholarship includes free registration, a travel stipend, and dedicated programming geared toward your educational needs.

EP Fellows Research Competition

Separate from our poster abstract and fellows scholarship opportunities above, Western AFib invites fellows to submit research and participate in our Fellows Competition on Thursday, February 22. Prizes will be awarded to top contestants.

CE Information

Western Atrial Fibrillation Symposium (Western AFib) is designed for electrophysiology lab professionals, including electrophysiologists, EP fellows, and EP allied professionals (nurses and technicians); cardiologists, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians interested in innovations in atrial fibrillation.