186 - MY WORST ARRHYTHMIA NIGHTMARE 2022

Saturday, October 29, 2022

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM EDT

Location: Room 214

Target Audience: Clinical cardiologists, Trainee (clinical), Electrophysiologists

Chair(s)

Laurent Macle, MD, FRCPC

Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist
Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal
Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Presenter(s)

Jason G. Andrade, MD

MD
CHRS
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Blandine Mondésert, MD

MD
Montreal Heart Institute
MD
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
John L. Sapp, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology, QEII Health Sciences Centre; Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University
CHRS
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

interpret the results and manage patients with sinus and atrio-ventricular node disorders on Holter monitoring;
recognize and manage arrhythmias in patients with congenital heart disease; and
review the evaluation and treatment of premature ventricular beats in patients with mitral valve prolapse.

The workshop "my worst arrhythmia nightmare" will include 3 case-based presentations and cover the following topics: 1) Asymptomatic sinus and atrio-ventricular node disorders on Holter monitoring; 2) Arrhythmias in patients with congenital heart disease; and 3) Evaluation, investigation and treatment of patients with mitral valve prolapse and premature ventricular beats.

Generally, there is a limited appreciation of a rational approach to these particular arrhythmia cases. This workshop will fulfill the learning needs of those seeking a comprehensive and practical approach to these difficult arrhythmia cases. Difficult arrhythmia cases like those addressed in this workshop are a frequent challenge to all involved in the clinical management of patients. Workshop participants will also learn how to interpret the ECG tracings in such cases, to interpret the recordings of pauses or bradycardia on a holter monitor and to manage patients with mitral valve prolapse and frequent premature ventricular beats.

The CHRS education committee planned this workshop. Members of this committee include community and academic cardiologists, electrophysiologists, cardiology residents and allied professionals from diverse practices and experience across Canada. The education committee is composed of representatives from each of the following regions: British Colombia, Prairies, Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic Provinces.