CONSEJO DE ELECTROFISIOLOGIA – World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health 2016 Mexico DF

4 June 2016

Chairs: Adrian Baranchuk (Canada), Carlos A. Morillo (Canada)

Official language: English

8:00-8:20 AM: Registration

8:20-8:30 AM: Welcome & Route plan (A. Baranchuk, Canada)

8:30-10:00 AM: The “How to” Round Table

Chair: Carlos Morillo (Canada)

– How to diagnose congenital Long QT by the surface ECG: Jorge Enrique Velásquez (Colombia)

– How to diagnose Andersen-Tawil Syndrome by the surface ECG: Manlio Marquez (Mexico)

– How to diagnose ARVD by the surface ECG: Fernando Wyss (Guatemala)

– How to diagnose WPW syndrome in patients with Ebstein’s anomaly in the surface ECG: Pedro Iturralde (Mexico)

10:00-10:15: Coffee break

10:15-11:15: Plenary lecture: The ECG of the Brugada syndrome

Chair: Martin Green (Canada)

Speaker: Adrian Baranchuk (Canada),

11:30-12:30 Room A: Technical aspects of ECG recording (20’ each)

Chairs: Adrian Baranchuk (Canada), Juan Cruz López Diez (Argentina)

– How to obtain a proper surface ECG recording: Estefanía Ramos (Mexico)

– The most disturbing ECG pitfalls and artifacts: Damian Longo (Argentina)

– What ECG patterns an ECG Tech should know?: Damian Longo (Argentina)

11:30-12:30 Room B: The Value of ECG in Special Conditions

– Chairs: Santiago Nava (Mexico) & Antonio Ribeiro (Brazil)

– The value of the surface ECG in Chagas’ disease: Mauricio Scanavacca (Brazil)

– LBBB and dilated cardiomyopathy: Martin Green (Canada)

– The value of fQRS to predict arrhythmic events: Juan Cruz Lopez-Diez (Argentina)

12:30-13:30: Closing Lecture: ECG in Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes: State of the art

Chair: Manlio Marquez (Mexico)

Speaker: Martin Green (Canada)

13:30-13:35: Closing remarks (Carlos Morillo, Canada)