Scientific Program

Friday, July 22

Furama Ballroom 2           
8:00 ~ 8:20 Opening Ceremony
Chairs ： Yang Yanzong ,MD
Opening Speeching ： Huang Congxin,MD
Welcome Speech ： Lu Decheng,MD
Co-President Speech ： Karl-Heinz Kuck,MD

Basic and Clinical Aspects of AF-1

Chairs: Haozhu Chen, MD Mingzhe Chen , MD Shiwen Wang, MD Chengbin Xu, MD

8:20 ~ 8:40 The Clinical Spectrum of AF: Epidemiology and Clinical Profile in China（Dayi Hu, MD）
8:40 ~ 9:00 The China Registration Study of Catheter Ablation in Patients with AF.(Congxin Huang, MD)
9:00 ~ 9:20 Management of AF after AFFIRM and RACE （ Nadir Saoudi, MD ）
9:20 ~ 9:40 Catheter Ablation of AF: Comment on Available Approaches and Upcoming Technologies ( Karl-Heinz Kuck , MD )
9:40 ~ 10:00 Catheter Ablation of AF: State of the Art 2005 ( Hugh Calkins, MD )

10:00 ~ 10:10 Open questions and discussion

10:10 ~ 10:30 Coffee Break and Exhibits

Basic and Clinical Aspects of AF-2

Chairs: Dayi Hu, MD Sirang Wang, MD Jingxuan Guo, MD Dingjiu Huang, MD
10:30 ~ 10:50 Rate Control by Ablation and Pacing in AF Patients: State of the Art 2005.(Fangzheng Wang, MD)
10:50 ~ 11:10 State of the Art of Approaches to AF: Maze, New Surgical Techniques and Devices. ( Richard Daly, MD)
11:10 ~ 11:30 Clinical Syndromes & AF: CHD, Hypertension and CHF( Win-Kuang Shen, MD)
11:30 ~ 11:50 Medical Therapies for AF: Is There a Role for Primary Prevention?(Thomas Munger, MD)

11:50 ~ 12:00 Open questions and discussion

12:00 ~ 13:00 Lunch

13:00 ~ 13:50 Satellite Symposium-1: AF-Together We Can
Chairs: Congxin Huang, MD Shu Zhang, MD Changsheng Ma, MD
Panelists: Jiong Guo, MD Dejia Huang, MD Changsheng Ma, MD Yanzong Yang, MD
13:00 ~ 13:20 Overview of AF - Choosing Appropriate Tools for AF Ablation Based on Probable AF Mechanism. (Kikuya Uno, MD)
13:20 ~ 13:40 Atrial Fibrillation in CRT Patients. (C.P. Lau, MD)
13:40 ~ 13:50 Open questions and Discussion

Catheter Ablation of AF-1

Chairs: Xin Chen, MD Yuannan Ke, MD Jihong Guo,MD Runfen Chen, MD

14:00 ~ 14:20 Antral Fibrillation Catheter Ablation Using the Intracardiac Echocardiography-Guided Circular Mapping Technique: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Experience. ( Robert Schweikert , MD )
14:20 ~ 14:40 Result of Catheter Ablation in Patients with Chronic AF. ( Meleze Hocini , MD)
14:40 ~ 14:50 Open questions and Discussion

14:50 ~ 15:10 Coffee Break and Exhibits

Catheter Ablation of AF-2

Chairs: Hugh Calkins, MD Nadir Saoudi, MD Feifan Ouyang, MD Changsheng Ma, MD Yanzong Yang, MD Jian Ma, MD

15:10 ~ 17:30 Live Demo-1: 3D Mapping Guided Ablation of AF. (Satellited from Milan's Lab)

17:30 ~ 18:20 Debate -1: Electrical Isolation of the PVs Should be the Endpoint of Ablation for AF ?.

                         Chairs: Kejiang Cao, MD Thomas Munger, MD Yigang Li, MD

                         Protagonist: Shaowen Liu,MD (15 minutes)
                         Antagonist: Yan Yao, MD (15 minutes)
                         Rebutta l (5 Minutes each)
                         Comment from the Audience (5 Minutes)
                         Commentator:Feifang Ouyang, MD (5 Minutes)

18:50 ~ 20:30 Welcoming Banquet
                         Chairs ： Ma Changsheng,MD
                          Welcoming Speech ： Zhangshu,MD

20:30 ~ 21:30 Sightseeing of City Night