What is the Simulation Village?
The Simulation Village will give you a unique opportunity to practice and to better understand this new paradigm, and to experience an initiation to these methods. It is also a great opportunity for you to interact with your peers.
This learning pathway for participants will provide a practical overview on the basic interventional diseases management, with a focus on Cardiac implantable devices CIEDs and Cardiac Arrhythmia Ablation.
The synergy between companies and EHRA, providing from one side the best technological tools that are specifically developed for different kinds of intervention, and from another, the best in terms of teaching and proctoring, should pave the way for an innovative education programme for all delegates.
There will be 10 different topics, with each ten 1-hour sessions throughout the congress.
Registration
Eligibility and rules
- As an EHRA 2025 delegate, you can register for one of the workshops.
- Each workshop can accommodate a maximum of 3 participants.
- The fee for one session is 9,00€.
- You need to be registered for the congress to sign up for one of the workshops in the simulation village.
Kindly note that it is not possible to make any changes, cancellations or refunds to your bookings once registered. EHRA rules and general conditions are applied to the registrations for the simulation village.
Topics
Workshops have been divided into two categories:
Category 1: Cardiac implantable devices CIEDs (workshop 1 to 6)
- Implantation of a conduction system pacing lead
- Understand the radiological heart anatomy
- Learn how to reach the para-hisian region and the interventricular septum with a long sheath
- Learn how and where to implant a CSP lead with the help of a simulator
- Extra-vascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation
- Understand the rationale of implanting an extravascular lead
- Learn how to implant an EV-ICD generator in the left lateral thoracic space
- Learn how to implant an extra-vascular lead in the retro-sternal space with the help of a simulator
- Implantation of a leadless cardiac resynchronisation therapy device
- Understand how the leadless, left ventricular, endocardial CRT system operates
- Learn the procedure steps for patient screening, extravascular implant and transcatheter electrode placement
- Practice proper positioning and implantation of an electrode into the left ventricle using a simulator
- Implantation of a leadless pacemaker
- Understand the radiological heart anatomy
- Learn how to use the 25 French femoral sheath to provide access for LLPM
- Learn how to implant a LLPM with the help of a simulator
- Extraction of intravascular lead
- Learn how to prepare safely the patient before starting a lead extraction
- Understand the radiological heart anatomy
- Learn how to extract an endovascular lead thanks to a powered sheath, with the help of a simulator
Category 2: Cardiac Arrhythmia Ablation (workshop 7 to 12)
- Updated recommendations of the 2024 Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines: Epicardial solutions
- Understand how epicardial/endocardial ablation address unmet clinical needs in arrhythmia treatment
- Discover the epicardial options for treating complex AF, VTs and IST
- Experience hybrid techniques with hands-on simulation
- How to perform fluoro-guided transeptal puncture
- Understand the radiological heart anatomy
- Learn how to use the transeptal sheath to provide access to the left atrium
- Learn how to perform a transeptal puncture with the help of a simulator
- How to perform PVI with single shot catheter
- Understand the radiological heart anatomy
- Learn how to prepare the cryoballoon before using it for pulmonary veins isolation (PVI)
- Learn how to perform a PVI with a cryoballoon and a PFA single shot catheter, with the help of a simulator
- How to perform PVI with 3D mapping-guided point-by-point ablation or PFA energy
- Understand the 3-D heart anatomy
- Understand and analyse different types of maps
- Learn how to perform a PVI with a 3-D mapping system, with the help of a simulator and multiple energy sources
- How to perform PVI with 3D mapping-guided point by point ablation
- Understand the 3-D heart anatomy
- Understand and analyse different types of maps
- Learn how to perform a PVI with a 3-D mapping system, with the help of a simulator
- Echo guided femoral venous puncture and hemostasis management
- Understand the importance of an ultrasound-guided puncture to reach hemostasis effectively
- Learn step-by-step how to perform US guided puncture and Suture mediated vessel closure
- Learn what impact a closure device can have on the patient experience and hospital workflow
Our mission: To reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease.