Topic List

Abstract submission and scientific sessions cover a wide array of topics:

Basics

• Clinical Skills
  • Electrocardiography (ECG)

Arrhythmias, General

• Pathophysiology and Mechanisms
  • • Cellular Mechanisms of Arrhythmias
    • Genetic Aspects of Arrhythmias
    • Ion Channel Disorders
• Diagnostic Methods
  • Electrocardiography (ECG)
  • Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography 
  • Holter Monitoring
  • Implantable Loop Recorder
  • Photoplethysmography
  • Wearables and m-Health
  • Noninvasive Diagnostic Methods
  • Invasive Diagnostic Methods
• Treatment
  • Lifestyle Modification
  • Antiarrhythmic Drug Treatment
  • Cardioversion and Defibrillation
  • Catheter Ablation of Arrhythmias
• Prevention 
• Clinical

Atrial Fibrillation

• Pathophysiology and Mechanisms
  • Genetic Causes
  • Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Dysfunction
  • Sleep Disordered Breathing
  • Obesity and Diabetes
  • Autonomic Dysfunction
  • Sports and Atrial Fibrillation
  • Defining Types of Atrial Fibrillation
  • Mechanisms for Stroke
  • Mechanisms for Heart Failure and Cardiac Complications 
• Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome
  • Prevalence and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation
  • Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation
  • Heart Failure in Atrial Fibrillation
  • Sudden Death in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
  • Cognitive Function and Autonomy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
• Diagnostic Methods
• Treatment
  • Acute Management 
  • Acute Rate Control and Cardioversion
  • Patient Flow
  • Rate Control
  • Rhythm Control, Cardioversion
  • Rhythm Control, Antiarrhythmic Drugs
  • Rhythm Control, Catheter Ablation
  • Rhythm Control, Catheter Ablation: Techniques and Technology
  • Rhythm Control, Catheter Ablation: Outcomes and Complications
  • Rhythm Control, Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
  • Rhythm Control, Hybrid Therapy
• Stroke Prevention
  • Oral Anticoagulation
  • Left Atrial Appendage Closure
• Stroke Treatment
• Prevention
• Clinical

Supraventricular Tachycardia (non-AF)

• Pathophysiology and Mechanisms
• Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome
• Diagnostic Methods
• Treatment
• Prevention
• Clinical

Syncope and Bradycardia

• Pathophysiology and Mechanisms
• Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome
• Diagnostic Methods
• Treatment
• Prevention
• Clinical

Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD)

• Pathophysiology and Mechanisms
• Epidemiology, Prognosis, Outcome
• Diagnostic Methods
• Treatment
  • Management of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
  • Drug Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias
  • Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias
  • Device Treatment 
  • Wearable Defibrillator (WCD)
  • Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)
  • Radiotherapy
• Prevention

Device Therapy

• Antibradycardia Pacing
• Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
• Home and Remote Patient Monitoring
• Device Complications and Lead Extraction

Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology

• Clinical

Rehabilitation and Sports Cardiology

• Sports Cardiology
  • Electrocardiography (ECG)
  • Arrhythmias
  • Sudden Death in Sports

e-Cardiology/ Digital Health

• Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning, Deep Learning)
• Big Data and Digital Twin
• Hospital Information Systems, Electronic Medical Records, Clinical Decision Support
• Remote Patient Monitoring and Telehealth
  
  • Telehealth

Public Health and Health Economics

Basic Science

• Cardiac Diseases
  • Arrhythmias
• Vascular Biology and Physiology
  • Ion Channels, Electrophysiology
• Vascular Diseases