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WO R LD SU M M IT ON
BRUGADA
SYNDROME ABLATION
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San Donato Milanese (Milan), Italy - February 16 - 17-18, 2017
JOSEP BRUGADA
CARLO PAPPONE
GABRIELE VICEDOMINI
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WORLD SUMMIT ON
BRUGADA SYNDROME ABLATION
The mission of the World Summit on Brugada Syndrome Ablation is
to provide audience with the most recent knowledge and expertise in
the management of patients with Brugada syndrome, using epicardial
right ventricular RF ablation. Attendees will learn about the techniques,
methodology and results of this new therapy.
Carlo Pappone
Chief of the Dept. of Electrophysiology
Policlinico San Donato - San Donato Milanese
(MI) , Italy
Gabriele Vicedomini
Associate Director of the Dept. of Electrophysiology
Policlinico San Donato - San Donato Milanese
(MI) , Italy
Josep Brugada
Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínic Pediatric
Arrhythmia Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Donato, member of Gruppo Ospedaliero San Donato
- the first Italian hospital group - is the first Italian centre for cardiac surgery
since 1992, both for number of operations and complexity index of cases.
It’s the only Italian hospital with 4 cardiac surgeons who are part of the
American Association for Thoracic Surgery and leader of the Italian network
of high-specialty structures for the treatment of valve and aortic diseases.
In 2006 it was acknowledged by the Italian Ministry of Health as Research
hospital for the specialty «Heart and great vessels diseases in adults and
children».
I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Donato hosts the University of Milan’s Medical School.

#DAY 1
february
16Thursday
8:30 – 8:40
8:40 – 8:50
8:50 – 9:15
9:15 – 09:40
9:40 – 12:35
LIVE CASES
12:35 – 13:00
13:00 – 13:30
13:30 – 14:45
14:45 – 17:10
LIVE CASES
17:10 – 17:35
17:35 – 18:00
18:00 – 18:25
18:25 – 19:00
Welcome and introduction
Carlo Pappone, Gabriele Vicedomini, Josep Brugada, Vincenzo Santinelli
Welcome to the Policlinico San Donato
Lorenzo Menicati, Alessandro Frigiola
Opening Lecture - Brugada syndrome: 30 years
of scientific excitement.
Josep Brugada
Anatomy of the pericardium and epicardial access.
Mauricio Scanavacca
1 - RF Ablation - type 1, symptomatic, inducible, ICD
2 - RF Ablation - type 1, symptomatic, inducible, ICD
3 - One year follow-up “Ajmaline test”
4 - Two years follow-up “Ajmaline test”
Operators: C. Pappone, G. Vicedomini, J. Brugada, G. Ciconte, M. Saviano
Discussants: M. Scanavacca
Phenotype ablation in Brugada syndrome: methodology.
Carlo Pappone, Giuseppe Ciconte
Discussion with the experts
Lunch buffet
1 - RF Ablation - type 1, symptomatic, inducible, ICD
2 - RF Ablation - type 1, symptomatic, inducible, ICD
3 - One year follow-up “Ajmaline test”
4 - Two years follow-up “Ajmaline test”
Operators: C. Pappone, G. Vicedomini, J. Brugada, G. Ciconte, M. Saviano
Discussants: P. Adragao, J. Atiè, N.F. Marrouche
How to select patients for epicardial ablation.
Pedro Adragao
Tips and tricks in epicardial ablation.
Jacob Atié
Novel MRI ventricular imaging to identify
patients at high risk of cardiac mortality.
Nassir F. Marrouche
Discussion with the experts

17
february
Friday
Net of sodium channellopathies (early
repolarization, long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome).
Arthur Wilde
1 - RF Ablation - type 1, symptomatic, inducible, ICD
2 - RF Ablation - type 1, symptomatic, inducible, ICD
3 - One year follow-up “Ajmaline test”
4 - Two years follow-up “Ajmaline test”
#DAY 2
9:00 – 9:25
9:25 – 12:10
LIVE CASES
Operators: C. Pappone, G. Vicedomini, J. Brugada, G. Ciconte, M. Saviano
Discussants: R. Brugada, S. Priori, A. Wilde
Is genetic testing useful for patients identification
and risk stratification?
Ramon Brugada
Gene therapy of Brugada syndrome. Will we see it?
Silvia Priori
Discussion with the experts
Lunch buffet
1 - RF Ablation - type 1, symptomatic, inducible, ICD
2 - RF Ablation - type 1, symptomatic, inducible, ICD
3 - One year follow-up “Ajmaline test”
4 - Two years follow-up “Ajmaline test”
12:10 – 12:35
12:35 – 13:00
13:00 – 13:30
13:30 – 14:35
14:35 – 17:00
LIVE CASES
Operators: C. Pappone, G. Vicedomini, J. Brugada, G. Ciconte, M. Saviano
Discussants: K. Aonuma, T. Ikeda, K. Nademanee
Risk stratification in Brugada syndrome using
non-invasive techniques
Takanori Ikeda
How to ablate ventricular arrhythmias in Brugada
syndrome.
Koonlawee Nademanee
Genetic linkage between Brugada Syndrome,
ARVD, atrial fibrillation
Kazutaka Aonuma
Discussion with the experts
17:00 – 17:25
17:25 – 17:50
17:50 – 18:15
18:15 – 18:45

#DAY 3
february
18Saturday
9:00 – 11:45
LIVE CASES
1 - RF Ablation - type 1, symptomatic, inducible, ICD
2 - RF Ablation - type 1, symptomatic, inducible, ICD
3 - One year follow-up “Ajmaline test”
4 - Two years follow-up “Ajmaline test”
Operators: C. Pappone, G. Vicedomini, J. Brugada, G. Ciconte, M. Saviano
Discussants: L. Chinitz, F. Gaita, F.E. Marchlinski, G. Sarquella Brugada
11:45 – 12:10
Early repolarization and Brugada syndrome.
Larry Chinitz
12:10 – 12:50
Syncope and Brugada syndrome.
Fiorenzo Gaita
12:50 – 13:15
Best endpoints for endocardial and epicardial VT
ablation.
Francis E. Marchlinski
13:15 – 13:40
Brugada syndrome in children
Georgia Sarquella Brugada
13:40 – 15:00
Lunch buffet
15:00 – 16:00
Consensus on catheter ablation in Brugada
Syndrome. Guidelines update.
Discussants:
P. Adragao, T. Aonuma, J. Atiè, J. Brugada, R. Brugada,
L. Chinitz, G. Ciconte, F. Gaita, T. Ikeda, F.E. Marchlinski,
N.F. Marrouche, W. K. Nademanee, C. Pappone, S. Priori,
G. Sarquella-Brugada,V. Santinelli, M. Saviano,
M. Scanavacca, G. Vicedomini, A. Wilde
16:00 – 17:00
Closing remarks.
Carlo Pappone, Gabriele Vicedomini, Josep Brugada,
Vincenzo Santinelli

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORS
Carlo Pappone
Gabriele Vicedomini
Josep Brugada
Vincenzo Santinelli
INVITED FACULTY
Pedro Adragao - Portugal
Kazutaka Aonuma – Japan
Jacob Atié - Brazil
Ramon Brugada - Spain
Larry A. Chinitz - USA
Giuseppe Ciconte - Italy
Alessandro Frigiola - Italy
Fiorenzo Gaita - Italy
Takanori Ikeda – Japan
Francis E. Marchlinski - USA
Nassir F. Marrouche - USA
Lorenzo Menicanti – Italy
Koonlawee Nademanee - USA
Silvia Priori - Italy
Georgia Sarquella Brugada – Spain
Massimo Saviano - Italy
Mauricio Scanavacca - Brazil
Arthur A. Wilde - The Netherlands
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT
Carla D’Ambrosio – Secretariat, Dept of Arrhythmology
Policlinico San Donato
segreteria@af-ablation.org
Giuseppe Ciconte, MD – Dept of Arrhythmology
Policlinico San Donato
giuseppe.ciconte@grupposandonato.it
CONGRESS VENUE
Crowne Plaza Milan – Linate
Via K. Adenauer, 3 - San Donato Milanese (MI) - Italy
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Shuttle bus service
Nearest Airport: Milan Linate (8 Km)
The underground is the station M3 San Donato
Other information are available on our website.

REGISTRATION FEE
Attendees hospitality & registration package
€ 1.950,00
The package includes:
- Shuttle service airport or station/hotel/congress venue/restaurant
- n. 3 nights and dinners in a ****hotel
- Registration fee (access to scientific session, congress kit, coffee
breaks, lunches, social dinner)
- Certificate of Attendance – CME/EBAC registration
- Our Multilanguage on-site personnel for any support
Attendees registration package
€ 1.490,00
The package includes:
- Registration fee (access to scientific session, congress kit, coffee
breaks, lunches, social dinner)
- Certificate of Attendance – CME/EBAC registration
- Our Multilanguage on-site personnel for any support
On-line registration available at
www.brugadasyndromeablation.org – or by e-mail to:
registration@brugadasyndromeablation.org
ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
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