Society For Cardiac Robotic Navigation (Americas) conducted its first Cardiac Robotic Navigation Symposium in collaboration with Society For Cardiac Robotic Navigation (Europe) on 9 May 2017 at the Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, IL 60453, USA.

The symposium's program is provided below. Some presentations are available in PDF format. The timing of the available presentations is highlighted in red (click to download).

Program :

Part 1. Chairs: Dr. Eugene
Crystal and Dr. Gurjit Singh



14:00 - 14:05
President's Opening Remarks.
Dr. Eugene Crystal, Toronto, Canada.
14:05 - 14:20
Live case introduction.
Dr. William Spear, Chicago, USA.
14:20 - 14:40
Lesion Formation.
Dr. Hiroshi Nakagawa, Oklahoma City, USA.
14:40 - 15:00
Effective lesion creation with RMT and superiority in VT ablation.
Dr. Pramesh Kovoor; Westmead, Australia.
15:00 - 15:15
Live case update and discussion.
Dr. William Spear, Chicago, USA.
15:15 - 15:35
Learning Curve: How to Learn a Robotic System.
Dr. Peter Weiss, Utah, USA.

Part 2. Chairs: Dr. Peter Weiss and Dr. Pedram Kazemian


15:45 - 16:00
Live case update and discussion.
Dr. William Spear, Chicago, USA.
16:00 - 16:20
Complex Ventricular Arrhythmia.
Dr. Daniel Cooper, Saint Louis, USA.
16:20 - 16:40
Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia.
Dr. Peter Weiss, Utah, USA.
16:40 - 17:00
The use of V drive.
Dr. Georg Nölker, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.

Part 3. Chairs: Dr. Eugene Crystal, President, SCRN(A) and Dr. Georg Nölker, Founder, SCRN(EU)

17:10 - 17:15
Recognition Awards: best engineering paper 2016.
The Chairs.
17:15 - 17:25
Winning paper presentation: best engineering paper 2016.
Dr. Daniel Gelman, London, Canada.
17:25 - 17:30
Recognition Awards: best clinical paper 2016.
The Chairs.
17:30 - 17:40
Winning paper presentation: best clinical paper 2016.
Dr. Georg Nölker, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
17:40 - 18:30
Annual SCRN meeting.
The Chairs.