Eighth Annual Scientific Meeting Postgraduate Course: 5th Annual Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation", "5th Annual Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation");

Session A: Lessons Learned From 15 Years Of Interventional Therapy For AF Moderator: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD
8:10A - 8:30AM	Mechanisms of Atrial Fibrillation: Implications for Surgical Therapy Richard B. Schuessler, PhD
8:30A- 9:00AM	Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation In Patients Who Do Not Require Concomitant Cardiac Surgery: Will There Be A Role for Surgical Surgery? Warren M. Jackman, MD
9:00A - 9:25AM	Surgery for Lone Atrial Fibrillation: What Have We Learned from Fifteen Years of Surgical Therapy? Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD
9:25A - 9:50AM	Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Valvular Heart Disease: What Have We Learned Over theLast Decade? Patrick J. McCarthy, MD
9:50A - 10:10AM	Panel Discussion
10:10A - 10:30AM	Break
Session B: Operative Techniques In Atrial Fibrillation Surgery: Current Controversies Moderator: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD
10:30A - 11:10AM	Debate: Pulmonary Vein Isolation Alone is Appropriate Therapy for Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Pro: Randall K. Wolf, MD Con: Niv Ad, MD
11:10A - 11:40AM	Debate: The Left Atrial Appendage Should Be Removed in All Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Pro: A. Marc Gillinov, MD Con: Fumitaka Isobe, MD
11:40A - 12:00PM	Is Map-guided Atrial Fibrillation Surgery the Answer to Our Problems? Takashi Nitta, MD
12:15P - 1:15PM	Lunch
Session C: Live Narrated Surgery Demonstrations: Ablation Technology For Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Moderator: Niv Ad, MD
1:15P - 1:35PM	Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: The Milan Experience Live Narrated Demonstration: Unipolar Radiofrequency Ablation Stefano Benussi, MD
1:35P - 1:55PM	Clinical Experience with Irrigated Radiofrequency Devices Live Narrated Demonstration: Irrigated RF Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Francis L. Shannon, MD
1:55P - 2:15PM	Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Live Narrated Demonstration: Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation A. Marc Gillinov, MD
2:15P - 2:35PM	Microwave Ablation: Clinical Experience with Endocardial and Epicardial Approaches Live Narrated Demonstration: Microwave Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Adam A. Saltman, MD, PhD
2:35P - 2:55PM	New Cryosurgical Approaches for Atrial Fibrillation Live Narrated Demonstration: Cryosurgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Nicolas Doll, MD
2:55PM	Break
3:15P - 3:35PM	High-frequency Ultrasound, Operative Technique and Clinical Results Live Narrated Demonstration: High-frequency Ultrasound for Atrial Fibrillation James L. Cox, MD
3:35P - 3:55PM	Laser Technology for Atrial Fibrillation Live Narrated Demonstration: Laser Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Li Poa, MD
3:55P - 4:15PM	Minimal Access and Robotic Approaches for the Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Live Narrated Demonstration: Videoscopic Atrial Fibrillation Ablation W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD
4:15P - 4:35PM	The Future of Arrhythmia Surgery: Challenges and Opportunities Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD
4:35P - 5:00PM	Panel Discussion and Adjournment