Cardiac Rhythm Device Summit: Implantation, Management, and Follow Up 2025 (Videos + Syllabus)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Cardiac Device Summit offers an essential update on the indications, follow-up care, and management of cardiac rhythm technologies, with a focus on clinical pearls to optimize patient outcomes. Every year, hundreds of thousands of patients receive cardiac rhythm devices to treat conditions such as bradyarrhythmias, tachyarrhythmias, and heart failure. The growing indications for implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices over the past decade highlight the expanding role of these interventions in clinical practice. With evolving technology, the programming complexity and management requirements of these devices have also increased. This program will provide expert insights into best practices for follow-up, troubleshooting, and optimizing device therapy to enhance patient care. Attendees will benefit from interactive sessions, case discussions, and a deep dive into the latest advancements in cardiac rhythm management.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Describe the current indications for pacemaker, ICD, subcutaneous ICD, and resynchronization therapies
• Recognize upcoming technologies for cardiac devices
• Interpret diagnostic material (electrocardiograms, impedance, radiography, and other sources) to troubleshoot suspected implantable device malfunction
• Discuss factors that impart a higher risk for patients with cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) undergoing MRI
• Identify the current capabilities of remote monitoring to manage patients with cardiovascular risk and disease
• Explain the appropriate management strategies for common CIED complications

INTENDED AUDIENCE

The symposium is designed for cardiologists, internists, family practitioners, physician’s assistants and cardiovascular nurse practitioners and technologists caring for patients with cardiac rhythm management.

 

PROGRAM

THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2025

7:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast | Pavilion Foyer

7:40 a.m.

Welcome and Pre-Test

Cardiac Rhythm Devices: Guidelines and Future Technologies in Pacemakers

Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD

7:55 a.m.

Case of the Day

Fred Kusumoto, MD

8:00 a.m.

Anatomy of the Conduction System: Recognize Underlying Anatomy to Minimize Complications and New Technology for Cardiac Devices

Samuel Asirvatham, MD

8:30 a.m.

Who Should Get a Single Chamber or Dual Chamber Leadless Pacemaker? How Should I Do It and What Should I Watch For?

Yong Mei Cha, MD

9:00 a.m.

Questions and Answers

Samuel Asirvatham, MD, Yong Mei Cha, MD

9:10 a.m.

Rapid Fire Cases (Bradycardia)

Samuel Asirvatham, MD, Yong Mei Cha, MD, Siva Mulpuru, MD, Christoff van Niekerk, MD

Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD

9:40 a.m.

Refreshment Break – Pavilion Foyer

Cardiac Rhythm Devices: Practical Clinical Challenges in ICDs.

Moderator: Siva Mulpuru, MD

10:00 a.m.

ICD for Sudden Death Prevention for Heart Failure in 2024

Fred Kusumoto, MD

10:20 a.m.

Inherited Arrhythmias: Who Should and Shouldn’t Receive and ICD

Komandoor Srivathsan, MD

10:40 a.m.

Choosing ICD Type: Single Chamber, Dual Chamber, Transvenous, Subcutaneous, or EV ICD

Win-Kuang Shen, MD

11:00 a.m.

How to Optimally Program ICDs

Christoff van Niekerk, MD

11:20 a.m.

Questions and Answers

Fred Kusumoto, MD, Win-Kuang Shen, MD, Komandoor Srivathsan, MD, Christoff van Niekerk, MD

11:30 a.m.

Rapid Fire Cases (ICD)

Fred Kusumoto, MD, Komandoor Srivathsan, MD, Christoff van Niekerk, MD

Moderator: Win-Kuang Shen, MD

12:10 p.m.

Lunch Break – Pavilion Lawn

Cardiac Rhythm Devices: Innovations and Practical Clinical Challenges

Moderator: Yong Mei Cha, MD

1:00 p.m.

Chest X-rays and Devices

Yong Mei Cha, MD

1:20 p.m.

Artificial Intelligence in Management of Devices

Siva Mulpuru, MD

1:40 p.m.

Syncope Who Should Get an Implantable Monitor or a Pacemaker?

Win-Kuang Shen, MD

2:00 p.m.

CIED Monitoring: Best Practices in 2025

Christine Kneeland, RN

2:20 p.m.

Cardiac Devices and Disparities in Care: Are We There Yet?

Melinda Barber, ARNP

2:40 p.m.

Question and Answers

Melinda Barber, ARNP, Win-Kuang Shen, MD

Moderator: Yong Mei Cha, MD

2:50 p.m.

Refreshment Break

3:00 p.m.

Rapid Fire Cases

Melinda Barber, ARNP, Christine Kneeland, RN, Siva Mulpuru, MD, Win-Kuang Shen, MD

Moderator: Yong Mei Cha, MD

3:40 p.m.

Case of the Day Discussion

Yong Mei Cha, MD

4:00 p.m.

Adjourn

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Optional Workshop: Cardiac Anatomy for Implanters and Safe Lead Extraction

Samuel Asirvatham, MD

 

FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2025

7:15 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:30 a.m.

Early Bird Session: Interesting ECGs: Physiological Pacing, CRT, and More

Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS

Conduction System Physiological Pacing, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT), and More

Moderator: Siva Mulpuru, MD

8:00 a.m.

Case of the Day

Siva Mulpuru, MD

8:05 a.m.

CRT in 2025: Obsolete?

Hicham El Masry, MD

8:20 a.m.

Conduction System Pacing: Too Much Hype?

Xiaoke Liu, MD, PhD

8:40 a.m.

Case Based Discussion: How I Manage Non-Responders to CRT or Conduction System Pacing

Vaibhav Vaidya, MBBS

9:00 a.m.

EP Issues in Cardiac Amyloid, sarcoid and end stage heart failure

Eric Steidley, MD

9:20 a.m.

Questions and Answers

Hicham El Masry, MD, Xiaoke Liu, MD, PhD, Eric Steidley, MD, Vaibhav Vaidya, MBBS

9:30 a.m.

Rapid Fire Cases (Physiologic Pacing): What Are The Options and What Should I Do?

Hicham El Masry, MD, Xiaoke Liu, MD, PhD, Eric Steidley, MD, Vaibhav Vaidya, MBBS

Moderator: Siva Mulpuru, MD

10:10 a.m.

Refreshment Break

CIED Lead Management, Infection, and Extraction

Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD

10:30 a.m.

CIED Lead Design considerations for implantation, management and extraction: How can we help patients with shared Decision Making on Lead Revision, Abandonment, or Extraction

Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, MD

10:50 a.m.

Lead and Device Imaging: What’s Real and What’s Fake

Prajwal Reddy, MD

11:10 a.m.

CIED Related Infection: Early Diagnosis and Optimal Treatment

Danesh Kella, MBBS

11:30 a.m.

Lead Extraction: Technical Challenges, Tricks and Tips, and Outcomes

Siva Mulpuru, MD

11:50 a.m.

Questions and Answers

Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, MD, Danesh Kella, MBBS, Siva Mulpuru, MD, Prajwal Reddy, MD

12:00 p.m.

Rapid Fire Device Infection Cases

Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, MD, Yong Mei Cha, MD, Siva Mulpuru, MD, Prajwal Reddy, MD

Moderator: Danesh Kella, MBBS

12:40 p.m.

Case of the Day Discussion

Fred Kusumoto, MD

12:50 p.m.

Adjourn

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2025

6:50 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:00 a.m.

Cross-Cultural Communication (Requirement for meetings in California) Cultural and Linguistic Competency?

7:30 a.m.

Early Bird Session: Common Device Troubleshooting in the Device Clinic Case Presentations

Cynthia Dieterich, RN, Ashley Greathouse, APRN, Tamara Meyers-Laplace, RN, David Wasserman, MA, RN

Moderator: Fred Kusumoto, MD

8:10 a.m.

Post Test

8:25 a.m.

Case of the Day

Fred Kusumoto, MD

CIED Programming, Trouble Shooting, and Follow-up

Moderator: Siva Mulpuru, MD

8:30 a.m.

Leadless Pacemaker Programming and Troubleshooting

Hicham El Masry, MD

8:50 a.m.

ICD Programming and Troubleshooting

Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS

9:10 a.m.

Cryptogenic Stroke: How Do We Investigate?

Fatima Ezzeddine, MD

9:30 a.m.

Hospital Management of CIEDs Outside of the EP Laboratory: MRI, Radiation, Surgery

Danesh Kella, MBBS

9:50 a.m.

Atrial High Rate Episodes: How Long is Too Long?

Vaibhav Vaidya, MBBS

10:10 a.m.

Advances in Device Therapy: Where Did We Come From and What to Expect in the Future?

Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, MD

10:30 a.m.

Questions and Answers

Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, MD, Abhishek Deshmukh, MBBS, Hicham El Masry, MD, Fatima Ezzeddine, MD, Danesh Kella, MBBS, Vaibhav Vaidya, MBBS

10:50 a.m.

Device Programming and Patient Management Potpourri

Cynthia Dieterich, RN, Ashley Greathouse, APRN, Tamara Meyers-Laplace, RN, David Wasserman, MA, RN

Moderators: Fred Kusumoto, MD, Siva Mulpuru, MD, Fatima Ezzeddine, MD, Yong Mei Cha, MD

11:15 a.m.

Case of the Day Discussion

Fred Kusumoto, MD

11:25 a.m.

Closing Remarks

11:30 a.m.

Adjourn