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SERVICES FOR ARRHYTHMIA, HEART FAILURE, SYNCOPE AND IMPLANTABLE DEVICES

08:30 Coffee & registration

09.00 Welcome Andy Turley

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: A SHARED RESPONSILBILTY, PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY CARE Chair: Andy Turley

09.05 Implementing new NICE guidance and implications for stroke risk assessment/prevention

Matt Faye

09.45 Novel anti coagulants – Indications, initiation and management Mike Stewart

10.15 Interventional techniques for AF management Simon James

10.35 Questions to the expert panel

10.45: Refreshments

ARRHYTHMIAS – ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS Chair: Simon James

11.05 How to predict high risk in patients with palpitations Jayne Mudd

11.25 The burden of ectopy – How much is too much? Lee Graham

11.45 Demystifying the 12 lead ECG – The common and not so common findings Andy Thornley

12.10 A National perspective on arrhythmia management Arrhythmia Alliance

12.30 Questions to the expert panel

12.40: Lunch and ECG Quiz

SYNCOPE – AN UPDATE ON ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT Chair: Andy Thornley

13.40 Vasodepressor syncope – An overview John Davidson

14.00 When is a faint not a faint? – Diagnosis and management of psychogenic seizures

Jason Price

14.20 When is dizziness at the heart of the matter? Cardiac causes of syncope Nick Linker

14.50 Questions to the expert panel

15.00 Refreshments

HEART FAILURE – AN UPDATE ON DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT Chair: Nick Linker

15.20 Diagnosing and managing heart failure – A primary care perspective Nigel Rowell

15.40 New NICE guidance for CRT/ICD – Implications for primary care Andy Turley

16.00 Questions for the expert panel

16.10 Evaluation

16.15 Close

Wednesday 24th September 2014, The Wynyard Rooms, Wynyard Park

Awaiting CPD accreditation