Navigating the Maze

Program overview

15 November

Surgical Concomitant AF

08h30 - Latest Developments in AF Treatment
(Jose Luis Merino)
09h00 - Master Anatomy Class for EPs and Surgeons
(Andrew Cook)
09h30 - ESC/EACTS 2024 Recommendations for Surgeons
(Thorsten Hanke)
10h30 - Video Case: MAZE IV
(Filip Rega)
10h45 - Video Case: Minimal Invasive AF Concomitant Ablation
(Keti Vitanova)
11h00 - How We Can Improve the Interventional Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
(James Cox)
11h30 - Case-Based Roundtable
(James Cox, Andrew Cook, Manuel Castella, Thorsten Hanke, Filip Rega, Jose Luis Merino, Keti Vitanova)
12h15 - Lunch

Hybrid AF™ Therapies

13h00 - Current Trends in AF Management
(Nitesh Sood)
13h30 - ESC/EACTS 2024 Recommendations in Standalone AF and Hybrid Treatment
(Bart Maesen)
13h50 - Other Fields of Hybrid Ablation
(Mark La Meir)
14h10 - Video Case: Totally Thoracoscopic AF Ablation
(Stefano Benussi)
15h00 - Video Case: Hybrid Convergent + LAAX From Left Side
(Andreu Porta-Sánchez, Jorge Alcocer)
15h20 - Case-Based Roundtable
(Andreu Porta-Sánchez, Mark La Meir, Manuel Castella, Bart Maesen, Nitesh Sood, Jorge Alcocer, Jolanda Kluin)
15h50 - Long-Term Vision: The Future of Heart Surgery
(Jolanda Kluin)
17h30 - Finish

16 November

LAA Exclusion

09h00 - The Importance of the Left Atrial Appendage in AF
(Josep Brugada)
09h20 - ESC/EACTS 2024 Recommendations in LAA Management
(Piotr Suwalski)
09h50 - Excluding the Appendage. Evidence in ALL Surgical Patients
(Richard Whitlock)
10h50 - Video Case: Robotic Surgery in LAA
(Thorsten Hanke)
11h10 - Best Technical Tricks for AtriClip Implantation
(Mark La Meir)
11h40 - AF, LAA and its Neurological Implications
(David Z. Rose)
11h50 - Case-Based Roundtable
(Mark La Meir, David Z. Rose, Richard Whitlock, Piotr Suwalski, Manuel Castella, Thorsten Hanke, Josep Brugada)
12h50 - Finish

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Welcome to Navigating the Maze

We are thrilled to bring the highly-anticipated 19^th edition of Navigating the Maze once again to Barcelona, Spain, on Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16, 2024. This year’s program will be led by an international multidisciplinary faculty and will cover all aspects of surgical AF ablation management, Hybrid AF™ Therapies, and LAA exclusion.

The Navigating the Maze 2024 academic program is a unique hybrid event with both an in-person presence and engaging on-demand sessions for you to explore after the event.

This 1.5-day international atrial fibrillation program is for physicians interested in concomitant ablation and minimally invasive Hybrid AF Therapies. From patient selection to the latest clinical evidence, this dynamic program presents techniques and outcomes for catheter and surgical ablations. The faculty of leading experts will highlight specific cardiac surgery and minimally invasive Hybrid therapies for AF patients through live surgeries and engaging presentations.

The aim is to provide a forum for the exchange and discussion on AF management, with case-based learning sessions, best practice sharing, updates on the latest clinical evidence and procedural techniques, and interactive discussions on the new developments and advances in clinical practice.

This year, we are honored to collaborate with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) on this unique education opportunity. The collaboration with EACTS promises to continue elevating this extensive program and deliver the best insights on techniques and outcomes of AF ablation, presented byleading international faculty.

Please have a look at the full program online and, if you can’t join in Barcelona, you will have the opportunity to watch the sessions streamed live and the recordings available on-demand right after the event.

We hope you can join us and I am looking forward to connecting with you!

With kind regards,

Dr. Manuel Castellà

Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain