Scientific Exchange: Concepts and Practices in the Field of Electrophysiology

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Scientific Exchange: Concepts and Practices in the Field of Electrophysiology

  • Published:  28 February 2025
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About the episode

Dr Stephen Tuohy presents his experience with PulseSelect and shares two detailed video case examples.

Overview

The Scientific Exchange webinar series features presentations and peer-to-peer discussions with experts on advanced concepts and practices in electrophysiology.
 

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This video series is supported by

Learning Objectives

  • Hemolysis overview: pathophysiology, detection and clinical consequences from a hematologist perspective
  • Review recently presented data on durability with PulseSelect PFA Ablation Catheter
  • Learn about the latest innovations in pulsed field ablation

Target Audience

  • Electrophysiologists
  • Cardiologists
  • Fellows
  • Allied Healthcare Professionals

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Part 1

Hemolysis With Different PFA Technologies: Clinical Considerations

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Part 2

Durability Study With PulseSelect Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System and Real-World Experience

This program features presentations and interactive discussion focused on the recently presented data on PulseSelect PFA system and new clinical research on durability with PFA. Faculty also discuss efficiency workflow tips and a multi-user center’s real-world experience.

Part 3

PulseSelect PFA: Rapid Adoption in Everyday Practice With a Dedicated EP Catheter

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Faculty Biographies

Lucas Boersma

Lucas Boersma

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Prof Lucas Boersma is a cardiologist/electrophysiologist at St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein and a Professor of Cardiology at the University of Amsterdam, NL. In his research, Prof Lucas Boersma has primarily focused on transcatheter treatment of atrial fibrillation. Prof Lucas Boersma is the chairman of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology (NVVC) Knowledge Agenda Committee.

Prof Boersma graduated from Medical School in 1996 at the University of Maastricht. In the same year he finished his PHD on Ventricular Tachycardia in the Rabbit Heart. He completed his Cardiology specialty training in 2000 at St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein and his subspecialty training in Electrophysiology in 2001 at Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, ES. He was Head of the Cardiology Department from 2008-2016, as well as Medical Manager of the Cardiovascular Unit from 2011-2017.

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Atul Verma

Atul Verma

Director of Cardiology

Dr Atul Verma is currently Director of Cardiology at the McGill University Health Centre & McGill University, Montreal, CA.

Specialising in complex arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, he has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles including in The New England Journal of Medicine. Dr Verma has co-chaired the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines Committee and contributed to the HRS/EHRA Consensus Document on Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. He currently leads and participates in multiple international clinical trials.

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Stephen Tuohy

Stephen Tuohy

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Dr Stephen Tuohy is a consultant cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist at The Beacon Hospital Dublin, IE. The Beacon Hospital is the largest volume cardiac ablation centre in Ireland, and one of the most technologically advanced private hospitals in all of Europe.

Dr Tuohy also practices at Blackrock Health Galway Clinic, Bon Secours Galway and Galway University Hospital. A graduate of the Cleveland Clinic Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship programme and previously appointed as Attending Cardiac Electrophysiologist in Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine and Assistant Professor of Medicine Tufts University Boston before returning to Ireland in 2020.

Dr Tuohy has multiple presentations and peer reviewed publications in the field of cardiac electrophysiology. He has a special interest in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and management of atrial fibrillation 

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