21
Jan
2026
18:00
JST
14:30
IST
20:00
AEDT
Webinar
Planning and Performing TAVI to Reduce Pacemaker Risk
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Overview
Pacemaker implantation remains one of the most common complications after TAVI. In this webinar, chaired by Prof Rafal Dworakowski (Abbott APAC Medical Affairs Director, Singapore, SG) and Dr Simon Lam (Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, HK), leading specialists will focus on the anatomy of the conduction system anatomy, highlight key pre-procedural planning considerations, and share proven procedural techniques to help you minimise the need for permanent pacing, especially in high-risk patients.
Prof Andrew Cook (UCL Institute Cardiovascular Science, London, UK) will provide a detailed review of the conduction system, the anatomical mechanisms of AV block, and device-specific pacing risks. Dr Abdul Ihdayhid (Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, AU) will outline how to predict pacing risk pre-procedure and strategies to reduce the need for a pacemaker. Dr Tomohiro Sakamoto (Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, JP) will present practical implantation techniques designed to avoid the use of a pacemaker. The session will conclude with an interactive panel discussion where faculty answer audience questions and share real-world insights.
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Faculty:
Andrew Cook
Abdul Ihdayhid
Tomohiro Sakamoto
Rafal Dworakowski
Simon Cheung-Chi Lam
This webinar is supported by
Agenda
Key Learning Objectives
- Understand key anatomical features of the conduction system that increase the risk of pacemaker implantation following TAVI
- Apply imaging-based planning techniques (including CT, Intracardiac imaging) to identify high-risk patients and optimise procedural strategy
- Predict pacemaker risk pre-procedurally
- Understand procedural techniques that minimise conduction injury, including the cusp overlap technique and precise valve deployment
- Integrate anatomical assessment, imaging planning, and procedural execution to reduce overall pacemaker rates in TAVI patients across the APAC region
Target Audience
- Interventional Cardiologists
- Cardiac Surgeons
- Imaging Cardiologists
- Trainees and Fellows in Cardiology
Faculty Biographies
Rafal Dworakowski
Prof Rafał Dworakowski, MD (Hons), PhD, FRCP, FESC is an interventional cardiologist and academic with over two decades of experience in structural and coronary interventions.
Simon Cheung-Chi Lam
Dr Simon Cheung-Chi Lam graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong in 2003. He is an interventional cardiologist from the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Andrew Cook
Prof Andrew Cook is Director of Education and leads the Centre for Morphology & Structural Heart Disease at UCL’s Institute of Cardiovascular Science / Great Ormond Street Hospital, based at the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, London, UK.
Abdul Ihdayhid
Dr Abdul Ihdayhid is an Interventional Cardiologist and Cardiac CT Specialist at the Fiona Stanley Hospital, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, the University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia.
Tomohiro Sakamoto
Dr Tomohiro Sakamoto is an interventional cardiologist at the Cardiovascular Center of Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, where he specialises in structural heart disease and percutaneous coronary interventions.