{"id":1138,"date":"2024-05-09T14:06:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T07:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2024-05-09T14:06:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T07:06:59","slug":"texas-cardiac-arrhythmia-institute-at-st-davids-medical-center-hosts-international-conference-on-complex-cardiac-arrhythmias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=1138","title":{"rendered":"Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David&#8217;s Medical Center hosts international conference on complex cardiac arrhythmias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"xn-location\">AUSTIN, Texas<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 8, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; On <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 18-19, 2024<\/span>, the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David&#8217;s Medical Center hosted its seventh international symposium on complex arrhythmias, EPLive 2024. This year&#8217;s event included 1,000 registered attendees from all over the globe, including <span class=\"xn-location\">Argentina<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Italy<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan<\/span>, with more than 250 people attending in person.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>     \u00a0    <\/div>\n<p>    <span>Source: St. David&#8217;s Healthcare<\/span>        <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Participants included practicing clinical cardiac electrophysiologists, electrophysiologist fellows and general cardiologists who have an interest in treating complex cardiac arrhythmias\u2014a condition in which the heart beats with an irregular or abnormal rhythm. The primary teaching tool was live cases with expert commentary broadcast from the Electrophysiology Center at St. David&#8217;s Medical Center, the leading robotic electrophysiology center in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Live cases performed during EPLive 2024 featured commercially approved pulsed field ablation (PFA) systems\u2014the biggest advancement in the electrophysiology (EP) field in decades. The first commercially approved PFA case in the U.S. was performed earlier this year by physicians at TCAI. PFA produces high-frequency electrical pulses to destroy muscle cells that cause irregular heart rhythms without using excess heat or cold. The non-thermal approach does not damage surrounding tissue and, therefore, enhances patient outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The practicality of EPLive\u2014exposing current and aspiring EP professionals to live cases from the world&#8217;s leading electrophysiology experts in different settings with new technology\u2014is why it is so important to hold this two-day conference,&#8221; <span class=\"xn-person\">Andrea Natale<\/span>, M.D., F.H.R.S., F.A.C.C., F.E.S.C., cardiac electrophysiologist and executive medical director of TCAI and EPLive course director, said. &#8220;With EPLive, we strive to positively impact the lives of patients across the globe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to TCAI, some of the world&#8217;s premier centers participated: <span class=\"xn-person\">Albert Einstein College<\/span> of Medicine (<span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span>), Cleveland Clinic, Houston Methodist, Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute, <span class=\"xn-org\">Massachusetts<\/span> General, Monzino Heart Center (<span class=\"xn-location\">Italy<\/span>), St. Bernard&#8217;s Heart and Vascular Center (<span class=\"xn-location\">Arkansas<\/span>), UCLA Health, <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Chicago<\/span> Medicine, UC Health Center (<span class=\"xn-location\">Colorado<\/span>), <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Pennsylvania<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to demonstrations from Dr. Natale, EPLive featured presentations by several TCAI physicians, including course co-director, <span class=\"xn-person\">Amin Al-Ahmad<\/span>, M.D., <span class=\"xn-person\">John Allison<\/span>, M.D., Weeranun Bode, M.D., <span class=\"xn-person\">David Burkhardt<\/span>, M.D., <span class=\"xn-person\">Robert Canby<\/span>, M.D., <span class=\"xn-person\">Joseph Gallinghouse<\/span>, M.D., <span class=\"xn-person\">Rodney Horton<\/span>, M.D., <span class=\"xn-person\">Patrick Hranitzky<\/span>, M.D. and <span class=\"xn-person\">David Kessler<\/span>, M.D.<\/p>\n<p>Physicians received a maximum of 14.5 American Medical Association (AMA) Physician&#8217;s Recognition Award (PRA) Category 1 Credit\u2122\u00a0hours at the conference.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the conference, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4161087-1&amp;h=1175687949&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ep-live.com%2F&amp;a=EP-Live.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EP-Live.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas, May 8, 2024 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; On Apri [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cision-pr-newswire","category-cision-pr-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}