18-20 September 2025

Preliminary Scientific Program at a Glance

Explore CARDIORHYTHM Congress 2025 | Day 01

Session 01: Pacing

  • How I learnt to pace
  • Troubleshooting in the pacing clinic
  • How to perform LBB area pacing
  • Prevention of cardiac implantable device  infection
  •  Lead extraction and how to do it safely
  • Vascular access for pacing from simple to complex
  •  Questions
  •  Exhibition and Health break

Session 02: Sudden Cardiac Death

  • Does Africa need its own ICD guidelines
  • What is the purpose of an ICC service
  • The athlete with an abnormal ECG 
  • Is it time to turn the defibrillator off?
  • Will novel heart failure medication make the ICD obsolete
  • Questions
  • Lunch Break

Session 03: Mechanisms of SVT

  • Cardiac arrhythmia mechanisms
  • Cardiac anatomy for electrophysiology
  • Risk stratification of pre-excitation syndromes
  • Broad complex tachycardia : SVT vs VT-
  • How to manage my patient with SVT
  • Management of SVT in the pediatric patient
  • Questions

Session 04: Messages & Abstracts

  • 15 minutes from HRS and 15 minutes from EHRA
  • 1hr abstract presentations – 10 minutes each

Explore CARDIORHYTHM Congress 2025 | Day 02

Session 05: Atrial Fibrillation 

  • Epidemiology and causes of AF in Africa
  • How well is anticoagulation managed in Africa
  • Should AF ablation be widely available in Africa
  • How to manage the patient with AF and heart failure
  • The role of AV node ablation in AF management
  • Exhibition and tea break

Session 06: Ventricular Arrhythmias

  • Epidemiology and causes of VT in Africa
  • How do I assess the patient with VT
  • Medical management of VT in structural heart disease
  • VT ablation-the basics-
  • How do I manage the patient with ventricular ectopy
  • Cardiac autonomic modulation can this be done in Africa?
  • Questions
  • Lunch Break

Session 07: EP Cases

  • SVT Case presentation
  • 6 cases each 10 minutes presented by fellows Then 30 mins for panel and audience discussion

Session 08: Rehabilitation

  • What to tell a patient before implanting a defibrillator
  • When can I drive ? (After a pacemaker and defibrillator)
  • Can I get back to work (After a pacemaker and defibrillator)
  • Why weight loss is important in arrhythmia management 
  • Questions
  • Closing

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