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