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Welcome Address

ear Colleagues and Friends,
We would like to extend a warm welcome to all the participants of
VeniceArrhythmias2015.
For this 14th Anniversary of the International Workshop on Cardiac Arrhythmias we expect more than
1500 attendees, coming from over 60 countries.
The aim of the Workshop is to exchange the state-of-the-art information on the diagnosis and management
of patients with cardiac arrhythmias, and to present and discuss the most recent advances in the field of
basic and clinical cardiac electrophysiology and pacing.
The Scientific program is developed within 3 days in 7 concurrent meeting rooms run by the most world-
wide recognized leaders for a total of about 90 sessions.
Among the different topics, this year, the Workshop will especially focus on the following central themes:
atrial fibrillation from A to Z, Antithrombotic therapy for cardiac arrhythmias, arrhythmias in the elderly,
Arrhythmogenic genetic syndrome, contemporary and controversial issue in cardiac pacing, HF and CRT,
ICD leads evolution, lead extraction and device infection, mechanisms and ablation of cardiac arrhythmias,
new technologies and techniques in catheter ablation, present your most challenging cases --- rising stars and
more, remote monitoring of cardiac arrhythmias/device, role of cardiac imaging in electrophysiology, sport
and arrhythmias, stroke prevention/AF therapy trial, sudden cardiac death and ICD, surgical vs
electrophysiological interventions for cardiac arrhythmias, syncope 2015 update.
The program is organized in different sessions: from main symposia to debates, lectures, satellite events,
oral and poster communications and allied professionals program.
The meeting will also include special Corner Sessions on different topics, prepared in cooperation with
Scientific Societies or representatives of geographic areas, didactic teaching Core Curricula with up-to-date
information and relevant clinical implications.
Besides the scientific agenda, the Workshop will give you the opportunity to meet your colleagues, discover
the latest innovations of the sector and meet the representatives of medical companies.
We urge you not to miss, among the others, the Opening Ceremony with the Distinguished Scientist and
the Distinguished teacher Golden Lionel Awards, the Best Abstract Award and the Breakthrough
Communication Award in Arazzi Room at Fondazione Cini on October 16th.
The unique setting of the Giorgio Cini Foundation, our Congress venue, is an integrating part of the whole
VeniceArrhythmias experience: it certainly represents the ideal surrounding for reflection and study and will
definitely favour socialization and friendship between faculty and attendees.
Finally, we invite you to fully appreciate your stay in the city by discovering the charming Venice’s artistic
treasures, and the many tourist attractions that this unique location can offer.
Wishing you a productive and memorable experience in Venice.
Your sincerely,

Antonio Raviele Andrea Natale Sakis Themistoclakis
MD
MD, FESC, FHRS MD, FACC, FESC, FHRS

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Table of contents

Executive Board & Organization 3
Endorsements and Auspices 4
Committees & Faculty 6
General Information 9
General Scientific Overview 16
Detailed Scientific Program 23
Friday, October 16 23
............................................................................... Opening Ceremony 24
............................................................................... Allied Professionals Corners 30
……………………………………………………………………. Oral Communications Sessions 32
............................................................................... Poster Session 1 34
Saturday, October 17 36
……………………………………………………………………. Oral Communications Sessions 42
Sunday, October 18 45
……………………………………………………………………. Oral Communications Sessions 51
............................................................................... Poster Session 2 52
Sponsors and Exhibitors List 54
Congress Venue & Exhibition Floor Plan 62

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Executive Board & Organization
Presidents

Antonio Raviele Andrea Natale Sakis Themistoclakis
ALliance to Fight Texas Cardiac Department of
Atrial fibrillation Arrhythmia Institute Cardiothoracic
- ALFA - & Vascular Medicine
St. David’s
Venice-Mestre, Italy Medical Center Ospedale dell’Angelo
Austin, USA Venice-Mestre, Italy
ALliance to Fight Azienda
Atrial fibrillation ULSS 12 Veneziana

Scientific Secretariat

Antonio Rossillo
Cardiology Department
Ospedale San Bortolo
Vicenza, Italy

Organizing Committee Congress Venue
President Fondazione Giorgio Cini
Isola San Giorgio Maggiore
Giuseppe Dal Ben, Italy
Venice - Italy
Members
Amin Al-Ahmad, USA Onofrio Lamanna, Italy
Robert Canby, USA Michela Madalosso, Italy
Paolo China, Italy Domenico Mangino, Italy
Andrea Corrado, Italy Andrea Natale, USA
Vittorio Dorrucci, Italy Antonio Raviele, Italy
Rita Finotto, Italy Fausto Rigo, Italy
Gerald J. Gallinghouse, USA Antonio Rossillo, Italy
Giuseppe Grassi, Italy Javier E. Sanchez, USA
Rodney P. Horton, USA Sakis Themistoclakis, Italy

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Endorsements, Patronages & Auspices
Endorsed by:
EHRA, HRS

a Registered Branch of the ESC Heart RhythmSociety

Under the Patronages of:

Ministero della Salute Veneto Region

Province of Venice Municipality of Venice

Azienda

ULSS 12 Veneziana

Under the auspices of:
AA AFA
Arrhythmia Alliance Atrial Fibrillation Association
AIAC
ALFA
Associazione Italiana
ALliance to Fight Atrial fibrillation
di Aritmologia e Cardiostimolazione
ANCE ANMCO
Associazione Italiana Associazione Nazionale Medici
Cardiologi Extraospedalieri Cardiologi Ospedalieri
ARCA
APHRS
Associazione Regionale
Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society CardiologiAmbulatoriali
CHRS CSPE
Canadian Chinese Society of Pacing and
Heart Rhythm Society Electrophysiology
ECAS FIC
European Cardiac Federazione Italiana

Arrhythmia Society di Cardiologia
GIEC GITIC
Gruppo per l’Intervento nelle Gruppo Italiano Infermieri
Emergenze Cardiologiche di Cardiologia
ISHNE
IHRS
International Society for Holter &
Indian Heart Rhythm Society Noninvasive Electrocardiology

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Endorsements, Patronages & Auspices
Under the auspices of:
RSCA
JHRS All Russian Scientific Societies of
Japanese Heart Rhythm Society Arrhythmology, Electrophysiology and
Pacing
SADEC SICSPORT
Sociedad Argentina de Società Italiana

Electrofisiologia Cardiaca di Cardiologia dello Sport
SMC SOBRAC
Sociedad Mexicana Sociedade Brasileira
de Cardiologia de Arritmias Cardíacas
SOLAECE
SOMEEC
Sociedad Latinoamericana de
Sociedad Mexicana de Electrofisiología
Estimulación Cardíaca e Estimulación Cardiaca
y Electrofisiología
STARS
StopAfib
Syncope Trust and StopAfib Association
Reflex Anoxic Seizures
TKD WHF
Turkish Society of Cardiology World Heart Federation
WSA

World Society of Arrhythmias

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Committees & Faculty
Program Chairmen
L. Aguinaga / Tucumán, Argentina S.H. Hohnloser / Frankfurt, E.N. Prystowsky / Indianapolis,
E. Aliot / Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, Germany USA
France C. Jazra / Beirut, Lebanon A. Raviele / Venice-Mestre, Italy
A. Al-Khadra / Riyadh, UAE W. Jung / Villingen- A. Revishvili / Moscow, Russia
A. Alsheikh-Ali / Abu Dhabi, UAE Schwenningen, Germany A. Rossillo / Vicenza, Italy
D.G. Benditt / Minneapolis, USA J.M. Kalman / Melbourne, E. Saad / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
J.J. Blanc / Brest, France Australia S. Saksena / New Brunswick, USA
M.G. Bongiorni / Pisa, Italy C. Kennergren / Gothenburg, M. Santini / Rome, Italy
G. Boriani / Bologna, Italy Sweden M. Santomauro / Naples, Italy
G.L. Botto / Como, Italy F. Kiliçaslan / Istanbul, Turkey M. Scanavacca / Sao Paulo, Brazil
J. Brachmann / Coburg, Germany Y.H. Kim / Seoul, Korea M.M. Scheinman / San Francisco,
H. Calkins / Baltimore, USA C.P. Lau / Hong Kong, China USA
D.J. Callans / Philadelphia, USA S. Lévy / Marseille, France W.K. Shen / Phoenix, USA
A.J. Camm / London, UK G.Y.H. Lip / Birmingham, UK K.K. Sethi / New Delhi, India
R. Cappato / Rozzano, Italy M. Lunati / Milan, Italy J.S. Steinberg / New York, USA
R. Choudhury / Shariah, UAE D. Mangino / Venice-Mestre, Italy W.G. Stevenson / Boston, USA
S.J. Connolly / Hamilton, Canada J. Mansourati / Brest, France V. Sulimov / Moscow, Russia
S. Damiani / Venice-Mestre, Italy F.E. Marchlinski / Philadelphia, S. Themistoclakis / Venice-
D.W. Davies / London, UK USA Mestre, Italy
L. Di Biase / New York, USA B. J. Maron / Minneapolis, USA B. Thomas / Austin, USA
J.R. Edgerton / Dallas, USA M.F. Màrquez / Mexico City, P.E. Vardas / Heraklion, Greece
A.E. Epstein / Philadelphia, USA Mexico A. Verma / Toronto, Canada
G.M. Francese / Catania, Italy C.A. Morillo / Hamilton, Canada J.F. Viles Gonzalez / Miami, USA
M. Gasparini / Rozzano, Italy Y. Nakazato / Tokyo, Japan S. Viskin / Tel Aviv, Israel
F. Giada / Noale, Italy C. Narasimhan / Hyderabad, India A.A. Wilde / Amsterdam, The
M.R. Gold / Charleston, USA A. Natale / Austin, USA Netherlands
B. Gorenek / Eskisehir, Turkey S. Nisam / Brussels, Belgium W. Zareba / Rochester, USA
P. Guerra / Montreal, Canada K. Okumura / Hirosaki, Japan S. Zhang / Beijing, Chin
G. Hindricks / Leipzig, Germany B. Olshansky / Iowa City, USA

Faculty
M.J. Ackerman / Rochester, USA R.D. Berger / Baltimore, USA R. Cappato / San Donato Milanese,
L. Aguinaga / Tucumán, Argentina E. Bertaglia / Padua, Italy Italy
V.K. Ajith Kumar / Trivandrum, India J. Beyer-Westendorf / Dresden, L. Cappellesso / Venice-Mestre,
A. Al-Ahmad / Austin, USA Germany Italy
A. Al-Khadra / Riyadh, UAE A. Biffi / Rome, Italy A. Capucci / Ancona, Italy
G. Al-Mohani / Abu Dhabi, UAE J.J. Blanc / Brest, France F. Caprioglio / Venice, Italy
N. Al-Rawahi / Muscat, Oman A. Bonso / Feltre, Italy C. Carbucicchio / Milan, Italy
P. Alboni / Ferrara, Italy L. Bontempi / Brescia, Italy R.G. Carrillo / Miami, USA
S. Alkaabi / Abu Dhabi, UAE G. Boriani / Bologna, Italy P. China / Venice-Mestre, Italy
A. Alsheikh-Ali / Abu Dhabi, UAE G.L. Botto / Como, Italy R. Choudhury / Shariah, UAE
H. Alvin / San Francisco, USA J. Brachmann / Coburg, Germany J. Clancy / New Haven, USA
B. Amasyali / Kütahya, Turkey J. Bradfield / Los Angeles, USA S.J. Connolly / Hamilton, Canada
D. Andresen / Berlin, Germany M. Brignole / Lavagna, Italy A. Corrado / Venice-Mestre, Italy
I. Anguera / Madrid, Spain T.J. Bunch / Murray, USA D. Corrado / Padua, Italy
E. Anter / Boston, USA J.D. Burkhardt / Austin, USA A. Corsini / Milan, Italy
N. Asaad / Doha, Qatar H. Burri / Geneva, Switzerland H.J.G.M. Crijns / Maastricht, The
I. Atar / Ankara, Turkey C. Butter / Bernau, Germany Netherlands
R. Bai / Wuhan, China H. Calkins / Baltimore, USA A. Curnis / Brescia, Italy
H. Barajas / Mexico City, Mexico D.J. Callans / Philadelphia, USA A. D’Onofrio / Naples, Italy
S. Barbera / East Setauket, USA L. Calò / Rome, Italy S. Damiani / Venice-Mestre, Italy
M. Barbierato / Venice, Italy A.J. Camm / London, UK
C. Basso / Padua, Italy R. Canby / Austin, USA
S. Beheiry / San Francisco, USA D.S. Cannom / Los Angeles, USA
D.G. Benditt / Minneapolis, USA

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Committees & Faculty
Faculty
G.A. Dan / Bucharest, Romania R.N.W. Hauer / Utrecht, The C. Narasimhan / Hyderabad, India
J.C. Daubert / Rennes, France Netherlands A. Natale / Austin, USA
R. De Caterina / Chieti, Italy J. Healey / Hamilton, Canada S. Nava-Townsend / Mexico City,
P. De Filippo ( Bergamo , Italy A. Hersi / Riyhad, UAE Mexico
E. De Maria / Carpi, Italy T. Hinna Danesi / Vicenza, Italy S. Nisam / Brussels, Belgium
R. De Ponti / Varese, Italy M. Hocini / Bordeaux, France J. Oldgren / Uppsala, Sweden
E. De Ruvo / Rome, Italy E. Hoffmann / Munich, Germany M.M. Oliveira / Lisbon, Portugal
M. Del Greco / Rovereto, Italy S.H. Hohnloser / Frankfurt, O. Oseroff / Buenos Aires, Argentina
F. Del Caprio Munoz / Rochester, Germany A. Oto / Ankara, Turkey
USA C. Huang / Wuhan, China E.I. Ovsyshcher / Beer-Sheva, Israel
J.C. Deharo / Marseille, France D.J. Huang / Chengdu, China D.L. Packer / Rochester, USA
P. Delise / Venice-Mestre, Italy K. Imai / Hiroshima, Japan C. Pandozi / Rome, Italy
P. Della Bella / Milan, Italy C.W. Israel / Bielefeld, Germany A. Paoletti Perini / Florence, Italy
A. Dello Russo / Milan, Italy P. Iturralde / Mexico City, Mexico C. Pappone / San Donato Milanese,
F. Dentali / Varese, Italy W.M. Jackman / Oklahoma City, USA Italy
L. Di Biase / New York, USA C. Jazra / Beirut, Lebanon S. Parry / Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
G. Di Pasquale / Bologna, Italy W. Jung / Villingen-Schwenningen, A. Pelliccia / Rome, Italy
T.M. Dickfeld / Baltimore, USA Germany S. Perez-Vazquez / Austin, USA
J.R. Edgerton / Dallas, USA J.M. Kalman / Melbourne, Australia R. Piotrowicz / Warsaw, Poland
M. El Khuri / Beirut, Lebanon J. Kautzner / Prague, Czech Republic A. Porfili / Rome, Italy
N.E. El-Sherif / New York, USA R.A. Kenny / Dublin, Ireland P.G. Postema / Amsterdam, The
A.E. Epstein / Philadelphia, USA A. Khalifa / West Riffa, Bahrein Netherlands
C. Ermiş / Ankara, Turkey F. Kiliçaslan / Istanbul, Turkey T. Potpara / Belgrade, Serbia
S. Ernst / London, UK Y.H. Kim / Seoul, Korea A. Proclemer / Udine, Italy
N.A.M. Estes / Boston, USA R.E. Kirkfeldt / Aarhus, Denmark A. Raviele / Venice-Mestre, Italy
M.D. Ezekowitz / Wynnewood, USA H. Klein / Rochester, USA V.Y. Reddy / New York, USA
X. Fan / Beijing, China A.D. Krahn / Vancouver, Canada S. Reif / Munich, Germany
G.M. Fassini / Milan, Italy M. La Meir / Maastricht, The A. Revishvili / Moscow, Russia
C.J. Ferro / Birmingham, UK Netherlands M.R. Reynolds / Boston, USA
J.D. Fisher / New York, USA C.P. Lau / Hong Kong, China R.P. Ricci / Rome, Italy
D. Flammang / Lyon, France E.W. Lau / Belfast, UK C. Riganti / Naples, Italy
G.M. Francese / Catania, Italy S. Lévy / Marseille, France L. Rivard / Montreal, Canada
D. Francis / London, UK T. Lewalter / Bonn, Germany A. Rossillo / Vicenza, Italy
L. Friberg / Stockholm, Sweden C. Linde / Stockholm, Sweden R. Rosso / Tel Aviv, Israel
F. Gaita / Turin, Italy N. Linker / Middlesbrough, UK G. Rovaris / Monza, Italy
M. Gasparini / Rozzano, Italy T. Lobban / Stratford-Upon-Avon, E. Saad / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
G. Gerosa / Padua, Italy UK S. Salzberg / Zurich, Switzerland
F. Giada / Noale, Italy E.T. Locati / Milan, Italy J.E. Sanchez / Austin, USA
G. Giannessi / Pisa, Italy F. Lombardi / Milan, Italy P. Sanders / Adelaide, Australia
C. Gianni / Austin, USA M. Lunati / Milan, Italy T. Sanna / Rome, Italy
R.P. Giugliano / Boston, USA G. Maglia / Catanzaro, Italy P. Santangeli / Philadelphia, USA
M.R. Gold / Charleston, USA L. Mandile / Milan, Italy L. Santini / Rome, Italy
J.R. Gòmez-Flores / Mexico City, D. Mangino / Venice-Mestre, Italy M. Santini / Rome, Italy
Mexico J. Mansourati / Brest, France M. Santomauro / Naples, Italy
J.A. Gonzalez-Hermosillo / Mexico F.E. Marchlinski / Philadelphia, USA B. Sassone / Cento, Italy
City, Mexico E. Marijon / Paris, France I. Savelieva / London, UK
B. Gorenek / Eskisehir, Turkey M. F. Márquez / Mexico City, Mexico G. Scaboro / Venice-Mestre, Italy
A. Grace / Cambridge, UK E. Marras, Treviso, Italy M. Scaglione / Asti, Italy
M. Grimaldi / Acquaviva delle Fonti, M.A. Martínez González / M. Scanavacca / Sao Paulo, Brazil
Italy Pamplona, Spain M.M. Scheinman / San Francisco,
P. Guerra / Montreal, Canada G. Mascioli / Bergamo, Italy USA
M.M. Gulizia / Catania, Italy A.V. Mattioli / Modena, Italy L. Segreti / Pisa, Italy
D. Gupta / Liverpool, UK C. Menjivar / Austin, USA K.K. Sethi / New Delhi, India
M. Gura / Akron, USA T. Metz / Austin, USA R.S. Sheldon / Calgary, Canada
D. Hachul / Sao Paulo, Brazil A. Metzner / Hamburg, Germany W.K. Shen / Phoenix, USA
M. Haïssaguerre / Bordeaux, France P.P. Mitkowski / Poznan, Poland M. Shenasa / San José, USA
H. Halperin / Baltimore, USA L. Mont / Barcelona, Spain W. Shimizu / Tokyo, Japan
R. Hatala / Bratislava, Slovak L. Morichelli / Rome, Italy
Republic A. Moya / Barcelona, Spain
Y. Nakazato / Tokyo, Japan

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Committees & Faculty
Faculty
M. Silvano / Venice-Mestre, Italy G. Thiene / Padua, Italy R. Verlato / Camposampiero,
E.N. Simantirakis / Heraklion, B. Thomas / Austin, USA Italy
Greece C. Tondo / Milan, Italy E.G. Vester / Düsseldorf,
P. Simioni / Padua, Italy M. Tritto / Castellanza, Italy Germany
E. Soldati / Pisa, Italy H.F. Tse / Hong Kong, China J.F. Viles Gonzalez / Miami, USA
A. Squizzato / Varese, Italy A. Tsiperfal / Palo Alto, USA S. Viskin / Tel Aviv, Israel
G. Stabile / Naples, Italy R.H. Tung / Los Angeles, USA A.L. Waldo / Cleveland, USA
J.S. Steinberg / New York, USA M. Turakhia / Stanford, USA P. Wang / San Diego, USA
W.G. Stevenson / Boston, USA G. Turitto / New York, USA H. Wei / Beijing, China
C. Suga / Saitama, Japan A. Ungar / Florence, Italy A.A. Wilde / Amsterdam, The
R. Sutton / Montecarlo, Monaco J.G. Van Dijk / Leiden, The Netherlands
H. Tandri / Baltimore, USA Netherlands F. Zanon / Rovigo, Italy
V. Tazky / Trnava, Slovak L. Van Erven / Leiden, The W. Zareba / Rochester, USA
Republic Netherlands S. Zhang / Beijing, China
G. Tenore / Naples, Italy N. Varma / Cleveland, USA G. Zingarini / Perugia, Italy
S. Themistoclakis / Venice- A. Venturini / Venice-Mestre, G. Zoffoli / Venice-Mestre, Italy
Mestre, Italy Italy G. Zucchelli / Pisa, Italy
mettees &
Abstract Selection Committee
P. Alboni /Ferrara, Italy M.R. Gold / Charleston, USA L. Padeletti / Florence, Italy
E. Bertaglia / Padua, Italy A. Gonzalez Hermosillo / Mexico S. Parry / Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
J.J. Blanc / Brest, France City, Mexico UK
G. Boriani / Bologna, Italy R.N.W. Hauer / Utrecht, The P.G. Postema / Amsterdam, The
J. Brachmann / Coburg, Germany Netherlands Netherlands
M. Brignole / Lavagna, Italy J. Healey / Hamilton, Canada A. Revishvili / Moscow, Russia
T.J. Bunch / Murray, USA W.M. Jackman / Oklahoma City, R.P. Ricci / Rome, Italy
H. Calkins / Baltimore, USA USA R. Rosso / Tel Aviv, Israel
L. Calò / Rome, Italy J. Kautzner / Prague, Czech L. Santini / Rome, Italy
R. Canby / Austin, USA Republic M. Santomauro / Naples, Italy
D.S. Cannom / Los Angeles, USA H. Klein / Rochester, USA I. Savelieva / London, UK
R. Cappato / Rozzano, Italy A. Krahn / Vancouver, Canada D. Shah / Geneva, Switzerland
A. Capucci / Ancona, Italy C.P. Lau / Hong Kong, China R. S. Sheldon / Calgary, Canada
C. Carbucicchio / Milan, Italy C. Linde / Stockholm, Sweden W.K. Shen / Phoenix, USA
J.C. Daubert / Rennes, France E. Locati / Milan, Italy M. Shenasa / San José, USA
R. De Ponti / Varese, Italy M. Lunati / Milan, Italy J.S. Steinberg / New York / USA
L. Di Biase / New York, USA J. Mansourati / Brest, France W.J. Stevenson / Boston, USA
G. Di Pasquale / Bologna, Italy M. Marquez / Mexico City, Mexico R. Sutton / Montecarlo, Monaco
S. Dubner / Buenos Aires, P.P. Mitkowski / Poznan, Poland C. Tondo / Milan, Italy
Argentina L. Mont / Barcelona, Spain M. Turakhia / Stanford, USA
A.E. Epstein / Philadelphia, USA J. Oldgren / Uppsala, Sweden G. Turitto / New York, USA
D.S. Flammang / Lyon, France B. Olshansky / Iowa City, USA A. Verma / Toronto, Canada
F. Gaita / Turin, Italy E.I. Ovsyshcher / Beer-Sheva, A.L. Waldo / Cleveland, USA
F. Giada / Noale, Italy Israel

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General Information
Distinguished Teacher Golden Lionel Award:
2013 John A. Camm
ABSTRACT BOOK
2011 Melvin M. Scheinman
All the accepted abstracts (oral communications 2009 Arthur J. Moss
and posters) are published in the a special on-line 2007 Eric N. Prystowsky
issue of the Journal of Atrial 2005 Eligio Piccolo
Fibrillation, editor-in-chief Dr D.
BEST ABSTRACT AWARDS
Lakkireddy.
VeniceArrhythmias 2015 will give two special
awards in Euros -- for the ‘‘Best Oral
AGE POLICY / CHILD CARE Communication’’ and ‘‘Best Poster Communication’’.
An Abstract Award Committee selected the best
Due to liability restrictions, no one under the age of
works and the winners will be awarded during the
12, including infants and toddlers, will be allowed to
Opening Ceremony
attend the Workshop or to enter the exhibition
spaces at any time. If you are interested in securing AWARD IN MEMORY OF RAFFAELLA PIERI
childcare during the Workshop please speak with VA 2015 Organizing Committee and Secretariat
the concierge of your hotel for local childcare presents an award in memory of Ms. Raffaella Pieri,
references. who gave her outstanding, year-long contribution
to manage the relations with exhibitors and
support companies, that will be given to the Twitter
ALLIED PROFESSIONALS SESSIONS
Star. The winner will be awarded during the
Four sessions on clinical and managing aspects of Opening Ceremony with a plaque, and with a
nursing in arrhythmology will be held on October 16 charitable donation to a primary cancer research
2015 in Borges Room. The program will be available foundation, made on his/her behalf.
at www.venicearrhythmias.org or can be asked to
the Organizing Secretariat. BADGE INFORMATION / LOST BADGES
APP VA2015 Badges are nominative, not transferable and
cannot be lent to anyone during VeniceArrhythmias
VA 2015 is the innovative mobile app of
2015. All participants are kindly requested to wear
VeniceArrhythmias that makes quick and easy to
their badge throughout their permanence at the
keep you up-to-date on the international
Congress Venue. Delegates, presenters and Faculty
workshop. You will have the chance to access the
badge allows the entrance to all scientific sessions
general info about the event and its location, select
(limited to seat availability), to the exhibition spaces
the scientific sessions and create your personal
and to all other activities open to individual
agenda, view real-time presentations, locate
participants. The Exhibitors badge allows the
exhibitors, consult the entire scientific program
entrance to the exhibition and service spaces.
including abstracts.
Please consider your badge as a valuable ticket. In
case of loss, the full registration fee will be
AWARDS charged. NO BADGE = NO ENTRY
DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST GOLDEN LIONEL AWARD Badge colours:
DISTINGUISHED TEACHER GOLDEN LIONEL AWARD Orange: Faculty
For VA2015 edition the Distinguished Scientist Blue: Presenter
Golden Lionel Award has been assigned to Dr. Sami
Yellow: Delegate
Viskin and the Distinguished Teacher Golden Lionel
Award to Prof. William G. Stevenson. The Award Red: Exhibitor
Ceremony will take place within the Opening
Ceremony. Grey: Allied Professional
The winners of the award of the previous editions Pink: Staff
are:

Distinguished Scientist Golden Lionel Award:
2013 Francis E. Marchlinski
2011 Michel Haïssaguerre
2009 Joseph Brugada
2007 Karl Heinz Kuck
2005 Hein J.J. Wellens

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