NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE EXPERTS AT HEART RHYTHM 2025

The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) will host Heart Rhythm 2025 at the San Diego Convention Center from April 24 through April 27 in San Diego, California. HRS 2025 is an educational conference event for colleagues from all over the world to advance the field of electrophysiology and improve patient outcomes through the exchange of groundbreaking science, cutting-edge technologies, and life-saving therapies.
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Several Northwestern Medicine physicians will attend and present their research at HRS 2025. You can find the presenters and their presentation date and times listed below.

NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE PRESENTERS


Friday, April 25th, 2025
Bradley P. Knight, MD
​6:45 – 7:45 am PT
SSI Prevention and Post Operative Wound Management Following CIED Surgery
Indigo 202AB - Hilton San Diego Bayfront

9:45 – 10:15 am PT
(9:45 – 11:15 am PT)
VT and PVC Localization From ECG –RV vs LV Outflow; Papillary Muscle; Correlation with EAM Activation and Scar Maps; ECG Correlates of Epicardial Exit/Source
(HRS Board Review Course: Part II (Ventricular Arrhythmias))
Room 1AB – SDCC

10:00 – 11:00 am PT
Shark Tank
Room 1AB - SDCC

11:15 – 11:16 am PT
(11:15 – 11:35 am PT)
EP Rankings are Long Overdue
(USN&WR Hospital Rankings: Essential Update or Unnecessary Addition?)
​Hyde Park - Sails Pavilion‚ SDCC

12:00 – 1:00 pm PT
Evolving Strategies in CCM® Therapy: Clinical Applications and Practical Approaches
Rhythm Theater 1 - Exhibit Hall‚ SDCC

3:15 – 4:15 pm PT
PulseSelect™ Pulse Field Ablation System Precision and Durability: Case Presentation and Discussion
Rhythm Theater 1 - Exhibit Hall‚ SDCC
Graham Peigh, MD, MS
10:00 – 10:10 am PT
(10:00 – 11:00 am PT)
Outcomes of Entrapped Right Ventricular Pacing or Defibrillator Leads Following Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement with the EVOQUE System
(Exploring Lead Management and Extraction: Entrapped, Abandoned or Fragmented Leads, Vegetation Debulking, and Tricuspid Valve Interventions)

10:30 am – 12:30 pm PT
Extraction of Two Right Ventricular Defibrillator Leads with Reimplantation of a Defibrillator Lead into a Dilated Coronary Vein in Preparation for Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement
(Poster Session I)
Abstract Pavilion - Exhibit Hall‚ SDCC

1:00 – 3:00 pm PT
Assessment of the Transmurality of Posterior Left Atrial Pulsed Field Ablation Lesions Using Transesophageal Recordings and Pacing
(Poster Session II)
Abstract Pavilion - Exhibit Hall‚ SDCC
Anna Pfenniger, MD, PhD
2:15 – 3:15 pm PT
#HRS2025 YIA Competition - Clinical EP Finalists
Room 5AB - SDCC

​4:15 – 4:27 pm PT
(4:00 – 5:00 pm PT)
Contribution of Conduction Abnormalities to Scar-related Ventricular Tachycardia
(Mechanisms of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Acquired Heart Disease)
Room 31A-C - SDCC
Saturday, April 26th, 2025
Rod S. Passman, MD
8:20 – 8:30 am PT
(8:00 – 9:00 am PT)
Case Presentation
(Bring Your Questions About Device Detected AF to the Experts: Latest Insights from the NOAH and ARTESIA Trials)
Room 30A-E – SDCC

9:10 – 9:30 am PT
Device-Detected AF
Hyde Park - Sails Pavilion‚ SDCC
Hawkins Gay, MD, MPH
12:45 – 1:45 pm PT
Consumer Wearables and Care of the Arrhythmia Patient
FIT Lounge - Sails Pavilion‚ SDCC
Sunday, April 27th, 2025
Lisa M. Castillo, MS
8:00 – 8:12am PT
(8:00 – 9:00 am PT)
What's New in Postmortem Genetic Testing?
(What's New in the Implementation of Postmortem Genetic Testing?)
Room 6A – SDCC

9:45 – 10:00 am PT
(9:45 – 10:45 am PT)
The Genetics Behind LV Noncompaction: Do Genes Determine Prognosis?
(Everything We Know (or don't know) About LV Non-compaction)
Room 6A – SDCC
Anna Pfenniger, MD, PhD
11:15 am – 12:15 pm PT
Cellular Signaling Pathways and Atrial Remodeling in Atrial Fibrillation
Room 6F – SDCC

Additional presentations

April 27
​Chad Gier, MD
8:12 – 8:22 am PT
(8:00 – 9:00 am PT)
An Ex Vivo Evaluation of Air Intrusion Into Pulsed Field Ablation Sheaths During Ablation and Mapping Catheter Insertion
(Novel Insights Into Ablation Procedural Workflows – There’s More to Know)
​Oral Abstract Hub 2 - Sails Pavilion‚ SDCC

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