Featured Poster Session and Reception
Wednesday, May 14, 5:45–7:00 p.m.
Hall D, Moscone Center

Seiichiro Matsuo, MD, receives an Eric N. Prystowsky Fellows Clinical Research Award from Eric N. Prystowsky, MD, FHRS.

Hundreds of Heart Rhythm 2008 attendees took advantage of a prime opportunity for networking as they viewed more than 150 of the top-ranked abstracts in the following categories:

• Allied Professionals
• Basic/Translational Science
• Catheter Ablation
• Clinical EP/Pharmacology Devices
• Noninvasive Evaluation
• Pediatric/Adult Congenital Heart Disease
• Regulatory/Health Policy/Education Cases

Congratulations to Seiichiro Matsuo, MD, recipient of one of The Eric N. Prystowsky Fellows Clinical Research Awards (see additional recipient below), which was presented at the reception:

Seiichiro Matsuo, MD
Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux-Pessac, France
“Incidence of Perimitral Atrial Flutter Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Is Prior Mitral Isthmus Ablation Facilitating Factor for Tachycardia?”

Heart Rhythm 2008 attendees enjoy the May 14 Featured Poster Session and Reception, a Heart Rhythm tradition.

Additional Poster Sessions, Hall D, Moscone Center

• Poster Session 2, Thursday, May 15
  9:00 a.m. – noon
• Poster Session 3, Thursday, May 15
  2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
• Poster Session 4, Friday, May 16
  9:00 a.m. – noon
• Poster Session 5, Friday, May 16
  2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
• Poster Session 6, Saturday, May 17
  9:00 a.m. – noon

Additional Abstract Awards

Abstract Award for the Highest Scoring Abstract in the Category Allied Professional
Imad Hameedullah, BSc
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON
“Catheter Ablation of Incessant Ventricular Tachycardia in Idiopathic Giant Cell Myocarditis”
This award will be presented at the Abstract Session, AB24: Allied Professionals Case Demonstration of Advance Therapies, Friday, May 16, 10:30 a.m. – noon

Abstract Award for the Fellow with the Highest Scoring Abstract
Yanfei Ruan, MD
Molecular Cardiology, IRCCS Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy
“Paradoxical Worsening of LQT3 Phenotype in Vitro and in Vivo: Implications for Treatment”
This award will be presented at the Abstract Session, AB03: Arrhythmia Syndromes: Therapeutic Implications from Mechanism, Thursday, May 15, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

The Eric N. Prystowsky Fellows Clinical Research Awards
(Funded by the Eric and Bonnie Prystowsky Clinical Research Fund):
Marcos Daccarett, MD
Atrial Fibrillation Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
“Quantitative Measurement and Three Dimensional Visualization of Scar Formation Following Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation”
This award will be presented at the Abstract Session, AB01: AF Summit Update III: Highest Ranking AF Abstracts, Thursday, May 15, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m