8.30am

REGISTRATION

9.00am

Introduction: An overview of Sudden Cardiac Death in the young              

Dr Sanjay Sharma

9.30am - 10.30am

INHERITED CARDIOMYOPATHY

9.30am

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Dr Perry Elliott

10.00am

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)

Professor William J McKenna

10.30am - 12 noon

ION CHANNELOPATHIES AND ACCESSORY PATHWAYS

10.30am

Ion Channelopathies

Dr Pier Lambiase

11.00am

Wolff Parkinson White (WPW)

Dr Domenico Corrado

11.30am

Assessment of families of victims of SADS

Dr Elijah Behr

12 noon

PREMATURE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND ANOMALOUS CORONARY ARTERIES

Dr Paul Thompson

12.30pm

YOUNG SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH - THE PATHOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE

Dr Mary Sheppard

1.00pm

LUNCH

2.00pm - 3.00pm

PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF STANDARD TESTS*

What is normal; what are we looking for in relation to QT prolongation; arrhythmias; disappearance of delta wave; BP response

• ECG - Dr Sanjay Sharma

• ECHO - David Oxborough

• Exercise (stress) Test - Professor Greg Whyte

*Workshop demonstrations with young patients

3.00pm

COFFEE

3.30pm - 4.30pm

IMPACT OF FAMILIAL DISEASE

• Family Screening - Caroline Gard

• GP - TBC

• Nurse's Perspective - Diane Coulson

4.30pm - 5.00pm

PANEL DISCUSSION AND FEEDBACK

Chair: Professor William J McKenna

5.30pm

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