HRX Abstract Happy Hour I – Powered by 91Life

September 18, 2026 | 05:45 PM (EDT) - 06:45 PM (EDT)

Share This event

Speakers
Michel Abou Khalil
Medical Intern & Research Fellow
Tulane Research Innovation for Arrhythmia Discovery (TRIAD)
Moez Alnazeer
Cardiology Fellow
Baylor College of Medicine
Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green
Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego Health System
Amy Kleinhans
Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner
HonorHealth
Yingshuo Liu
Biostatistician
Tulane University School of Medicine
Abhishek Maan
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
The University of Toledo
Jonathan Piccini
Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Professor of Medicine and Population Health | Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology section
Duke University Hospital and the Duke Clinical Research Institute | Duke Heart Center
Amber Seiler
Chief Operating Officer | EP Nurse Practitioner & Arrhythmia Program Services Coordinator
CV Remote Solutions | LeBauer Cardiology
Venkatakrishna Tholakanahalli
Professor of Medicine | Chief-Cardiac Electrophysiology
University of Minnesota | Minneapolis VA Health Care System
Jeffrey Winterfield
Hank and Laurel Greer Chair in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Professor of Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
Moderators
Neal Bhatia
Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Co-Director of the Complex Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Program
Emory University Hospital System
Yaariv Khaykin
Chief Medical Information Officer
Myant Health
Bradley Knight
Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology | Director of the Heart Rhythm Center
Northwestern Medicine | Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute (BCVI)
Anne Kroman
Associate Professor of Cardiac Electrophysiology | Director of the Lead Management Program, the Cardiac Device Clinic, and MUSC Heart Station
Medical University of South Carolina
Nishaki Mehta
Associate Professor of Medicine
William Beaumont Oakland University School of Medicine
Kamala Tamirisa
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Cardiology | Director of Electrophysiology Research
UT Southwestern Medical Center

HRX Abstract Happy Hour I - Powered by 91Life

Abstract Happy Hour - Main Stage 1, Main Stage 2, Roundtable 1, Roundtable 2, Roundtable 3, ConneXions Lounge
September 18, 2026 | 05:45 PM (EDT) - 06:45 PM (EDT)

The HRX Abstract Happy Hour session, powered by 91Life, kicks off with opening remarks from 91Life. Following the introduction, abstract presenters will present their work in an informal, lively, and engaging setting designed to foster connection and conversation.

Digital Biomarkers and AF Detection from Wearables I – Main Stage 1:

Moderator: Yaariv Khaykin

5:45 PM – 5:57 PM

My Rhythm: In Silico App Validation for Personalized Atrial Fibrillation Trigger Discovery and Daily Risk Forecasting – Andrew Nguyen

5:57 PM – 6:09 PM

The Wearable AI-PPG AF Burden: A Passive and Dynamic Burden Tool with an ECG-Distilled Deep Foundation Model in HEARTBEAT – Yingshuo Liu

6:09 PM – 6:21 PM

SUBCLINICAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DETECTED BY CONSUMER SMARTWATCH IN PATIENTS WITHOUT KNOWN AF: PREVALENCE, CHARACTERISTICS, AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES FROM THE HEARTBEAT STUDY – Alex El Darzi

6:21 PM – 6:33 PM

Lower Income Is Associated With Worse Wearable Biometrics and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the HEARTBEAT Study – Michel Abou Khalil

6:33 PM – 6:45 PM

Wearable PPG-Derived Biometrics Associated With Sex-Specific CHA2DS2-VASc Risk Thresholds: Insights from the HEARTBEAT Study – Carlo El Khoury


Emerging Technologies in Catheter Ablation – Main Stage 2:

Moderator: Anne Kroman

5:45 – 5:57 PM

Central Sympathetic Denervation by Transarterial Catheter Ablation of the Subclavian Ansae: Chronic Performance, Safety, and Therapy Durability in Swine – Jonathan Piccini

5:57 – 6:09 PM

Compatibility of Microaxial Left Ventricular Assist Catheters with an Electroanatomic Mapping System and Dual-Energy Irrigated Catheter for Ventricular Mapping and Ablation in a Porcine Chronic Infarct Model – Sei Iwai

6:09 – 6:21 PM

Physician Preferences for 3D Printed and VR Left Atria in Procedural Planning for LAAO and AF ablations: A Pilot Study – Nicholas Sommers

6:21 – 6:33 PM

FEASIBILITY AND SAFETY OF EPICARDIAL ACCESS FOR VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA ABLATION USING VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC EPICARDIAL ACCESS TOOL: EPI-EASE – Nestor Vasquez

6:33 – 6:45 PM

Multicenter First-in-Human Experience of a Novel RF Transseptal Guidewire – Brandon Doty


Innovations in Cardiac Mapping & Substrate Characterization – Roundtable 1: 

Moderator: Nishaki Mehta

5:45 PM – 5:57 PM

Synthetic Scar Mapping Without MRI: Machine Learning Generation of LGE-Equivalent Maps From Electroanatomic Voltage Subtraction Features in Patients with Ventricular Tachycardia – Moez Alnazeer

5:57 PM – 6:09 PM

AI-Based Wave Tracking for Cardiac Ablation – Jonathan Piccini

6:09 PM – 6:21 PM

Defining the Limits of Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Electroanatomic Substrate Predicts Recurrence in First-Time Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Ablation – Muhamad Fazal

6:21 PM – 6:33 PM

Clinical Validation of a Novel 12-Lead ECG-Based Noninvasive Cardiac Mapping Algorithm Against Invasive Electroanatomic Mapping – Hassan Elshirbiny

6:33 PM – 6:45 PM

DEAP Mapping: Deep Learning–Based Membrane Potential Reconstruction from Annotation-Free Unipolar Electrograms for Substrate Characterization in Atrial Fibrillation – Hiroshi Seno


Digital Twins, AI Modeling & Advanced Mapping – Roundtable 2:

Moderator: Bradley Knight

5:45 PM – 5:57 PM

Accuracy of AI-Assisted Cardiac Modeling Using a 2-Dimensional Integrated Intracardiac Echocardiography System – Jeffrey Winterfield

5:57 PM – 6:09 PM

DIGITAL-TWIN SCAR AND WALL-THINNING IMAGING FEATURES DISTINGUISHING VT-CRITICAL SITES IDENTIFIED BY MULTIPOLAR AND WAVEFRONT ANNOTATION IN SCAR-RELATED VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA – Masato Hachisuka

6:09 PM – 6:21 PM

MAPPING REAL-TIME DIASTOLIC CORRIDOR OF POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA/VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION: A NOVEL TECHNIQUE – Venkatakrishna Tholakanahalli

6:21 PM – 6:33 PM

Role of Digital Twins in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Pilot Experience with Personalized Ablation Strategy – Abhishek Maan

6:33 PM – 6:45 PM

Towards predicting atrial fibrillation burden: using a naïve radiomics pipeline applied to pre-procedure cardiac magnetic resonance images – Mary Maleckar


CIED Remote Monitoring: Alerts, Efficiency & Operations – Roundtable 3:

Moderator: Kamala Tamirisa

5:45 PM – 5:57 PM

Clinical Yield of Scheduled Versus Unscheduled Remote Cardiac Device Transmissions: A Twelve-Month Evaluation of Vendor-Defined and Clinician-Defined Actionability – Amber Seiler

5:57 PM – 6:09 PM

Integrated Software and Service Workflow Reduces Clinic Burden and Supports Timely Care in Cardiac Device Advisory Management – Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green

6:09 PM – 6:21 PM

Same-Day, Accurate New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation Alerts Are Achieved Across Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) Types and Manufacturers Using an Integrated Remote Monitoring Software and Services Platform – Sylvia Hanna

6:21 PM – 6:33 PM

Proactive Identification of Disconnected CIED Patients Utilizing Enhanced System-to-System Interoperability: A Proof-of-Concept Workflow Analysis – Cara Schaaf

6:33 PM – 6:45 PM

A Collector’s Curve Approach to Data Completeness in HL7-Based Remote Monitoring of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices – Ana Sopa


CIED Performance, Diagnostics & Clinical Outcomes – ConneXions Lounge:

Moderator: Neal Bhatia

5:45 PM – 5:57 PM

Integrated Software and Service Workflow Reduces Clinic Burden and Supports Timely Care in Cardiac Device Advisory Management – Gene Hu

5:57 PM – 6:09 PM

Long-Term Natural History of Transvenous Lead Parameters from Real-World, Population-Wide Remote Monitoring Data – Sylvia Hanna

6:09 PM – 6:21 PM

AUTOMATED DEVICE-BASED FAR-FIELD ELECTROGRAM MEASUREMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR ACTIVATION TIME (LVAT) CORRELATES WITH ECG V6-BASED LVAT FOR LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH CAPTURE ASSESSMENT – Jian Cao

6:21 PM – 6:33 PM

SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE LAUNCHING REMOTE MONITORING FOR THE ABBOTT AVEIR™ LEADLESS PACEMAKER – Amy Kleinhans

6:33 PM – 6:45 PM

HIGHLY SENSITIVE DETECTION OF VENTRICULAR OVERSENSING USING DEEP LEARNING IN CIEDS – Anand Thiyagarajah

Powered by 91Life