Hot Takes Exchange: VT Ablation Will Render the ICD Obsolete Within 10 Years

September 19, 2026 | 01:00 PM (EDT) - 01:20 PM (EDT)

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Speaker
Jeanne Poole
Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Director | Professor of Cardiology and Medicine
University of Washington Medical Center and School of Medicine
Moderator
Nikolaos Dagres
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charite

Hot Takes Exchange: VT Ablation Will Render the ICD Obsolete Within 10 Years

Hyde Park
September 19, 2026 | 01:00 PM (EDT) - 01:20 PM (EDT)

Catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias continues to improve and rates of arrhythmic death continue to decline. Will VT ablation render the ICD obsolete in the future? Will some other game-changing technology replace the defibrillator? This debate will let two experts hash it out in an engaging exchange.