Core Concepts in EP 2023 w/ Board Prep and Self Assessment (CME VIDEOS)

Core Concepts in EP and Board Prep has evolved from the Society’s highly regarded Board Review Course and is designed to serve as an indispensible tool for preparing for the CCEP Exam. It also ensures a fundamentally sound EP knowledge base.

This course features didactic lectures and case-based workshops presented by expert faculty and course directors for in-depth coverage of the essential EP curriculum. It is bundled with a 100-question, multiple choice Self-Assessment Exam available immediately upon purchase.

Course Highlights

Over 20 recorded didactic lectures with nine case-based workshops delivered by leading experts covering:

• Basic cardiac and intracardiac electrophysiology
• Pharmacology of antiarrhythmic drugs
• Noninvasive testing for arrhythmias
• Atrial and other supraventricular tachycardias
• Catheter ablation
• Implantable cardioverter defibrillators
• Cardiac pacing
• Intracardiac ultrasound in EP
• Transseptal catheterization techniques
• Pericardial access for epicardial mapping and ablation
• Complications of EP procedures – avoidance and management

Program Details

Welcome and Overview of Course

Board Prep

• Strategies for Success: Preparing for the Boards
• Testable Concepts

Module I: Basic Science and Fundamentals of Electrophysiology

• Basic Electrophysiology Principles for the Clinician
• Inherited Ion Channelopathies
• Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes and His-Purkinje System: Anatomy, Evaluation, Autonomics and Therapy
• Retrograde Conductions
• Workshop #1: Electrocardiographic/Electrophysiologic Correlations
  • Physiology and Conduction
  • Basic Science and Channelopathies
  • Basic Science

Module II: Invasive Diagnosis and Treatment

• Use of Overdrive Pacing/Entrainment in Supraventricular Tachycardia
• Principles of Entrainment: Ventricular Tachycardia
• Techniques of Differentiating SVT Mechanisms: Part I
• Techniques of Differentiating SVT Mechanisms: Part II
• Workshop #2: Entrainment and SVT Maneuvers
  • SVT Maneuvers Cases
  • Entrainment Cases  – VT
  • Entrainment Cases – SVT
• Catheter Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia and Typical Atrial Flutter
• Physiology, Mapping and Catheter Ablation of Accessory Pathways
• Workshop #3: SVT Mechanisms/Maneuvers
• Physiology of Catheter Ablation of AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia
• Special Workshop: 12 Lead ECG for PVC and VT Localization

Module III: Invasive Diagnosis and Treatment

• Ventricular Tachycardia: Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy and other Unique VT Syndromes
• Workshop #4: SVT and VT Invasive/Noninvasive Correlation
• Wide Complex Tachycardias: Idiopathic VTs, Bundle Branch Reentry, Antidromic Tachycardias – Mechanisms, ECG Manifestations, Invasive Assessment and Ablation
• Workshop #5: Invasive/Noninvasive Correlation

Module IV: Noninvasive Diagnosis and Treatment

• Antiarrhythmic Drugs: Part I
• Antiarrhythmic Drugs: Part II – Case Scenarios
• Workshop #6: Electrocardiographic/Electrophysiological Correlations
• Mechanisms, Pharmacologic, and Non-Pharmacologic Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
• Biophysics of Catheter Ablation
• Workshop #7: Electrocardiographic/Electrophysiological Correlations, Atrial Fibrillation, Clinical Scenarios and Syndromes

Module V: Clinical Scenarios/Device Management

• Implantable Devices: Evaluation, Management and Troubleshooting
• Workshop #8: Device Cases
• Workshop #9: Arrhythmia Case Studies/Putting It All Together for the Board
• Testable Concepts

Special Technology Sessions

• Transseptal Catheterization
• Complications of Electrophysiologic Studies – Avoidance and Treatment
• Use of Intracardiac Ultrasound in Electrophysiology Procedures
• Pericardial Access for Epicardial Mapping and Ablation
• Cardiac Conduction System Pacing – Theory and Practice
• Electroanatomical Mapping – Principles and Pitfalls