Luxmed Rzeszów - St. Joseph’s Heart Center Rzeszów
21st PQRST
Subcarpathian Heart Rhythm Course
Arrhythmias, Heart Failure and Interventions
Saturday
September 5, 2026
www.pqrst.pl
Conference hosts:
Dr Ewa Futyma
NZOZ Luxmed, St. Joseph’s Heart Rhythm Centre, Rzeszów
Assoc. Prof. Piotr Futyma
University of Rzeszów and St. Joseph’s Heart Rhythm Center, Rzeszów
Faculty:
Prof. Fa-Po Chung
Heart Rhythm and Cardiovascular Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Prof. Philipp Krisai
University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Prof. Piotr Kułakowski
Postgraduate Medical School, Warsaw, Poland
Prof. Andrzej Kutarski
Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
Prof. Kazimierz Widenka
Department of Cardiac Surgery, District Hospital No. 2, Rzeszów, Poland
Prof. Andrea Sarkozy
University Hospital Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Prof. Daniel Scherr
Clinical Department of Cardiology at the Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Dr John Mandrola
Baptist Health in Louisville/Medscape Cardiology, USA
Dr Vera Maslova
University Medical Center of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
Dr Paweł Moskal
University Hospital of Krakow, Krakow, Poland
Venue: Okręgowa Izba Lekarska w Rzeszowie
Ul. Jana Dekerta 2, 35-231 Rzeszów
Program
8:30 Registration
9:20 - 9:30 Welcome – Prof. Piotr Futyma
9:30 - 11:30
Session I – Treatment of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Current Role of Electrical Cardioversion
– Prof. Philipp Krisai
Conduction System Pacing
– Dr Paweł Moskal
Pulsed Field Ablation – Current Evidence
– Prof. Daniel Scherr
Risk Factor Management
– Prof. Piotr Kułakowski
11:40 - 16:00
Session II – Advanced Ablation Techniques in the Ventricles
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
– Prof. Fa-Po Chung
Pulsed Field Ablation in the Ventricles
– Prof. Andrea Sarkozy
Bipolar Ablation
– Dr Vera Maslova
13:00 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Session III – Special Operations
My PFA and LAA Take
– Dr John Mandrola
Current Strategies of Lead Extractions
– Prof. Andrzej Kutarski
Battlefield After EP Procedures
– Prof. Kazimierz Widenka
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