Dear colleagues!

October 23-24, 2025. The Federal Scientific and Clinical Center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia invites you to join the IV Moscow International Summit On Ventricular Arrhythmias.

This is an important event for all cardiologists, arrhythmologists and cardiovascular surgeons.

During the event experts will share their experience in treating ventricular arrhythmias. Leading Russian specialized clinics will demonstrate live methods for solving clinical cases

You will have a great opportunity to gain advanced knowledge, take part in discussions, improve your professional expertise and learn about new methods in the field of arrhythmology.

23-24

October

2025

Venue

Novotel Moscow City

Presnenskaya emb., 2, Moscow

You must have the original passport with you!

Chairs

Skvortsova
Veronika

Head of the FMBA of Russia, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor (Russia)

Troitsky
Alexander

General Director of the FCRC FMBA of Russia, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor (Russia)

Khabazov
Robert

Head Physician of FSBI FCRC FMBA of Russia, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor (Russia)

Revishvili
Amiran

Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Head of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Vishnevsky National Medical Research Center for Surgery, Ministry of Health of Russia" (Russia)

Korolev
Sergey

Head Of Department Of X-ray Surgical Treatment Of Cardiac Arrhythmias And Electrocardiostimulation, FCRC FMBA of Russia, Ph.D. (Russia)

Speakers

Abdullaev
Aslan M.

Cardiologist-arrhythmologist, State National Medical Research Center of Therapy and Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health of Russia (Russia, Moscow)

Ardus
Darin F.

Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Hybrid Methods of Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery; PhD (Medicine) (Russia, Moscow)

Artyukhina
Elena A.

Head of the Department of Electrophysiological X-ray Endovascular Methods for Diagnosis and Treatment of Arrhythmias, A.V. Vishnevsky State National Medical Research Center of Surgery, Ministry of Health of Russia; Dr. of Med. Sc. (Russia, Moscow)

Valderrabano
Miguel

Professor of Cardiology at the DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center; Corresponding Member of the Houston Research Institute (USA)

Golukhova
Elena Z.

RF Honored Scientist; Director of the A.N. Bakulev State National Medical Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Ministry of Health of Russia; Chief External Arrhythmologist of the Ministry of Health of Russia; Head of Cardiac Surgery Department No. 14 (ONA clinic); doctor of functional and ultrasound diagnostics; Dr. of Med. Sc.; Professor; Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia, Moscow)

Guseinli
Elmaddin Gurban ogly

Acad. E.I. Chazov State National Medical Research Center of Cardiology, Ministry of Health of Russia, cardiovascular surgeon (Russia, Moscow)

Dundua
David.

Head of Cardiology Center FSBI FSCC FMBA of Russia, Head of Department of Cardiology at the Academy of Postgraduate Education, FSBI FSCC FMBA of Russia, M.D., Professor (Russia).

Davtyan
Karpet V.

Head of the Department of Cardiac Rate Disorders and Conductivity, National Medical Research Center of Therapy and Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health of Russia; Dr. of Med. Sc.; Professor (Russia, Moscow)

Iplevich
Yuri A.

Cardiovascular surgeon, Federal Scientific and Clinical Center of the Federal Medical Biological Agency of Russia (Russia, Moscow)

Cabrera
Jose

Professor of Cardiology at the European University of Madrid; Head of the Department of Cardiology at the University Hospital of Quirón Salud and Ruber Juan Bravo (Spain)

Krivolapov
Sergey N.

Doctor of X-ray endovascular diagnostics and treatment, Department of Surgical Treatment of Complex Cardiac Arrhythmias and Cardiac Pacing, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Research Institute of Cardiology

Mikhailov
Yevgeny N.

Deputy Director for Science, Institute of Heart and Vessels; Head of Neuromodulation Research Laboratory; Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery Department at the Almazov Center, Institute of Medical Education; cardiologist; Dr. of Med. Sc.; Associate Professor (Saint Petersburg)

Natale
Andrea

M.D., F.A.C.C.; F.H.R.S.; F.E.S.C.; Executive Medical Director, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center (USA)

Nechepurenko
Anatoly A.

Head of the Department; Cardiovascular Surgeon, Federal Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Ministry of Health of Russia; PhD (Medicine) (Russia, Astrakhan)

Requava
Roin R.

Head of the Department of Arrhythmia and Cardiac Electrophysiology, “American Hospital Tbilisi” (Georgia, Tbilisi)

Rzayev
Farhad G.

Head of the Department of Surgical Treatment of Complex Heart Rhythm Disorders and Cardiac Pacing; Doctor of X-ray Endovascular Diagnosis and Treatment; PhD (Medicine) (Russia, Moscow)

Romanov
Alexander B.

FHRS, FESC, FEHRA; Deputy Director for Science at Acad. Meshalkin National Medical Research Center, Ministry of Health of Russia; Dr. of Med. Sc. (Russia, Novosibirsk)

Sapelnikov
Oleg V.

Head of the Laboratory for Surgical and X-ray Surgical Methods of Treating Cardiac Rate Disorders, Acad. E. I. Chazov National Medical Research Clinical Center, Ministry of Health of Russia (Russia, Moscow)

Sarquella-Brugada
Georgi

Head of Pediatric Arrhythmias, Inherited Cardiac Diseases and Sudden Death Unit, SJD Clinic in Barcelona; MD (Spain)

Sveshnikov
Artem V.

Head of the Department of X-ray Surgical Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment, N.I. Pirogov National Medical Surgical Center, Ministry of Health of Russia; PhD (Medicine) (Russia, Moscow)

Serguladze
Sergey Y.

Head of the Department of Surgical Treatment of Complex Heart Rhythm Disorders and Cardiac Pacing, A.N. Bakulev National Medical Research Center, Ministry of Health of Russia; cardiovascular surgeon; Dr. of Med. Sc.

Skvortsova
Veronika I.

Head of the Federal Medical Biological Agency of Russia; Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Dr. of Med. Sc.; Professor (Russia)

Sonicheva
Natalya A.

Cardiologist; Member of the Scientific Committee of Genetic Laboratory HealthinCode (Spain)

Sopov
Oleg V.

Cardiovascular surgeon, Department of Surgical Treatment of Complex Heart Rate Disorders and Cardiac Pacing, A.N. Bakulev National Medical Research Center, Ministry of Health of Russia; PhD (Medicine) (Russia, Moscow)

Turubaev
Erlan M.

Doctor of interventional arrhythmology, UMC Heart Center

McKenna
William J.

Emeritus Professor, University College London; Emeritus British Heart Foundation Chair of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, British Heart Foundation (London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Kharlap
Maria S.

Cardiologist-arrhythmologist, National Medical Research Center of Therapy and Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health of Russia; PhD (Medicine) (Russia, Moscow)

Chapurnykh
Alexander V.

Head of the Department of Surgical Treatment of Complex Heart Rhythm Disorders and Cardiac Pacing; cardiovascular surgeon, Central Clinical Hospital with outpatient department, RF President’s Administrative Directorate; Dr. of Med. Sc.; Professor (Russia, Moscow)

Chasnoit
Alexander R.

Head of the Cardiac Rate Disorders Laboratory, Republican Academic and Research Center; PhD (Medicine); Associate Professor (Belarus, Minsk)

Shabanov
Vitaly V.

Head of the Department of Complex Heart Rhythm Disorders and Cardiac Pacing; cardiovascular surgeon, Acad. E.N. Meshalkin National Medical Research Center (Russia, Novosibirsk)

Summit Program

Day One

October
2025

Day Two

October
2025

8:00 – 9:00

Registration of participants. Welcoming coffee break

9:00 – 9:50

Summit Opening

Moderators:

Alexander V. Troitsky
Robert I. Khabazov
Amiran S. Revishvili
Elena Z. Golukhova
Sergey V. Коrolev

9:00 – 9:05

Welcome Address

Veronika I. Skvortsova

9:05 – 9:10

Welcome Address

Alexander V. Troitsky

9:10 – 9:30

A Thorny Path from Surgical to Non-Invasive Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardias

Amiran S. Revishvili

9:30 – 9:50

Arrhythmology 2025

Elena Z. Golukhova

9:50 – 9:55

Break

9:55 – 11:20

Section 1. Mapping and Ablation. Particular Approaches to Particular Arrhythmias.

Moderators:

Alexander V. Chapurnykh
Vitaly V. Shabanov
Alexander R. Chasnoit

9:55 – 10:15

Mapping and Ablation of Parahisian Ventricular Arrhythmias

Alexander V. Chapurnykh

10:15 – 10:35

Expansion of ‘Horizons’ in VT Treatment - Mapping and Ablation of Hemodynamically Significant Ventricular Arrhythmias

Farhad G. Rzayev

10:35 – 10:55

Overcoming Limitations of Endocardial Ablation in Left Ventricular ‘Deep Substrate’

Yevgeny N. Mikhailov

10:55 – 11:15

Fascicular Ventricular Tachycardia: Long-Term Clinical Results and Recurrence Mechanisms

Roin R. Requava

11:15 – 11:20

Discussion

11:20 – 11:50

Break

11:50 – 13:10

Section 2. S-ICD: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Symposium supported by Boston Scientific. CME credits are not awarded

Moderators:

Hersi Ahmad Salah
Farhad G. Rzayev
Sergey V. Коrolev

11:50 – 12:15

S-ICD in Persian Gulf Countries

Hersi Ahmad Salah

12:15 – 12:30

Subcutaneous ICD. From Clinical Approbation to the Standard of SCD Prevention

Karapet V. Davtyan

12:30 – 12:45

Intra-Operational Aspects of Subcutaneous Defibrillator Implantation

Oleg V. Sapelnikov

12:45 – 13:00

Serratus Plane Block in S-ICD Implantation

Sergey Y. Serguladze

13:00 – 13:10

Discussion

13:10 – 13:30

Break. Coffee Break

13:30 – 14:50

Section 3. Tips and Recommendations

Moderators:

Yevgeny N. Mikhailov
Farhad G. Rzayev
Sergey Y. Serguladze
Dundua David P.

13:30 – 13:40

Ablation of Papillary Muscles: Anatomic Features

Cabrera Jose

online

13:40 – 14:00

Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients with Structural Pathology: Strategy

Alexander R. Chasnoit’

14:00 – 14:20

Mitral Valve Disjunction: One More Idea for Understanding Ventricular Arrhythmia Mechanism

Sergey Y. Serguladze

14:20 – 14:40

ICD or Ablation for VT Patients without Structural Cardiac Pathology. Outstanding Issues and ‘Grey Zones’

Alexander B. Romanov

14:40 – 14:50

Discussion

14:50 – 15:20

Break. Coffee Break

15:20 – 16:30

Section 4. RFA of Ventricular Tachycardias: Accuracy as Art

Supported by Cardiomedics. CME credits are not awarded

Moderators:

Vitaly V. Shabanov
Karapet V. Davtyan

15:20 – 15:40

MRI-Guided Ablation of Substrate-Dependent VT. New Method of Clinical Approbation

Elena A. Artyukhina

15:40 – 16:00

Multidisciplinary Approach to Ventricular Tachycardia: Why Teamwork is Important

Darin F. Ardus

16:00 – 16:20

Potential of Boston Scientific Defibrillators for the Solution of Challenging Problems in Software Engineering

Yuri A. Iplevich

16:20 – 16:30

Discussion

16:30 – 16:40

Break

16:40 – 18:10

Section 5. More Than Ablation. Genetic Aspects of Ventricular Arrhythmias.

Moderators:

Maria S. Kharlap
Natalia A. Sonicheva
Elena A. Artyukhina

16:40 – 17:20

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Detection, Implication and Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias

William John McKenna

online

17:20 – 17:40

Malignant Arrhythmias in Children. How to Treat?

Georgia Sarquella-Brugada

online

17:40 – 18:00

Risk Stratification in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – How Can Genetics Help?

Maria S. Kharlap

18:00 – 18:20

Through the Haze of Gene Therapy: First Results of Clinical Trials in Inherited Arrhythmia

Natalia A. Sonicheva

18:20 – 18:30

Discussion

18:30

First Day of the Summit Closing. Coffee Break

9:00 – 10:00

Registration of Participants. Welcoming Coffee Break

10:00 – 11:50

Section 1 Presentation of Clinical Cases. Connection to Operating Rooms

Moderators:

Alexander B. Romanov
Alexander V. Chapurnykh
Artem V. Sveshnikov
Sergey V. Korolev

10:00 – 10:10

Presentation of Clinical Case 1. Federal Scientific Clinical Center of the Federal Medico-Biological Agency (FMBA), Russia

Yuri A. Iplevich
Vitaly V. Shabanov

10:10 – 10:40

Presentation of Clinical Case 2. A.N. Bakulev National Medical Research Center of Cardio-Vascular Surgery

Oleg V. Sopov

10:30 – 10:50

Presentation of Clinical Case 3. Tomsk National Medical Research Center, Scientific Research Institute of Cardiology

Sergey N. Krivolapov

10:50 – 11:20

Presentation of Clinical Case 4. Ablation of Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia. “Zero-fluoro” Method. Acad. E.I. Chazov National Medical Research Center of Cardiology

Oleg V. Sapelnikov

Operating room broadcast supported by Johnson & Johnson LLC. CME points are not awarded.

11:20 – 11:40

Presentation of Clinical Case 5. Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in the Patient with Channelopathy. N.I. Pirogov National Medical Surgical Center

Artem V. Sveshnikov

11:40 – 11:50

Discussion

11:50 – 12:20

Break. Coffee Break

12:20 – 13:20

Section 2. New Horizons of Electrophysiological Mapping for Life Threatening Arrhythmias

Symposium Supported by Abbott Laboratories. CME credits are not awarded