Abstract Shortlist HRC2026

All short-listed abstracts (oral communications and posters) will be available to view on the touchCARDIO website www.touchcardio.com and featured in the 'touchCARDIO Meeting Reports' e-journal after the congress has taken place.

Young Investigators Competition
Monday 12 October, Netowrking Area 2 - 13:30 - 15:00

Clinical Science

• Mapping the gateways: a three-dimensional atlas of left atrial ganglionated plexi and the role of electrogram features in cardioneuroablation
  Mohamed Zuhair, London, UK
   
• Hybrid versus catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation and heart failure: the HALT AF randomised trial
  Omar Ahmed, London, UK
   
• Acute procedural outcomes of Opto-DeEP mapping-guided ventricular tachycardia ablation: an interim analysis of a prospective single-centre cohort
  Rafaella Siang, Coventry, UK

Basic Scientist

• Thermal effects and extramyocardial injury with clinical pulse-field ablation systems
  Jaspal Gill, London, UK
   
• Artificial intelligence-enabled electrocardiogram risk estimation for ventricular arrhythmia prediction in dilated cardiomyopathy: an external validation study
  Mark Morgan, London, UK
   
• Chamber-specific epicardial adipose tissue and adverse outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation
  Charles Sillett, Palo Alto, US

Oral Abstracts – Evolving Frontiers and Arrhythmia Mechanisms
Sunday 11 October, Executive Room 2 - 14:00 - 15:30

• Concordant electrical and structural atrial remodeling confers 26-fold higher odds of atrial fibrillation: a four-phenotype classification 
  Sadees Clarence Chandran, Dalian, CN
   
• Clinical characteristics and ablation outcomes in patients with right atrial cardiomyopathy
  Jing Hu, Nanchang, CN
   
• A high-definition unipolar intracardiac electrogram processing algorithm
  Qindong Zheng, London, UK
   
• Association of GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy with atrial fibrillation risk in patients with stage 3–4 chronic kidney disease
  Ranokhon Igamberdiyeva, Tashkent, UZ
   
• Explainable machine learning for AF detection using ECG remodeling markers: false positives reveal subclinical atrial myopathy
  Sadees Clarence Chandran, Dalian, CN
   
• Tau20-RETROmapping system reliably identifies organised wavefronts during atrial fibrillation to produce live beat-to-beat activation maps
  Fatima Nadeem, London, UK

Oral Abstracts – Arrhythmia Clinical
Sunday 11 October, Executive Room 2 - 16:00 - 17:30

• Outcomes in catheter ablation and conservative management after ICD therapies in patients with structural heart disease: a single-centre real-world experience
  Timothy Jones, Souhthampton, UK
   
• HCM-SCD risk change and arrhythmic outcomes after mavacamten therapy in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
  Hou Mak, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
   
• Does the CARTOSOUND FAM automated algorithm generate a more accurate reconstruction of left atrial anatomy than conventional manual assessment of intracardiac echocardiography?
  Mike Lawless, Middlesbrough, UK
   
• Pacing-induced severe functional mitral regurgitation after “ablate and pace” with a leadless pacemaker: reversal with endocardial resynchronisation
  Thet Hnin, Middlesbrough, UK
   
• SCOPE-15: Syncope comorbidity outcomes and pacemaker evolution – a 15-year retrospective cohort study of ILR monitoring
  Ana Correia, Chertsey, UK
   
• Fixation beats do not predict physiological conduction system capture in left bundle branch area pacing
  Gareth Jones, Swansea, UK

Oral Abstracts - Allied and Service Development
Tuesday 13 October, Networking Area 2 - 09:25 - 10:00

• Clinical outcomes of consultant cardiac physiologist–led pacemaker generator replacement: a retrospective single-centre comparison
  Benjamin La Fevre, Bristol, UK
   
• My Heart Passport: pilot evaluation of a web-based patient-held digital implant passport for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices
  Hnin Zaw, London, UK
   
• Hywel Dda University Health Board Podiatry and Arrhythmia Service atrial fibrillation detection project - cutting out the middleman in arrhythmia detection
  Ffion Lloyd-Thomas, Carmarthenshire, UK
   
• Comparison of the efficacy and safety of three single-shot techniques for atrial fibrillation ablation – retrospective analysis of 535 consecutive patients
  Alaa Aboelela, Bielefeld, DE
   
• Outcomes of CRT upgrade in right ventricular paced patients who develop heart failure: a 12-year single-centre survival analysis
  Nirav Patel, Nowra, AU
   
• Opportunistic atrial fibrillation case finding during influenza vaccination clinics in a deprived primary care network: a service evaluation from South Tees England
  Sahar Mohmed, Middlesbrough, UK

Oral Abstracts - Devices, Mapping and Ablation
Tuesday 13 October, Networking Area 2 - 15:45 - 17:15

• Contemporary therapy device allocation and cardiovascular magnetic resonance characteristics in the first 515 patients randomised in the BRITISH trial
  Andrew Flett, Southampton, UK
   
• Volt™ PFA for AF ablation under conscious sedation: the Freeman experience
  Mihai-Ionut Firescu, Gateshed, UK
   
• Predicting left ventricular ejection fraction change using ECG-only criteria at conduction system pacing implant
  Thomas Nguyen, Sherbrooke, CA
   
• Single-centre experience of pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation using the circular array catheter: a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort analysis
  Sikder M Zubair Rahim, Coventry, UK
   
• Clinical outcomes of cardiac implantable electronic device lead noise according to specialist-defined phenotypes: a tertiary device complications clinic experience
  Hnin Zaw, London, UK
   
• Early conduction system pacing (CSP) in patients with presumed left bundle branch block–induced cardiomyopathy
  Ricardo Venencia, Sherbrooke, CA

Moderated Posters 1
Monday 12 October, Poster Screen 4, Exhibition Hall - 15:00 - 15:45

• The creation and testing of a novel patient experience survey for cardiac device procedures
  Benjamin La Fevre, Bristol, UK
   
• Economic evaluation of pulsed field cryoballoon and very high-power short-duration ablation for atrial fibrillation: a real-world analysis
  Ivelin Koev, Buras, BG
   
• Real-world clinicians feedback on 5944RL rotatable connector use during conduction system pacing
  Jagdeep Singh, Edinburgh, UK
   
• Subcutaneous versus transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
  Fahad Muhammad, London, UK
   
• Real-world post-stroke implantable loop recorder (ILR) monitoring: atrial fibrillation (AF) detection yield and burden on NHS cardiology service workload
  Vince Walker, Stoke on Trent, UK
   
• Identification of patients who may need consideration of ICD deactivation: cracking the codes
  Elly Michels, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
   
• Economic benefits of CSP compared with conventional CRT-P implantation
  Hossam Elsayed, Sutton Coldfield, UK
   
• Two-year outcomes and real-world impact of a primary care community palpitations pathway using Zenicor ECG monitoring
  Muhammad Murad Khan, Methley, UK
   
• Implementing a novel digitally enabled pathway for electronic patient reported outcome measures (ePROMs) collection before and after AF ablation
  Sharon Toora, Basildon, UK

Moderated Posters 2
Tuesday 13 October, Poster Screen 4, Exhibition Hall - 15:00 - 15:45

• Use of beta blockers after pacemaker implant and previous ablation of atrial fibrillation predicted survival from all-cause death in patients considered for pacemaker and AV node ablation
  Piyush Sajnani, Plymouth, UK
   
• Feasibility and early outcomes using the novel FARAPOINT™ focal pulsed field ablation catheter across a spectrum of cardiac dysrhythmias: a single-centre experience
  Eduardo Urgesi, London, UK
   
• Misinterpreting the signals: sense-B noise and inappropriate S-ICD therapy
  Charlotte Mehegan, Bury St Edmunds, UK
   
• Real-world comparison of leadless pacemaker platforms: an evaluation of procedural learning curves, battery longevity and clinical outcomes
  Daniel Griffin, London, UK
   
• OCKHAM™ guided AF ablation
  Mihai-Ionut Firescu, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
   
• Inappropriate electrical storm from P-wave oversensing (PWOS)
  Oluwamayowa Omoniyi, Norwich, UK
   
• From large bore venous access to early mobilisation and same-day discharge: Perclose ProGlide™ experience in leadless pacemaker implantation
  Mihai-Ionut Firescu, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
   
• From emergency triage to specialist syncope units: a structured review of care models and their implications for diagnosis and management of syncope
  Cristiana Montiero, London, UK
   
• Triage of direct-access GP Holter referrals: reducing low-yield 24-hour monitoring through an evidence-based ambulatory ECG pathway
  Mossa Banni, Dublin, IE

Posters 1
Monday 12 October, Poster Screens 1-4, Exhibition Hall - 10:15 - 10:45

Poster Screen 1

• Catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia in a UK non-surgical centre: procedural safety and medium-term outcomes
  Jake Dixon, Exeter, UK
   
• If it ain't broke, don't book: the case for alert-based device follow-up
  Thomas Stephens-Fouracre, Swindon, UK
   
• Clinical coding of syncope and transient loss of consciousness: methodological implications for cross-country comparisons
  Cristiana Monteiro, London, UK
   
• Cardiac device implantation complicated by superior vena cava syndrome: a case of successful brachiocephalic venoplasty
  Kaviya Selvapandian, Birmingham, UK
   
• Zero fluoroscopy zero leads ablations: a feasibility study of supraventricular tachycardia and atrial flutter ablations in a single tertiary centre
  Mo Obeidat, Manchester, UK
   
• Atrial fibrillation: symptom burden, psychological impact and potential mindfulness use in managing uncertainty. A patient and public involvement (PPI) study
  Amy Howard, Plymouth, UK

Poster Screen 2

• Not all CIED procedures carry the same risk: benchmarking device-specific complication rates against EHRA standards in 865 consecutive procedures
  Omar Naeim, Ashford, UK
• Contact matters! Excellent results of pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation using Medtronic PulseSelect and Abbott EnSite NavX mapping system
  Javaid Dar, Wolverhampton, UK
   
• A retrospective clinical research audit at UHW: evaluating the appropriateness of PPI timing following TAVI and the clinical impact of current pacing guidelines
  Alexander Piper, Malborough, UK
   
• Implantable loop recorders in routine practice: diagnostic yield, appropriateness and time to device upgrade in a single-centre audit
  Oluwamayowa Omoniyi, Norwich, UK
   
• Comparative haemodynamic and electrical effects of left bundle branch area pacing from the right and left ventricular septum
  Alphonsus Liew, London, UK
   
• Fluoroscopy-free electrophysiology: a single-centre observational experience of SVT ablation using three-dimensional electroanatomical mapping
  Jake Dixon, Exeter, UK

Poster Screen 3

• Left bundle area pacing via persistent left-sided superior vena cava
  Yasmeen Cooper, London, UK
• Feasibility study of GLP-1 analogues for the optimisation of outcomes in high BMI patients undergoing ablation for atrial fibrillation (GOAL-AF)
  Manish Kalla, Birmingham, UK
   
• CMR-ECGI reveals electrical remodelling related to myocardial fibrosis in aging populations (MyoFit46)
  Franca Morselli, London, UK
   
• Cardiac sarcoidosis in the young: the impact of a cardiac MRI service on care
  Kieran Bloor, Sunderland, UK

Poster Screen 4

• Beyond arrhythmia detection: can 72-hour Holter monitoring reveal underlying cardiovascular physiology?
  Chris Crockford, Burton on Kendal, UK
   
• Does piecewise linear histogram matching improve automated multi-label segmentation of late gadolinium enhanced cardiac MRI using nnUNet?
  Nithin Narayanan, Nottingham, UK
   
• Real-world experience of an amiodarone-led DCCV service: balancing the risks and benefits
  Briony Wills, Taunton, UK
   
• How have outcomes of persistent atrial fibrillation ablation changed with time and new technologies? A meta-analysis and meta-regression
  Kajanan Ravindran, London, UK
   
• Automated segmentation of late gadolinium enhanced cardiac MRI using radiomics
  Nithin Narayanan, Nottingham, UK

Posters 2
Tuesday 13 October, Poster Screens 1-4, Exhibition Hall - 10:15 - 10:45

Poster Screen 1

• Electrostructural discordance: ECG-predicted left atrial diameter identifies novel atrial phenotypes with opposite risks of incident atrial fibrillation
  Shabnam Faiz, Dalian, CN
   
• Electro-structural phenotypes of first-degree AV block: a translational study of atrial cardiomyopathy and incident atrial fibrillation
  Sadees Clarence Chandran, Dalian, CN
   
• Timeliness of implanted cardioverter defibrillator deactivation for patients at the end of life
  Victoria Waites, London, UK
   
• The possibilities of catheter ablation for patients with persistent atrial fibrillation: how do we do it?
  Evgeniy Kropotkin, Moscow, RU

Poster Screen 2

• Developing artificial intelligence-enhanced electrocardiography models to detect electrolyte and haemoglobin abnormalities
  Nichchalan Jeganathan, London, UK
   
• Elective electrical cardioversion for atrial arrhythmias in district general hospitals – interpreting the substrate
  Greg Horsfall, Blackpool, UK
   
• Evaluating psychological intervention in patients with ICDs: outcomes from a multidisciplinary clinical health psychology service
  Charlotte Maughan, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
   
• The Shora AF signature: a novel QRS voltage variability index for atrial fibrillation detection — computational validation using the PhysioNet MIT-BIH atrial fibrillation database
  Khalid Shora, Dammam, SA
   
• Predicting one-year mortality after cardiac resynchronisation therapy in patients hospitalised for heart failure: a novel risk score
  Oliver Rees, London, UK
   
• Changes in AF ripple frequency and cycle length following pulmonary vein isolation: insights for targeted AF ablation?
  Michael Lawless, Middlesbrough, UK

Poster Screen 3

• Interpretable evidence-chain artificial intelligence for clinician-reviewable 12-lead electrocardiogram diagnosis
  Yiyang Liu, Beijing, CN
   
• Electrical performance and documentation quality in left bundle branch area pacing: a single-centre retrospective audit and service improvement project
  Tina Razlae, London, UK
   
• Introducing left bundle branch area pacing in a district general hospital: procedural success learning curve and early outcomes
  Mohamad Wahib Zhlawi, Harlow, UK
   
• Improving the appropriateness and clinical utility of Holter monitoring in patients presenting with syncope/collapse: a two-cycle quality improvement project
  Theodora Germanopolou, White, UK
   
• Hidden in the coronary sinus: When posteroseptal pathways refuse to ablate
  Camille-Marie Go, Birmingham, UK

Poster Screen 4

• GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists are associated with reduced atrial fibrillation–related interventions and cardiovascular outcomes in obesity without diabetes: a target trial emulation
  Omer Taha, Liverpool, UK
   
• Real-world implementation of left bundle branch area pacing in routine clinical practice: a single centre audit of procedural success and early outcomes
  Rashaan Jackson-Wade, London, UK
• Preprocessing heterogeneity in machine learning for wearable ECG: a scoping review with a transparency score and novel reporting framework
  Ahmed El-Medany, London, UK
   
• Abolition of multifocal atrial ectopy and atrial tachycardia following targeted ganglionated plexus ablation: a case report
  Prasad Krishnan Nair, Oxford, UK
   
• Benchmarking general purpose artificial intelligence for accessory pathway localisation on 12 lead electrocardiograms
  Ibrahim Antoun, Leicester, UK

Posters 3
Tuesday 13 October, Poster Screens 1-4, Exhibition Hall - 12:30 - 12:58

Poster Screen 1

• When close to the cliff’s end… better don’t lose synchrony
  Alexis Paris, Sherbrooke, CA
   
• Optimising remote monitoring of cardiac implantable electronic devices: a service evaluation of alert burden and workflow patterns at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  Laura Scott, Leeds, UK
   
• Post op analgesia for cardiac devices
  Cho Thazin Aye, Plymouth, UK
   
• Clinical utility of 24-hour Holter monitoring for palpitations referred from primary care: a service evaluation
  Georgia Moorse, Southampton, UK
   
• Impact of pacing strategy on right ventricular function: a comparison of RV apical pacing and left bundle branch area pacing
  Burcu Kodal, Kocaeli, TR

Poster Screen 2

• Digital pre-assessment using NHS App for implantable loop recorder implantation
  Tracy Edge, Rotherham, UK
   
• Conduction system pacing versus biventricular pacing in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
  Han-Chieh Yang, Cambridge, UK
   
• Breaking the “invisible wall”: optimized pacemaker programming for a competitive athlete with high-grade AV block
  Amit Shrestha, Lancaster, UK
• Dual-energy lattice-tip ablation versus focal radiofrequency ablation for drug-refractory ventricular tachycardia: early single-centre comparative experience
  Justin Chiong, Liverpool, UK
   
• Early transvenous lead failure following subpectoral dual chamber pacemaker implantation: a proposed mechanism of pectoralis major compression
  Kaviya Selvapandian, Birmingham, UK

Poster Screen 3

• Identifying novel biomarkers in pacemaker induced cardiomyopathy
  Sophie Robinson, Birmingham, UK
   
• Improving compliance with BMI eligibility criteria for atrial fibrillation ablation: a clinical audit and quality improvement project
  Sabbir Ahmed, Worcester, UK
   
• Cardiac resynchronisation therapy for heart failure patients. A systematic review and meta-analysis of left ventricular re-modelling during left bundle branch area pacing compared with His bundle pacing and bi ventricular pacing
  Emma Millis, London, UK
   
• Variability of battery longevity in cardiac implantable electronic devices: accuracy of predicted battery longevity from follow-up to elective replacement indication
  Shina Gill, Stoke on Trent, UK
   
• A case to remember: cardiac memory mimicking diffuse myocardial ischaemia following permanent ventricular pacing
  Brona Starkey, Gateshed, UK
   
• Do digital wearables increase detectability of atrial fibrillation?
  Hugo Stevenson, Chelmsford, UK
   
• Implementation of a digital ECG pathway using GE MAC VU360 and MUSE integration to improve workflow efficiency and reduce paper use
  Kasie Lane, Isleworth, UK

Poster Screen 4

• ARNI and SGLT2 inhibitors and ventricular arrhythmia in ICD and CRT-D recipients with heart failure: a time-dependent cohort analysis
  Aishwarya Umashankar, Swansea, UK
   
• Rate-related programming in people with cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) - a single-centre observational analysis of current practice
  Peter Demian, Leeds, UK
   
• Lyme carditis presenting as severe sinus node dysfunction and cardiac arrest: a rare case of persistent conduction disease requiring permanent pacing
  Tehreem Younus, Preston, UK
   
• Development of a program for predicting the risks of arrhythmia recurrence after minimally invasive ablation procedures: RAFA-score: with integration algorithms of machine learning
  Elizaveta Strebkova, Moscow, RU
   
• Audit on the indications and outcomes of patients undergoing implantable loop recorders at a district general hospital
  Raja Wajid Shabbir Khan, Dudley, UK
   
• Emergency internal jugular AVEIR leadless pacemaker implantation in an octogenarian to enable treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia - a case study
  Jacob Barnaby, Northampton, UK
   
• An uncommon cause for syncope. A vasospastic angina related ventricular tachycardia
  Assya Dimia, Birmingham, UK

Paediatric Abstracts
Monday 12 October, Netowrking Area 3 - 16:45 - 17:45

• Intra-atrial re-entrant tachycardia with slow ventricular response in a child with repaired aortic coarctation
  Rana Kandil, Alexandria, EG
   
• Collapse and aborted sudden death in a child: perseverance prevails in retrieving data from the AED memory and reveals the exact cause
  Orhan Uzun, Cardiff, UK
   
• Physical activity motivation in children and adolescents diagnosed with long QT syndrome and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
  Catherine Renwick, London, UK
   
• Narrow complex tachycardia: a shocking case defies standard emergency intervention
  Sameh Soliman, Cardiff UK
   
• Wide complex tachycardia – to treat or not to treat?
  Lloyd Abood, Cardiff, UK
   
• The sawtooth plot twist: atrial flutter unmasked in a late-preterm neonate
  Serah Koshi, Newport, UK
   
• A technology gap in wearable pre-syncope detection: a structured review of multimodal sensing for advance warning during ambulatory activity
  Hrishikesh Hemadri, Cleveland, US
   
• Transplacental management of refractory fetal supraventricular tachycardia in one fetus of a dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy that post natal showed to be PJRT
  Nadezhda Dzhelepova, Manchester, UK