New Swiss Horizons

19 – 21 September 2025

Guarda Val Hotel, Lenzerheide

Latest Topics in Arrhythmia Management

NEW SWISS HORIZONS is an opportunity to catch up with the latest advances in arrhythmia management with a special focus on ablation and cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Outstanding scientific faculty members and renowned chairmen and speakers including ablation, ICD/PM device and heart failure specialists will gather to discuss your areas of interest in the field of cardiac disease management. The compact format and informal atmosphere of this symposium will favour open communication in order to share our experiences to improve patient care.
The Scientific Faculty has set out to make this symposium an inspiring, high quality event and we look forward to meeting you in Lenzerheide.

Scientific Faculty

Haran Burri, Geneva

Giulio Conte, Lugano

Christian Sticherling, Basel

Congress Secretariat

CCE Services GmbH
Dornacherstrasse 82
4053 Basel
+41 61 551 07 00
info@cce-services.ch

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Accommodation

Guarda Val Hotel

Voa Sporz

7078 Lenzerheide

www.guardaval.ch

Accreditation

CME accreditation will be applied for by the Swiss Society of Cardiology and published as soon as confirmed.

Sponsors

The organizers cordially thank the following companies for their support.

New Swiss Horizons 2024 was actively and financially supported by the following sponsors

Scientific Program

Friday, 19 September 2025

Time
Title of Session / Presentation
Chairman / Speaker
12:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00
Welcome and Introduction
Christian Sticherling, Basel
14:05 - 15:50
SESSION 1
Open Lectures
Giulio Conte, Lugano
Amir Jadidi, Luzern
14:05
VT ablation in patients with tolerated monorphic VT and LVEF >40%: is a secondary preventive ICD still necessary?
Laurent Roten, Bern
14:35
Role of left atrial appendage occluder in AF-patients
Christian Sticherling, Basel
15:05
How to avoid inappropriate shocks in ICD recipients?
Tilman Perrin, Solothurn
15:35
Discussion
15:50 - 16:20
Coffee break
16:20 - 18:45
SESSION 2
Case Session: My most spectacular case
Beat Schaer, Basel
Sven Reek, Aarau
16:20
Case 1: Ablation
Michael Kühne, Basel
16:45
Case 2: Ablation
Nicolas Schärli, Basel
17:10
Case 3: Device
Nikola Kozhuharov, Bern
17:35
Case 4: Pacemaker Case
Tardu Özkartal, Lugano
18:00
Case 5: Ablation or Device
Maria Luce Caputo, Lugano
18:25 - 18:45
Discussion

Saturday, 20 September 2025

Time
Title of Session / Presentation
Chairman / Speaker
09:00 - 10:30
SESSION 3
Meet the Experts
Haran Burri, Genève
Udo Meyerfeldt, Solothurn
09:00
OPT-HF: when is the right time to assess an ICD indication in post-MI patients
Christian Veltmann, Bremen (DE)
09:25
PFA and ventricular arrhythmias
Peter Peichl, Prague (CZ)
Andrea Sarkozy, Brussels (BE)
09:50
Toward MRI conditional safety of cardiac implants with 3rd party leads
Romano Setzu, Clamart (FR)
10:15
Discussion
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00
SESSION 4
Debate: The new standard for patiens with AV-Block is:
Christian Sticherling, Basel
Peter Ammann, St. Gallen
11:00
- leadless pacemakers
Andreas Müller, Zürich
11:25
- conduction system pacing
Haran Burri, Genève
11:50
Discussion
12:00 - 13:45
Lunch
13:45 - 15:30
SESSION 5
Open Lectures
Hildegard Tanner, Bern
Firat Duru, Zürich
13:45
Post-PVI: how long should the blanking period be and who can stop OAC
Tobias Reichlin, Bern
14:15
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias
Giulio Conte, Lugano
14:45
Redundant CIED leads - when to extract?
Alexander Breitenstein, Zürich
15:15
Discussion
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 18:05
SESSION 6
Case Session: My nightmare case
TBA
Giulia Domenichini, Lausanne
16:00
Case 1: Ablation or Device
Philipp Krisai, Basel
16:25
Case 2: Device
Valerian Valiton, Genève
16:50
Case 3: Ablation or Device
Gonca Suna, Zürich
17:15
Case 4: Ablation or Device
Patrick Badertscher, Basel
17:40
Case 5: Ablation or Device
Hari Vivekanantham, Fribourg
18:05 - 18:15
Wrap up
Haran Burri, Genève

Participation

Due to the limited number of participants, no place can be guaranteed. If you are interested in participating, please contact the Congress Secretariat CCE Services GmbH.