I would like to extend this personal invitation to our 9th International Winter Arrhythmia School. Once again, this year's program will be based on device and electrophysiological streams, which will be incorporated together for sessions of common interest. Our flagship of blended sponsorships and sessions opened for all will remain in place.

The combined sessions will be focused on innovations in device therapies and ablation approaches, as well as in antiarrhythmic pharmacology which is becoming diversified in recent years. Atrial fibrillation, ablations and device therapies will be the spotlight of this year's sessions, lead by world experts in the field.

Our focus in the Electrophysiology stream will be based on challenging cases of supraventricular arrhythmia ablations, ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation, and on peri-procedural care in Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. We deploy world-class faculty to engage in discussions and expect, as always, fierce educational argument.

In the device stream, our focus will be on handling challenging tachy- and brady-programming in small classes and peer-to-peer teaching sessions. These sessions will be headed by physicians and manufacturer's experts.

This eventful program will be taking place at the Westin Trillium House, Blue Mountain in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada. The event is officially bilingual for the fourth year in a row, with instant translations from English to French and plenty of accents.

Last year we had more than 175 people participating in the event. Due to limited space last year, I strongly encourage you to register early.

Sincerely,

Eugene Crystal, MD
Chairman of the Symposium
Director, Arrhythmia Services
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

2012 CME Accreditation

2011 CME Accreditation

• Arrhythmia issues in general cardiology practice
• Improvement in understanding of implantable arrhythmia devices
• Individualized programming of ICDs and CRTs
• Review and update of curative ablative electrophysiology

The 8th International Winter Arrhythmia School event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved by the University of Toronto.

The Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, designates this educational activity for a maximum of 13 Category 1 credits toward American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that s/he actually spent in the activity.

As a result of a reciprocal agreement between the EACCME and AMA, European registrants may claim AMA PRA Category 1 as equivalent.

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Westin Trillium House at Blue Mountain, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada

These rooms MUST be reserved by December 15th, 2011 to guarantee availability!!

You wil be able to choose between the following options. Please contact us if you require a different arrangement.

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Deluxe Guestroom	One Bedroom Suite
One Bedroom Suite

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2012 Sponsors

We are very grateful to the following sponsors for generous unrestricted educational grants for the 2012 Winter Arrhythmia School:

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