347 - PEDIATRIC AND CONGENITAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY WORKSHOP SERIES PART 1: CAPTURING AND INTERPRETING DIAGNOSTIC TRACINGS

Saturday, October 25, 2025

2:00pm - 3:00pm ET

Room:303AB

Target Audience: Electrophysiologists, Pediatric cardiologists, Adult congenital cardiologists

Presenter(s)

Francesca de la Cruz, MD (she/her/hers)

Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
University of Ottawa
Michael Fridman, MD, FRCPC, CEPS-P (he/him/his)

Pediatric Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Alberta Children's Hospital
University of Calgary

Handouts / Images

Trainee(s)

Francesca de la Cruz, MD (she/her/hers)

Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
University of Ottawa

Moderator(s)

Jean-Marc Cote, MD

Profesdor
Lavsl
Carolina Escudero, MD, MSc (she/her/hers)

Pediatric Cardiology and Electrophysiology
Stollery Children's Hospital
University of Alberta

Planning Committee Member(s)

Francesca de la Cruz, MD (she/her/hers)

Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
University of Ottawa
SD

Santokh Dhillon, MBBS, MD (he/him/his)

Professor
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University/IWK Health Center
Carolina Escudero, MD, MSc (she/her/hers)

Pediatric Cardiology and Electrophysiology
Stollery Children's Hospital
University of Alberta
Marisha McClean, MBBS, DM (Paeds)

Pediatric Cardiologist
London Health Sciences Centre
Western University
Cheryl Peters, MD

PEDIATRIC CARDIAC ANESTHESIOLOGIST AND INTENSIVIST
CCS, CANCARE, CPCA
BC Children's Hospital
Jonathan Windram, BSc (Hons), MBChB, MMEd, MRCP (UK), FCCS, FESC

Associate Professor
University of Alberta
Mazankowski Heart Institute

Workshop Description: This Part 1 of a 3 part workshop series on pediatric and congenital electrophysiology. Part 1 of this series will focus on capturing and interpreting diagnostic electrocardiographic tracings in children and patients with congenital heart disease with symptoms of arrhythmias.

Session 1: “Pediatric ECG Quiz: Test your interpretation and review some tips and tricks”. This session will be an interactive review of ECG tracings and key learning points from each of the tracings. Participants will be provided with copies of the tracings prior to the workshop by dissemination via the CPCA and CACHNET membership lists. Audience polling will occur during the session such that audience members will submit their answers for each of the tracings anonymously.

Session 2: “Capturing the cause: Updates on wearable devices in pediatric and congenital cardiology”. This session will provide the audience with a review of currently and newly available monitors that are available to record electrocardiographic tracings during arrhythmic symptoms in children and patients with congenital heart disease.

This part of the workshop will conclude with a question and answer session and panel discussion.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session participants will be able to:

Identify ECG features of both typical and challenging arrhythmia diagnoses in children and patients with congenital heart disease;
Describe current and newly available methods of capturing electrocardiographic tracings using wearable and direct-to-consumer technologies; and
Identify the challenges and limitations of using newly available wearable technology in young children and patients with congenital heart disease