This year’s edition explores the evolving, multidimensional role of the electrocardiogram in the diagnosis and management of cardiac arrhythmias, with a special focus on how artificial intelligence is reshaping ECG interpretation and clinical decision-making.

12 November 2026| 8:00 AM CDMX/ 15:00 PM Milan

Speaker: Prof. Peter Schwartz

Chairpersons: Dr. Gabriel Cruz Diaz, Dr. Manlio F. Marquez, Dr. Carlos Sierra

Panelists: Dr. Dieco Neach, Dr. Alberto Galvez

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Prof. Vassilis Vassilikos co-chairing the ISHNE-HRS joint session with Daniel Alyesh (USA) on the follow-up of patients after atrial fibrillation ablation. Excellent and uptodated presentations by P. Kirchhoff (Germany), N Varma (USA) and I Cygankiewicz (Poland).

Health care professionals and also patients should be trained accordingly and join the “AI revolution”

• Improving patient education and engagement in the era of technology Speaker: Constantinos Bakogiannis (Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki – Thessaloniki, Greece) 

• Wearables vs. implantable loop monitors: redefining arrhythmia monitoring in the digital era Speaker: Dominik Linz (Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC) – Maastricht, Netherlands

• Early detection of atrial fibrillation in the digital era: does it make the difference? Speaker: Paulus Kirchhof (University Heart and Vascular Centre Hamburg (UHZ) – Hamburg, Germany)

• The physician’s role in the age of artificial intelligence: navigating collaboration and competition Speaker: Linda Johnson (Lund University – Malmo, Sweden)

Description

Electrocardiographic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: Looking Beyond Left Ventricular Mass provides an innovative perspective on electrocardiograms (ECGs) usage for evaluation of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). It links contemporary research results with clinical practice in order to advance application of this cornerstone technology. Specifically, it highlights how standard ECGs can provide unique information on the cardiac electric field in LVH patients.
This book recognizes and fulfills the urgent need to change the classical diagnostic paradigms of ECG diagnosis in LVH. To do so, it turns attention to so-called false-negative ECG findings that in truth provide valuable information that largely overlooked. When used to their fullest potential, these results can be used for enhanced diagnosis, selection of targeted therapy and cardiovascular risk assessment.

Key features

• Provides an understanding of the underlying electrical phenomena in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH), along with their diagnostic and prognostic importance
• Presents new insights regarding the electrical properties of hypertrophied myocardium, indicating future research and clinical applications
• Addresses controversies around so-called “false negative” ECG results in LVH diagnosis, thereby preventing the dangers of incorrect evaluation and increased risk of death

Readership

Practicing cardiologists and research cardiologists

Table of contents

1. Introduction
   Ljuba Bachárová and Niraj Varma
   
2. Electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy diagnosis
   Andrés Ricardo Pérez-Riera, Raimundo Barbosa-Barros and Kjell Nikus
   
3. ST segment strain pattern in left ventricular hypertrophy
   Douglas Schocken, MD
   
4. QT interval dynamics in left ventricular hypertrophy
   Emanuela Teresa Locati
   
5. Epidemiology and prognosis of left ventricular hypertrophy through electrocardiography: from Minnesota Code to artificial intelligence
   Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro and Gabriela Miana Paixao
   
6. Echocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy and its compatibility with electrocardiographic criteria: the “false negative and false positive” electrocardiography
   Beata Uziębło-Życzkowska, Katarzyna Piotrowicz and Paweł Krzesiński
   
7. Addition of serum biomarkers carboxyterminal propeptide of procollagen type I (PICP) and NT-proBNP levels to electrocardiography criteria for detection of left ventricular hypertrophyl
   Miquel Fiol, Antonio Bayes de Luna, Alvaro Alonso, Jordi Salas-Salvado, Estefania Toledo, Elena Fortuny, Josep F. Alberti, Angel Alonso-Gomez and Dora Romaguera
   
8. The discrepancy between wall thickness, myocardial mass, and ECG appearances in young patients with cardiomyopathies
   Ingegerd Östman-Smith, Eva Fernlund, Anna Wålinder Österberg and Frida Dangardt
   
9. Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic differences in the athlete’s heart: a special category
   Katarzyna Piotrowicz, Beata Uziębło-Życzkowska and Paweł Krzesiński
   
10. Electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and stroke
    Yi-Gang Li and Yan Zhao
    
11. Evolving left ventricular hypertrophy: heart failure
    Larisa G. Tereshchenko
    
12. How far should blood pressure be lowered in middle-aged and elderly patients with hypertension and ECG-LVH? Experiences from LIFE and VALUE
    Julian Eek Mariampillai, Sondre Heimark, Sverre E. Kjeldsen and Richard B. Devereux
    
13. Surgical approaches in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy treatment
    Sergey Dzemeshkevich L.
    
14. Genetic factors influencing clinical phenotype and electrocardiographic features in left ventricular hypertrophy
    Elena V. Zaklyazminskaya
    
15. Artificial intelligence for detecting left ventricular hypertrophy using electrocardiography
    Simon W. Rabkin
    
16. Technical considerations in the automated ECG diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy
    Paul Kligfield and Fabio Badilini
    
17. Myocardial hypertrophy and ischemia: mechanisms of electrophysiological abnormalities
    Jan Azarov, Olesya Bernikova, Alena Tsvetkova and Ksenia Sedova
    
18. Effect of volumetric and conductivity changes in the left ventricle on QRS complex morphology in simulations
    Jana Svehlikova, Jan Zelinka and Ljuba Bachárová
    
19. The variety of QRS patterns in left ventricular hypertrophy and their electrophysiological interpretation
    Ljuba Bachárová
    
20. Increased LV mass, electrical remodeling, and surface ECG conduction abnormalities in heart failure: implications for implantable defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy
    Niraj Varma

About the Authors

Neurocard Preliminary Programme

Date and time

Thursday, September 25 · 4 – 5pm EEST

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Vassilios Vassilikos
Professor of Cardiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
President ISHNE 2023-2025
Congress Chair, International Congress on Electrocardiology 2025

The scientific program was meticulously designed to blend state-of-the-art advancements with hands-on education and hosted an exceptional gathering of world-renowned experts in electrocardiology, electrophysiology, and cardiogenetics, alongside pioneers in novel technologies and digital health. Additionally, an abstract competition was held, with accepted abstracts published in the Journal of Electrocardiology, and a Young Investigator Award was conferred.

For younger cardiologists, an ECG and pacemaker masterclass was offered. Additionally, ISHNE Young hosted a mentorship roundtable, fostering dialogue between emerging talents and esteemed leaders in the field, as well as a psychological empowerment and resilience workshop aimed at equipping both young and senior colleagues with tools to navigate adversity, manage stress, and build resilience in their daily clinical lives.

Congress Photos

The Congress Programme

Organising Committee

Vassilios Vassilikos
Professor of Cardiology
3rd Cardiology Department
School of Medicine
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece

Pyotr Platonov
Professor of Cardiology
Department of Cardiology, Clinical Sciences
Lund University
President of the International Society of Electrocardiology

Konstantinos Toutouzas
Professor of Cardiology
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
President of Hellenic Society of Cardiology
Council for Cardiology Practice Chairperson-ESC

Petros Agathaggelou
Clinical Associate Professor of Cardiology
European University Cyprus
Cyprus Medical Association President

Masterclasses