International Congress on Arrhythmias

November 18 - 20, 2026
Hilton Reforma, Mexico City

About the Congress

The 9th Scientific Sessions of the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS), jointly organized with the Sociedad Mexicana de Electrofisiología y Estimulación Cardíaca (SOMEEC), will bring together leading experts in cardiac electrophysiology, pacing, cardiac implantable electronic devices, catheter ablation, and arrhythmia management from Latin America and around the world.

The scientific program has been designed to promote evidence-based education, multidisciplinary collaboration, and the exchange of the latest advances in clinical practice, innovation, and research. Participants will benefit from keynote lectures, scientific sessions, case-based discussions, late-breaking clinical data, and opportunities for academic collaboration with internationally recognized faculty.

The congress provides a platform for physicians, allied healthcare professionals, researchers, and industry partners to advance knowledge, improve patient care, and strengthen professional collaboration across the region while fostering the highest standards of scientific excellence and medical education.

Abstract submission

Submission deadline: July 31, 2026

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Congress Authorities

President of the organizing Committee
Dr. Néstor López Cabanillas, LAHRS
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
President of the organizing Committee
Dra. Ana Cecilia Berni Betancourt, SOMEEC (CDMX,México)
Vice-president of the Organizing Committee
Dr. Gerardo Rodríguez, LAHRS (CDMX,México)
Vice-president of the Organizing Committee
Dr. Mauricio Cortés, SOMEEC (Monterrey, México)
President of Scientific Committee
Dr. Juan Carlos Zerpa, LAHRS (San Pablo, Brasil)
President of Scientific Committee
Dr. Alex Pacheco, SOMEEC (Guadalajara, México)
Vice-president of the Scientific Committee
Dr. Jorge Romero, LAHRS (Syracuse, USA)
Vice-presidents of the Scientific Committee
Dr. Manlio Márquez, SOMEEC (CDMX, México)

Timetable

LAHRS´ Summit of the Arrhythmia committees of the Central America and Caribbean Societies of Cardiology.
(Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad y Tobago)
November 18, 2026 – from 08:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Pre-congress
November 18, 2026 – from 04:00 PM to 08:00 PM
Congress Reception
November 18, 2026 – from 08:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Exhibition Build-up
November 18, 2026 – from 07:00 AM to 11:00 PM
Exhibition opens
November 19, 2026 – from 08:00 AM to 07:00 PM
November 20, 2026 – from 08:00 AM to 07:00 PM

Faculties

Cesar Khazen
Austria

Medical University of Vienna

Helmut Pürerfellner
Austria

Ordensklinikum Linz, Linz

Josep Brugada
Spain

Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona

José Angel Cabrera
Spain

Quironsalud University Hospital, Madrid

José Luis Merino
Spain

La Paz University Hospital, Madrid

Vidal Essebag
Canada

McGill University Health Centre, Montreal

Freddy del Carpio
USA

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Fermín García
USA

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Devi Nair
USA

St Bernard's Heart and Vascular Center, Arkansas

Jorge Romero
USA

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

Roderick Tung
USA

University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix

Yoel Vivas
USA

Arrhythmia Center of South Florida

Sana M. Al-Khatib
USA

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Douglas Packer
USA

UT, Intermountain Health

Alejandro Vidal
USA

University of Texas Health Center, Houston

Miguel Valderrabano
USA

Houston Methodist Weill Cronell Medical College

Eduardo Saad
Brasil

Hospital Pro Cardiaco

Sundaram Sri
Denver

Advent Health

Lorena Cruz
México

Ángeles del Pedregal

Olujimi Ajijola
L. A. California

West Los Angeles Cardiovascular Center

Samuel Asirvatham
Minesotta

Mayo Clinic

Andres Enriquez
Philadelphia, PA

Hospital of the University of Pennsylavania

Jacob Koruth
New York

Mount Sinai New York City

Masour Razminia
Chicago

Yoel Vivas
Florida

Arrhythmia Center of South Florida

William Sauer
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Univ of Michigan

Pasquale Santangeli
Cleveland

Henry Huang
Chicago

University of Chicago

Concepción Alonso Martín
Ritmo

Sant Pau

Margarida Pujol-Lopez
Phoenix

Scientist at The University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

Tolga Aksu
Istanbul

IAU Medical Park Florya Hospital

Alejandro Restrepo
West Palm Beach, Florida

Sant Florida Electrophysiology Associates

Adelqui Peralta
Boston

West Roxbury, MA.

Vidal Essebag
Toronto

McGill

Tomás Datino
Espania

Unidad arritmias Quironsalud Madrid

Heliodoro Rodriguez
Venezuela

Policlinica Metropolitana

Cecilia González Corcia
Bristol, UK

Royal Children's Hospital of Bristol

Carlos Morillo
Alberta

Libin Cardiovascular Institute

Georgia Serquella Brugada
España

Sant Joan de Déu Hospital

Eliany Mejia
Republica Dominicana

МСА

Richard Soto Becerra
Peru

Instituto Nacional Cardiovascular INCOR

Andrea Natale
Texas

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute

Armando Perez Silva
Chile

Hospital Regional de Concepción

Luis Molina
Mexico

Hospital General de México

Ana Berni
México

Angeles del Pedregal

Milton Guevara
Mexico

Centro Medico Nacional La Raza

Ulises Rojel
Puebla

Hospital General Eduardo Vazquez Navarro

Denise Hachul
Brasil

INCOR

Alex Pacheco
Guadalajara

Bruno Valdigem
Brasil

Dante Pazzanese

José Carlos Pachón
Brasil

Hospital del Corazón de San Pablo

Carina Hardy
Brasil

Heart Institute, Sao Paulo Brasil

Cristiano Pisani
Brasil

INCOR

Mauricio Scanavacca
Brasil

INCOR

Eduardo Back Sternick
Brasil

Velo Horizonte

Juan Carlos Zerpa
Brasil

San Pablo

Roberto Costa
Brasil

INCOR

Alexander Dal Forno
Brasil

SOS CARDIO - Hospital Cardiológico

Disertantes LATAM

Nombre
País
Luis Aguinaga
Argentina
Alberto Alfie
Argentina
Ricardo Alkmim
Brazil
Jaime Arnez
Brazil
Daniel Banina
Uruguay
Chamia Benchetrit
Venezuela
Mario Cabrera Saldaña
Peru
César Cáceres Monié
Argentina
Marcelo Cordova
Argentina
Roberto Costa
Brazil
Alejandro Cuesta
Uruguay
Juan Carlos Diaz
Colombia
Cristiano Diectrich
Brazil
Jaime Escudero
Venezuela
Marcio Figueiredo
Brazil
Julio Guillén Moreno
Guatemala
Carina Hardy
Brazil
Rosa Herrera
Colombiana
Roberto Keegan
Argentina
Jose Llorente
Ecuador
Nestor López Cabanillas
Argentina
Federico Malavassi
Costa Rica
Eliany Mejía
Dominican Republic
Hermes Morales Molina
Nicaragua
Alexander Alvarez Ortiz
Colombia
Nombre
País
Oscar Oseroff
Argentina
Jose Pachón Mateos
Brazil
Armando Pérez Silva
Uruguay
Braulio Pinna
Brazil
Luis Pino
Ecuador
Cristiano Pisani
Brazil
Ramón Requena
Venezuela
Johnny Ríos Arduz
Chile
Carmen Encarnación Roa
Dominican Republic
Heliodoro Rodriguez
Venezuela
Eduardo Saad
Brazil
Luciana Sacilotto
Brazil
Luis Carlos Sáenz Morales
Colombia
Stela Sampaio
Brazil
Mauricio Scanavacca
Brazil
Richard Soto Becerra
Peru
Ricardo Speranza
Argentina
Eduardo Sternick
Brazil
Carlos Xavier Torres
Ecuador
Remberto Torres Molina
Bolivia
Ana Claudia Venancio
Brazil
Rene Vicuña
Ecuador
Fernando Vidal Bet
Dominican Republic
Ricardo Zegarra Carhuas
Peru
Juan Carlos Zerpa
Brazil

Main Topics

BASIC SCIENCE
Basic Electrophysiology, Genetics in Arrhythmias, EP Substrate.
CLINICAL ARRHYTHMOLOGY
Atrial Fibrillation (Treatment, anticoagulation, Stroke prevention).
Sudden Cardiac Death (High risk pts, cost benefit, External defibrillation, epicardial ablation, clinical trials).
Heart Failure (Inter and Intraventricular Dyssynchrony, management and therapeutic options).
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (S. Death, Therapeutic Strategies).
Cardiac Syncope (Pharmacological treatment, Pacing, Implantable tools).
Neuro Modulation for Arrhythmias.
Genetic Arrhythmias (Brugada, QT Short and Long, ARVD, Catecholaminergic VT).
HEART FAILURE
Clinical aspects, Advances in Drug therapy, new and future management.
Device indications. Registries. Cardiac contractility modulation CCM.
ARRHYTHMIAS IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
Arrhythmias in Pediatric Patients (EP and Pacing possibilities and results).
Arrhythmias in Athletes (SD, Competitive Sports, Sports practice and implanted devices).
Prevention of SCD in Older pts. and Chagas disease.
IMAGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY
Electro anatomic Mapping Systems (advances, future).
Intra-cardiac echocardiography (New and future advances).
Cardiac magnetic resonance and CT (Intraoperative use, integration with 3D mapping, advances and results).
Anatomy for EPs.
INVASIVE THERAPIES
Catheter Ablation Techniques (New energy sources: PFA, radioablation, ultra low cryoablation. Tools and technical advances, focal PFA, physics of RF and PFA).
Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation (Old and new approaches, Magnetic and Robotic Navigation, Future treatments).
Catheter Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia (Focal, Post surgery, atypical flutters).
Catheter Ablation of SVT (AVNR, Atypical, anomalous Pathways).
Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia (Left and Right sided VT, Anatomy, Arrhythmogenic Periaortic Substrate, Endocardial and epicardial approaches and new devices for access, PFA and radioablation for VT, VF ablation, Results, improving VT ablation outcomes, MRI guided ablation).
CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Implantable Pacing Devices and Leads (MRI, Lead Extraction, Leadless pacing, CSP).
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (old, contemporary and future approaches: Leadless LV Endocardial pacing and Leadless CSP.).
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (Results, leads, programing, fine tuning, guidelines, complications).
S-ICD and combination of leadless pacing, extravascular-ICD, CCM, AV interval modulation AVIM to lower blood pressure.
NEW TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT OF ARRHYTHMIAS
LAA Occlusion (Technical aspects, advances and future).
Role of the artificial intelligence in EP.
LATIN AMERICAN REGISTRIES AND NEW GUIDELINES
Published and future LATAM registries.
Latest international arrhythmia guidelines.

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