Cardiac Rhythm News

Highlights: Cardiologists discuss the "return to normal" as COVID-19 restrictions ease Late breaking trials from HRS 2020 Science including: PRAETORIAN, UNTOUCHED and PINNACLE FLX ...

Highlights: WRAP-IT shows significant mortality risk with CIED infection, and reduced quality of life Sequential approach using STAR mapping system identifies key early sites...

Highlights: ESC guidelines on supraventricular tachycardias underline the pivotal role of catheter ablation therapy Study suggests increased use of DOACs in AF leads to...

Highlights: CABANA finds reduced AF and better quality of life after ablation but no reduction in mortality ELIMINATE-AF shows low thromboembolic and bleeding events...

Highlights: Mapping dynamic patterns during atrial fibrillation can produce higher success rates More than 40% of patients with atrial fibrillation attend the emergency department...

Highlights: "No serious adverse outcomes" with ICD shocks in young athletes playing sport Computerised-decision support has the potential to be a "powerful tool" for...

Highlights: Novel anticoagulants associated with lower all-cause mortality compared to VKAs CABANA trial provides important new data on clinical and quality of life effects...

Highlights: Novel anticoagulants associated with lower all-cause mortality compared to VKAs CABANA trial provides important new data on clinical and quality of life effects...

Highlights: Apixaban is a safe alternative to warfarin during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and may have a positive effect on cognitive function Stroke...

Highlights: Apixaban is a safe alternative to warfarin during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and may have a positive effect on cognitive function Stroke...

Highlights: Real-time lesion formation and gap detection during ablation: DURABLE-I follow-up Octreotide enables left atrial appendage closure in AF patients with GI bleeding M...

Highlights: Less bleeding in ablation with interrupted dabigatran compared to uninterrupted warfarin Successful ablation for ventricular tachycardia associated with markedly reduced mortality in advanced heart failure patients Natalia Trayanova: Imaging-based...

Highlights: - Catheter ablation lowers mortality in atrial fibrillation patients with heart failure - Thrombus formation on LAA occlusion devices strongly associated with higher risk of ischaemic...

Highlights: - Catheter ablation lowers mortality in atrial fibrillation patients with heart failure - Thrombus formation on LAA occlusion devices strongly associated with higher risk of ischaemic...

Highlights: -Could etripamil nasal spray be a “game-changer” for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia? -Long detection in single-chamber ICDs decreases mortality and unnecessary shocks -Chance M Witt and Christopher...

Highlights: -Could etripamil nasal spray be a "game-changer" for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia? -Long detection in single-chamber ICDs decreases mortality and unnecessary shocks -Chance M Witt and Christopher...

Highlights: - Uninterrupted dabigatran outperforms warfarin in atrial fibrillation ablation - Martin Burke: Artificial intelligence - Roberto Keegan: The new LAHRS - Transvenous lead extraction is a safe procedure with low complication rates - In memoriam:...

Highlights: - Uninterrupted dabigatran outperforms warfarin in atrial fibrillation ablation - Martin Burke: Artificial intelligence - Roberto Keegan: The new LAHRS - Transvenous lead extraction is a safe procedure with low complication rates - In memoriam:...

Highlights: -Case strengthens for opportunistic atrial fibrillation screening -Multisensor algorithm provides timely alert to predict early sings of worsening heart failure -Pier Lambiase: Non-invasive imaging -Advertorial: OSYPKA launches...

Highlights: -Rethink of ICD implantation in non-ischaemic heart failure may be on the cards -Remote monitoring for heart failure may not improve clinical outcomes -Stefan Spitzer: The...

Highlights: -Ablation should be "preferred approach" in drug-resistant ventricular tachycardia -First randomised trial shows "poor outcomes" with rotor ablation -Guilherme Fenelon: Ablation in Chagas disease -Pier Lambiase: EP...

Highlights: -Ablation should be "preferred approach" in drug-resistant ventricular tachycardia -First randomised trial shows "poor outcomes" with rotor ablation -Guilherme Fenelon: Ablation in Chagas disease -Pier Lambiase: EP...

Highlights: -No significant difference between “fire” and “ice” AF ablation -INOVATE-HF shows no evidence that vagus nerve stimulation reduces death in heart failure -James A Reiffel: Antiarrhythmic...

Highlights: -Ultrasound-based system shows promise mapping atrial fibrillation - New survey on cardiac resynchronisation therapy use in Europe launched - Focus on: Leadless pacing - EHRA White Book -...

Highlights: -Benznidazole ineffective at reducing clinical progression in chronic Chagas disease - Idarucizumab immediately reverses anticoagulant effect of dabigatran in AF patients - EHRA inventors awards - Enrico...

Highlights: -Botox reduces AF burden for up to a year after cardiac surgery -Safety and efficacy of Transcatheter Pacing System demonstrated in initial study -Maria G Bongiorni:...

Highlights: -Reversal agents may help to quell fears of major bleeding with novel oral anticoagulants -Baroreflex neuromodulation therapy shows positive outcomes in heart failure treatment -Laurent Macle:...

Highlights: -Reversal agents may help to quell fears of major bleeding with novel oral anticoagulants -Baroreflex neuromodulation therapy shows positive outcomes in heart failure treatment -Laurent Macle:...

Highlights: -Patients with standard cardiac devices can undergo non-thoracic MRI scans -Antiplatelets combined with anticoagulants linked to increased risk of dementia -Michel Haïssaguerre: Non-invasive mapping -Adrian Zurbucken: Non-battery...

Highlights: -Patients with standard cardiac devices can undergo non-thoracic MRI scans -Antiplatelets combined with anticoagulants linked to increased risk of dementia -Michel Haïssaguerre: Non-invasive mapping -Adrian Zurbucken: Non-battery...

Highlights: -First sham controlled trial of vagal nerve stimulation for heart failure fails -New drug shows promise for treating heart failure -Boris Schmidt: Left atrial appendage -Felipe Bisbal:...

Highlights: -First sham controlled trial of vagal nerve stimulation for heart failure fails -New drug shows promise for treating heart failure -Boris Schmidt: Left atrial appendage -Felipe Bisbal:...

Highlights: -Defibrillation testing may not be necessary -Aggressive lifestyle management helps improve success rate of AF after ablation -John D Day: AF management -Feature: leadless pacing -Profile: Nick Linker https://cardiacrhythmnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/25-Cardiac-Rhythm-News.pdf

Highlights: -Early CRT reduces risk of death in selected mild heart failure patients -Cardiac monitors are better than standard monitoring detecting AF in cryptogenic stroke patients -HeartLight...

Highlights: -Largest anticoagulant trial in atrial fibrillation shows edoxaban is as effective as warfarin -New generation pacemakers reduce atrial fibrillation progression by 61% at two years -Ablation...

Highlights: -Resynchronisation in narrow QRS patients questioned -Delayed enhancement -MRI detected atrial fibrosis could predict successful ablation in atrial fibrillation -Clinical strategies for selecting oral anticoagulants in atrial...

Highlights: -Wearable defibrillator aids decision making on ICD need -First-in-man study shows promise with leadless pacing -Remote monitoring of ICD patients: What is the patients' opinion by...

Highlights: - Renal denervation now under consideration for arrhythmias - Watchman device is safe but efficacy debated - Leadless technology: The next frontier of cardiac pacing - Profile:...