Heart Rhythm

Hearts should have normal rhythm to their beats, but when these beats are out of synch, it causes inefficient pumping of blood. Irregular heart arrhythmias occur when the electrical signals that coordinate the heart's beats do not work properly. This can cause beats that are too fast (tachycardia), or too slow (bradycardia). Tachycardias include atrial fibrillation (AFib), supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, and ventricular tachycardia (VT). Bradycardias include sick sinus syndrome and conduction block. Electrophysiology arrhythmia treatments include medications, life style changes, and the EP lab interventions of catheter ablation, and implantable pacemakers or defibrillators.

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‘Notably high’ rates of PTSD, depression and anxiety seen in patients with implantable heart devices

The Beauty of Subcutaneous ICDs Is Not Merely Skin Deep

Wireless pacemakers today are rising in popularity as the right choice for many patients.

September 23, 2015

FDA approves first MRI-compatible ICD system

The FDA approved the Evera MRI Surescan implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) as the first ICD system for use with MRI scans. The system is expected to be available this month.

September 14, 2015

Trial: St. Jude's cardiac leadless pacemaker is safe and effective at 6 months

After six months of nonsurgical implantation with an active-fixation leadless cardiac pacemaker, 90 percent of patients had an acceptable pacing threshold and sensing amplitude, according to a prespecified analysis of an ongoing study. In addition, 6.7 percent of patients had device-related serious adverse events.

September 8, 2015

ACC plans to launch two atrial fibrillation registries

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) announced it plans on launching two clinical registry programs to track outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation. The registries will be part of the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, which currently includes eight cardiovascular data registries.

August 13, 2015
Presenter delivers one of the late-breaking electrophysiology (EP) clinical trials at the annual Heart Rhythm meeting sponsored by the Heart Rhythm Society.

HRS Doesn’t Miss a Beat with Cutting-edge Trials

The Heart Rhythm Society focused on the latest developments in electrophysiology and the management of patients with rhythm disorders and heart failure at its 2015 meeting on May 13-16 in Boston. The event included 12 late-breaking clinical trials.

July 7, 2015

Riata, TAVR & legacies

Are Riata concerns a thing of the past and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for almost anyone with severe aortic stenosis the way of the future? Presentations at recent cardiology conferences addressed those questions.

May 22, 2015

At Heart Rhythm 2015, an international panel of experts provides concise diagnosis and treatment recommendations to improve quality of care for patients with specific cardiovascular syndromes

The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) has released a first-of-its-kind expert consensus statement on three specific cardiovascular disorders that also involve the autonomic nervous system. The 2015 Heart Rhythm Society Expert Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia, and Vasovagal Syncope was written by an international group of experts and presented today at Heart Rhythm 2015, the Heart Rhythm Society’s 36th Annual Scientific Sessions.

May 15, 2015

Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE) publishes new standards for electrophysiology (EP) and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD)

Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE) has just released the first-ever electrophysiology (EP) and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) standards for accreditation. Driven by the latest available clinical evidence, the EP and ICD standards are a comprehensive review of interventional procedures in patients and adults with heart rhythm disorders.

May 13, 2015
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