Arrhythmias & EP
Commentary
What is the optimal pad position in transcutaneous pacing?
Transvenous pacing is typically the most effective therapy for unstable bradycardia but it is invasive, takes some time to perform.
Commentary
Atrial fibrillation: Sex differences and modifiable risk factors
Experts examine to what extent greater height explains the differences in AF risk between men and women.
Commentary
Five thoughts on the Damar Hamlin collapse
The cardiac arrest of Buffalo Bills footballer Damar Hamlin has led to speculation about commotio cordis and more, but this electrophysiologist...
From the Journals
Survival varies widely for cardiac arrests in U.S. cath labs
These events warrant their own dedicated study, new evidence, and specific guidance, observers say.
From the Journals
Dispatching volunteer responders may not increase AED use in OHCA
Lay responders performed CPR and applied AEDs at rates similar to trained volunteer responders dispatched via a smartphone app to handle out-of-...
Conference Coverage
CRT boosts heart failure survival in extended follow-up
Cardiac resynchronization extended survival during 5 extra years of follow-up of the RAFT study that compared CRT-D with ICD defibrillation alone...
News
FDA expands list of Getinge IABP system and component shortages
In a letter to providers, the agency added intra-aortic balloon pump systems to a list of Getinge IABP equipment currently in short supply due to...
Latest News
Mortality after acute stroke worsened by accompanying acute AFib
A comprehensive understanding of the relationship between acute AF and risk for acute ischemic stroke and prognosis will help improve management...
Latest News
Electrolyte disturbances a harbinger of eating disorders?
Electrolyte abnormalities were seen well ahead – more than a year – of the time when patients were diagnosed with eating disorders.
From the Journals
OSA raises risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke
Silent atrial fibrillation was common in patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, compared with controls.
Conference Coverage
First-line AFib ablation cuts risk of progression vs. drug therapy
Atrial fibrillation treated with ablation rather than drug therapy was less likely to progress to persistent symptoms in the PROGRESSIVE-AF trial...