Electrophysiologists
Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that's what we are - Mickey Hart
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The best tool for treating atrial fibrillation
Today, I would like to tell you about the most effective way to treat the most common heart ailment, atrial fibrillation (AF).
It’s not the novel anticoagulant drugs. Though it’s obvious that having stroke prevention options other than warfarin represents a significant advance.
It’s not burning the left atrium with an ablation catheter. Though it’s clearly true that we can ablate AF much more safely and efficiently than we did in past years.
It’s not freezing the atria with cryo-balloons. I tried that strategy and found it equivalent to RF ablation.
You know it’s definitely not dronedarone— or any other anti-arrhythmic drugs.
By far, the most…
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A cautionary note on AF ablation...
It’s time to write an update on AF ablation. Things have changed. The major change is that I am doing many fewer ablations for AF. The reason is we have a better understanding of the disease, or should I say, condition? In the last 2-3 years, good science has changed the way specialists see AF. The old-thinking had AF in its own silo. Your ECG showed AF so you had the disease AF. And if you had a disease, we had a fix–say drugs or ablation.
Changing the culture of American Medicine — Start by removing hubris
This may be the most important post I have ever published. I’m going to tell you about a study that should change the entire way doctors approach patients, and how patients should think of prescribed treatments. These findings should begin a culture change in American medicine.
The best tool for treating atrial fibrillation
Today, I would like to tell you about the most effective way to treat the most common heart ailment, atrial fibrillation (AF). It’s not the novel anticoagulant drugs. Though it’s obvious that having stroke prevention options other than warfarin represents a significant advance. It’s not burning the left atrium with an ablation catheter. Though it’s clearly true that we can ablate AF much more safely and efficiently than we did in past years...
Dr. John M
I am a cardiac electrophysiologist practicing in Louisville KY. I am also a husband to a palliative care doctor, a father, a bike racer, and a regular columnist at theHeart.org | Medscape.
EP Lab Digest
The EP market has become one of the fastest growing specialties in cardiology, thus, we met the need for a publication that focused on electrophysiology lab professionals and physicians. Readers of EP Lab Digest work in a very specialized field of medicine, and this journal offers both continuous education and a forum through which professionals share information on the best practices, the latest procedures, and ongoing concerns.
Heart Rhythm Society
To improve the care of patients by promoting research, education and optimal health care policies and standards.
HeartRhythm
HeartRhythm, the official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society and the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society, is a unique journal for fundamental discovery and clinical applicability. HeartRhythm integrates the entire cardiac electrophysiology (EP) community from basic and clinical academic researchers, private practitioners, engineers, allied professionals, industry, and trainees, all of whom are vital and interdependent members of our EP community.
AF-Ablation
A helpful tool for the patient to recognize the AF symptoms, to understand what ablation is and to guide him through the diagnostic pathways and treatment options.
American Academy of Clinical Electrodiagnosis
The American Academy of Clinical Electrodiagnosis offers quality state-of-the-art education, consulting, and business services to healthcare workers throughout the world. The educational programs provided by the American Academy of Clinical Electrodiagnosis (AACE) foster clinical and professional excellence in clinical electrophysiology (Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies) as well as a life-long pursuit of continued technical and professional development.
Canadian Heart Rhythm Society
The CHRS is a professional organization of Canada’s heart rhythm specialists and allied health professionals. It carries out its work through research, advocacy, education and development of best practices in the field of heart rhythm disorders.
Cardiac EPS
The Cardiac Electrophysiology Society is an international society of basic and clinical scientists and physicians interested in cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias. The mission of the Society is to foster collegial interaction and scientific exchange among its members to promote the translation of basic research into the clinical care of patients with heart rhythm disorders.
Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology
DAIC magazine connects cardiology departments with the latest products cleared by the FDA, news from ongoing clinical trials and offers information to aid in purchasing decisions. DAIC provides product comparison charts, overviews of how newer technology works and stories about how end-users have solved problems, increase workflow and improved patient outcomes using various technology.
Electrophysiology Research Foundation
The foundation supports the vision that the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and dissemination of knowledge related to heart rhythm disorders to the public, health care professionals, and educational fora worldwide will enhance and improve public health and meet a worldwide need.
EP Europace
Europace, the official journal of the European Heart Rhythm Association of the European Society of Cardiology, provides quality original research and reviews in the fields of Arrhythmias, Pacing, and Cellular Electrophysiology.
EP Lab
Dedicated to advancing EP education for allied health professionals.
epfellow
Blogging about cardiac electrophysiology
European Heart Rhythm Association
EHRA strives to constantly initiate or take part in the latest researches and studies that respond to unmet needs in Cardiac Rhythm and Pacing, Arrhythmias as well as Atrial Fibrillation.
International Organisation of Societies for Electrophysiological Technology
The purpose of OSET is to strive, in all countries, to promote education and the attainment of the highest level of knowledge and understanding in the field of Electrophysiological Technology in so far as such activities shall be of a wholly non-profit making nature.
Intersocietal Accreditation Commission
The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) provides accreditation programs for vascular testing, echocardiography, nuclear/PET, MRI, diagnostic CT, dental CT, carotid stenting, vein treatment and management, cardiac electrophysiology and cardiovascular catheterization...
JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions encompasses the entire field of interventional cardiovascular medicine, including cardiac (coronary and non-coronary) peripheral and cerebrovascular interventions. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions publishes studies that will impact the practice of interventional cardiovascular...
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (JCE) keeps its readership - which includes members of the Heart Rhythm Society - well informed of the latest developments in the study and management of arrhythmic disorders.
PACE
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE) is the foremost peer-reviewed journal in the field of pacing and implantable cardioversion defibrillation, publishing over 50% of all English language articles in its field, featuring original, review, and didactic papers, and case reports related to daily practice.
The Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society
The Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES), a nonprofit organization, is an international group of physicians and allied professionals dedicated to improving the care of children and young adults with cardiac rhythm disturbances. The group's primary mission is to foster high-quality collaborative research and exchange of ideas on arrhythmia topics that are particularly relevant to infants and children, or patients of any age with congenital heart disease.
World Society of Arrhythmias
The Society is established with the missions to promote worldwide education in the fields of cardiac pacing and electrophysiology, and to coordinate the activities of national an international scientific societies devoted to cardiac pacing and electrophysiology.
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