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Specialist nurses play a vital role in the management and care of patients with arrhythmias. Each year, the Heart Rhythm Congress (HRC) provides an educational forum for all healthcare professionals with an in interest in arrhythmia, but what are the specific benefits of the meeting for the specialist nurse community? Angela Griffiths, is an experienced […]
The Arrhythmia Alliance (A-A) runs numerous initiatives aimed at advancing the management and care of patients with arrhythmias. Dr Honey Thomas (Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Northumbria, UK) has been attending the A-A organised, Heart Rhythm Congress (HRC), since she was a trainee and has also worked on numerous A-A supported projects that have, and […]
As a cardiac physiologist, what are the benefits of attending the Heart Rhythm Congress (HRC)? Clinical Cardiac Physiologist, Cristiana Monteiro, helps us answer this question by summarising her thoughts on what attendance at the HRC offers her professional community and the positive impact it can have on personal development and daily practice. To learn more […]
Why should you attend the Heart Rhythm Congress (HRC) 2023? To find out, we spoke with the HRC’s Programme Director, Dr Shouvik Haldar. In the interview we learn more about this year’s meeting, and importantly, explore what you could expect to gain from attendance and what makes the HRC standout in the field of arrhythmia […]
The COP-AF trial looked at the use of anti-inflammatory colchicine in patients undergoing major noncardiac thoracic surgery and reducing risk of cardiovascular complications, especially perioperative atrial fibrillation and myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS). We spoke to Prof. David Conen (Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada), principle investigator of COP-AF and presenter at the […]
The AdaptResponse trial was designed to assess two methods of restoring resynchronization to the heart in patients with heart failure with left bundle branch block. In this touchCARDIO interview, we speak with Dr Bruce Wilkoff (Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA) to discuss the design of the AdaptResponse trial, the outcomes as well as the clinical […]
Cardiac resynchronization therapy is designed to restore the electrical activation in a more natural way in patients with heart failure. In this touchCARDIO interview, we speak with Dr Bruce Wilkoff (Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA) to discuss the treatment paradigm with focus on cardiac resynchronization therapy for patients with heart failure. Bruce Wilkoff presented an […]
Recently it has been shown that NT-proBNP may be a useful tool for finding people with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke. In this touchCARDIO interview, we speak with Dr Søren Zöga Diederichsen (Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark) to discuss the post hoc analysis of the LOOP study. The abstract entitled ‘Atrial […]
The STROKESTOP and the LOOP studies have assessed the use of atrial fibrillation screening compared with usual care. In this touchCARDIO interview, we speak with Dr Søren Zöga Diederichsen (Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark) to discuss the limitations of current atrial fibrillation screening. Søren Zöga Diederichsen presented an abstract entitled ‘Atrial fibrillation screening to […]
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