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Top Cardiology Conferences in 2024

Cardiology Update

European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) Congress Date: April 7-9, 2024 Location: Berlin, Germany and online Overview: The yearly gathering of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) unites scientists, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders engaged in the global management of arrhythmias.

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Top Cardiology Conferences in 2025

Cardiology Update

Hashtag: #ACC25 European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) Congress 2025 Date: 30 March to 1 April 2025 Location: Vienna and online Overview: The yearly gathering of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) unites scientists, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders engaged in the global management of arrhythmias.

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A teenager involved in a motor vehicle collision with abnormal ECG

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. Other Arrhythmias ( PACs, PVCs, AFib, Bradycardia and AV conduction disorders — potentially lethal VT/VFib ). NOTE: Prediction of cardiac contusion "severity" on the basis of cardiac arrhythmias and ECG findings — is an imperfect science. 2015, March 1). Cramer, M. 2003, May).

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State-of-the-Art Imaging of Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 16, Issue 11 , Page e000081, November 1, 2023. Advanced disease presents as heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias conferring poor prognosis.

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Cardiac dysfunction in survivors of sepsis: a scoping review

Open Heart

Studies examining cardiovascular outcomes or symptoms following an episode of sepsis in adults were included. Only 39% (11/28) of articles reported objective measures of cardiovascular function and only one article related cardiovascular function to functional impairment via patient-reported outcome measures.

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Left Atrial Strain to Predict Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 17, Issue 1 , Page e015969, January 1, 2024. The optimal cutoff value for the arrhythmia prediction was a global PALS value <28%, with a specificity of 86% and a sensitivity of 36%. P<0.001). and 85.7%, respectively (P<0.001).

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Utility of Left and Right Ventricular Strain in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: A Prospective Multicenter Registry

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 16, Issue 12 , Page e015671, December 1, 2023. LV global longitudinal strain did not add diagnostic value but was prognostic for composite end points of death, heart transplantation, or ventricular arrhythmia (log-rankP=0.04).CONCLUSIONS:In