The Annual Meeting of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA 2022)

Copenhagen, Denmark 03 April 2022 - 05 April 2022

Which DOAC is safest to use in AF patients on dronedarone therapy?

02 May 2022 by

Among patients on concomitant treatment with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) and dronedarone, no difference is seen in survival free from the composite endpoint (ie, clinically relevant bleeding, thromboembolic event, and all-cause death) and from clinically relevant bleeding between groups of coadministration, according to a study.

Which DOAC is safest to use in AF patients on dronedarone therapy?

02 May 2022

Bipolar ablation of heart arrhythmia safe, effective in lieu of failed unipolar approach

29 Apr 2022 by

Use of bipolar radiofrequency ablation (BRFA) is both safe and effective in selected patients who have failed at least one standard unipolar approach, suggest the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis. However, the quality of the supporting evidence is low.

Bipolar ablation of heart arrhythmia safe, effective in lieu of failed unipolar approach

29 Apr 2022

Sports-related sudden cardiac deaths: Why do men have it worse?

28 Apr 2022 by

When it comes to sports-related* sudden cardiac death (SCD) rates, men appear to have it worse than women, according to data presented at EHRA 2022.

Sports-related sudden cardiac deaths: Why do men have it worse?

28 Apr 2022

Rhythm control should be started earlier in women vs men

27 Apr 2022 by

Early initiation of rhythm control for atrial fibrillation (AF) appears to be favourable, but women should start rhythm control treatment earlier than men to get the best possible outcomes, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA).

Rhythm control should be started earlier in women vs men

27 Apr 2022

Putting heart to rhythm: ICD better than pacemaker, really?

26 Apr 2022 by

Pacemaker is not inferior to implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) device in terms of survival for heart failure (HF), according to the RESET-CRT study presented at EHRA 2022 — thus raising the question on the need of defibrillation in CRT for these patients.

Putting heart to rhythm: ICD better than pacemaker, really?

26 Apr 2022

Prolonged QTc in hospitalized COVID-19 patients tied to increased mortality risk

25 Apr 2022 by

Prolonged corrected QT interval (QTc), as determined via electrocardiogram (ECG), may indicate an elevated risk of myocardial injury and death in patients hospitalized for COVID-19, according to a prospective study from Israel presented at EHRA 2022.

Prolonged QTc in hospitalized COVID-19 patients tied to increased mortality risk

25 Apr 2022

Can we predict sudden cardiac arrests in the general population?

22 Apr 2022 by

The quest for a personalized risk model that can foretell sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs) in the general population remains, as the ESCAPE-NET* research project falls short in their pursuit to identify such a model that can predict SCA risk in this population.

Can we predict sudden cardiac arrests in the general population?

22 Apr 2022

AF affects one-third of patients after cryptogenic stroke, TIA

19 Apr 2022 by

Almost 30 percent of patients who experience a cryptogenic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) go on to develop atrial fibrillation (AF), most of them asymptomatic, according to results of the NOR-FIB* study presented at EHRA 2022.

AF affects one-third of patients after cryptogenic stroke, TIA

19 Apr 2022

GPs rank routine screening for AF as crucial as for cancers

15 Apr 2022 by

Screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) is considered to be as important as for common cancers and should be incorporated into other healthcare programmes such as flu vaccination and cancer screening programmes, based on data from the AFFECT-EU survey of GPs that was presented at EHRA 2022.

GPs rank routine screening for AF as crucial as for cancers

15 Apr 2022

Elevated BMI may up recurrent AF risk

13 Apr 2022 by

Among patients who had previously undergone ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF), the risk of recurrent AF increased with rising body mass index (BMI), according to a study from Denmark presented at EHRA 2022.

Elevated BMI may up recurrent AF risk

13 Apr 2022