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Coverage from the

Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) 2016 Scientific Sessions

May 04 - 07, 2016; San Francisco, California

May 04 - 07, 2016 San Francisco, California

Conference News

HRS MRI Perfusion, Viability Scans Work With MRI-Conditional Pacemakers
Heartwire from Medscape, May 16, 2016
HRS SmartTouch Contact-Force Sensing Fails to Fire in AF Ablation
Heartwire from Medscape, May 13, 2016
HRS OASIS: Rotor-Guided Ablation Tanks in Atrial Fibrillation
Heartwire from Medscape, May 10, 2016
HRS Weight Loss, Risk Management May Reverse AF Progression
Heartwire from Medscape, May 10, 2016
HRS Proposal: Redo Ablation for Paroxysmal AF, Symptoms or Not
Heartwire from Medscape, May 8, 2016
HRS LAA Excision Disappoints in Persistent-AF Surgical Ablation
Heartwire from Medscape, May 7, 2016
HRS Unpredictable Effects of Cancer RT on CIEDs Prompts Call to Action
Heartwire from Medscape, May 6, 2016

HRS ICD Implant With Same-Day Discharge Gets an Evidence Base
Heartwire from Medscape, May 6, 2016
HRS VT Ablation Reduces Healthcare Costs, Not Just ICD Shocks
Heartwire from Medscape, May 5, 2016
HRS Warfarin, AF May Each Contribute to Dementia Risk in AF
Heartwire from Medscape, May 5, 2016
HRS VANISH: Ablation for Recurrent VT Bests Intensified Amiodarone
Heartwire from Medscape, May 5, 2016
HRS Healthcare Costs Drop Sharply After Successful AF Ablation
Heartwire from Medscape, May 4, 2016
HRS Hispanic, Black HF Patients Less Likely to Develop Afib
Heartwire from Medscape, May 4, 2016
HRS EP by the Bay: San Francisco Hosts HRS 2016
Heartwire from Medscape, May 2, 2016

Popular News from HRS 2015

Botulinum Toxin Long-Term Effect in Postop AF Intrigues, Baffles The strategy worked: AF burden plummeted in the month after the injections. But the real surprise was what happened from 30 days to one year. "The implications here are huge," said one observer.
Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2015
Costs Plunge in Remotely Monitored ICD, CRT Patients: Study Remote monitoring of devices is now a class IA recommendation in HRS guidelines; it can cut both hospitalizations and hospital costs. So why isn't it used more?
Medscape Medical News, May 15, 2015
Uninterrupted Rivaroxaban Feasible for Patients Undergoing AF Ablation Event rates were low, but no major bleeding complications and no thromboembolic events occurred in the ablation group that had rivaroxaban maintained during the AF procedure.
Medscape Medical News, May 21, 2015

Perspectives from HRS

FIRE and ICE and Other Atrial Fib Insights
John Mandrola, MD
AF Ablation at HRS: Two Stars Fade and One Shines
John Mandrola, MD
The VANISH Trial Should Not Vanquish Good Decision Making
John Mandrola, MD
The Parallax of AF Ablation on Display at HRS
John Mandrola, MD

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